Heber City Cowboy Poetry Gathering

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Got to see (and hear) Suzy Boguss and some other great performers at the Heber City Cowboy Poetry Gathering this morning. Suzy’s clear and clean vocals are a given and she didn’t disappoint! The other acts were also great. Of particular note was “Hot Club of Cowtown”, a western swing band doing a lot of Bob Wills stuff. I bought their latest cd, a Bo Wills tribute called “What Makes Bob Holler”. I really need to get more into that genre. My knowledge up to now has mainly been an acquaintance with “Asleep At the Wheel”.  Brenn Hill is the male soloist. He’s a local guy and was also good. His friend Andy Nelson told some cowboy poetry. There had to be some of that didn’t there? He introduced a poem about political correctness with “political correctness is like trying to pick up a cowpie from the clean side”! Right on! It was obvious by the crowd reaction however that the morning really belonged to Suzy. She was the only one to get an encore. All sets were pretty short, but it was great. I’ll probably do it again next year.