Cowboy Jim Garling

How fun was this to play for the Oklahoma Electric Co-op (OEC) Annual Meeting at the Lloyd Noble Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma?

The past four weeks have been a combination of vacation, pleasure, and business. As we traveled through New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming. I was fortunate enough to incorporate singing gigs along the way.  We saw old friends, met new folks, visited and jammed with fellow musicians--what more could a musician want in a vacation? In Wyoming we stayed with our friends, the Tussings, for several days. They hosted a house concert for me and then showed us many sites in their area that most tourists never know about.

From top to bottom:  St. James Hotel, Cimarron, New Mexico; Salida Methodist Church, Colorado; Rocky Mountain Lodge, Colorado (yes, a fire felt good in July); Skyline Lodge, Platoro, Colorado

    "Hey, I remember you!" -----

Hearing this comment was refreshing to me as children welcomed me for my second year at the Arkoma and Spiro Public Libraries for their Summer Reading Programs.  Arkoma had about 50 children and Spiro about 65 or 70.  We learned to yodel, which will put their dad to sleep, and learned the "cowboy yell"   YEE----HAW.

     Thanks to Glenda and Carol, the librarians, for giving me this opportunity. It was a great day!

I've been blessed with a busy performance schedule for the past 5 weeks with several events in Oklahoma City, Norman, Guthrie, and a couple in Kansas. It's phenominal how it seems that people are really enjoying good ole "cowboy" music.

   The first pic is of the Cedar Depot Festival in Cedar, Kansas; second is at Scott City, Kansas, for a Relay for Life Fundraising Auction; third is at the Chuck Wagon Gathering & Children's Cowboy Festival at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City.