Cowboy Jim Garling

Cowboy and Western Swing Music at Its Finest

To Host a House Concert

A “house concert” is generally hosted by dedicated music lovers who open their homes to musicians and fans for an evening or afternoon of music in the intimate and comfortable setting.

 

The concept is easy and simple. As a host or hostess, you invite your friends, acquaintances, and other fellow music lovers to your home, provide a few refreshments, sit back and enjoy an up-close and personal concert.  It’s a win-win situation.  The entertainer will have an audience of handpicked people that truly enjoy music; and for less than the cost of a movie at the multiplex with a big bucket of popcorn, the people will have an enriching musical experience between entertainer and audience.  What could be more enjoyable?   Compensation for the musician can be agreed upon as either a free-will contribution or a set price per person.

 

Contact Jim at 405-306-4182 to work out the details for your special evening.

Prior Performance Venues

Museums:

National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City

Annual Chuck Wagon Gathering & Children’s Cowboy Festival

A Night Before Christmas Holiday Open House

National Day of the American Cowboy

Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City

Folk Life Festival

Metcalfe Museum and Break O’Day Farm, near Durham, Oklahoma  

Oklahoma Libraries:

Bethany, Stillwater, Hollis, Altus, Luther, Jones, Choctaw, Wright (Stockyards), Wagoner, Guthrie, Belle Isle (Okla. City) 

Oklahoma Schools:

                Cheyenne, Crescent, Ardmore, Jenks, Guthrie's St. Mary's, Sterling

Festivals:

Sorghum Festival, Wewoka, Oklahoma, Seminole Nation

Western Music Association Festival, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Cheyenne Cowboy Symposium, Cheyenne, Wyoming

Cedar Depot Memorial Celebration, Cedar, Kansas

Gene Autry, Oklahoma, Film & Music Festival, Oklahoma

Tom Mix Festival, Dewey, Oklahoma

Choctaw Land Run Days, Choctaw, Oklahoma

Acousticadia, Edmond, Oklahoma

Oklahoma GospelGrass, Oklahoma City (workshops)

Miles of Memories Country Music Fest, Hastings, Nebraska

Stillwater, Oklahoma, Arts & Heritage Festival

Frontier Family Days, Guthrie/Mulhall
Oklahoma International Bluegrass Festival, Guthrie, Oklahoma

The Fun Barn Old-Time Music Festival, Winfield, Kansas

Retail Businesses:

Langston’s Western Wear, Stockyards, Oklahoma City

Little Joe’s Boots, Stockyards, Oklahoma City

Beck’s Implement & Trailer Sales, Guthrie, Oklahoma

Mark's Drug, Guthrie, Oklahoma 

Restaurants:

Lucille’s, Mulhall, Oklahoma

Ponca TownSite, Ponca City, Oklahoma

Hillbillies, Arcadia, Oklahoma 

Granny Had One, Guthrie, Oklahoma

Annual Meetings:
             Bison Federal Credit Union (Shawnee)

             Tinker Credit Union (Midwest City)

             Alfalfa Electric Co-op (Cheyenne, OK)

             Southeastern Electric Co-op (Durant) 

             Cimarron Electric Co-op (Kingfisher)
             Oklahoma Electric Co-op (Norman)

                  National Cattleman's Association Convention, Phoenix, Arizona                  

              Payne County Cattle Producers Association, Stillwater, OK
              2009 Master Cattleman Summit, OSU, Stillwater, Oklahoma                  
Retirement Communities:
            Spanish Cove (Yukon, OK), Statesman Club (Bethany), Sterling House
             (Bethany)

Others:

Rodeo Opry, Stockyards,  Oklahoma City (as performer & emcee)

Byron Berline's Show, Double Stop Music Hall, Guthrie, Oklahoma

Intregris Bass Hospital, Enid, Oklahoma, Employees' Banquet 

Rocky Mountain Lodge, near Platoro, Colorado

OCU Jazz Lab, Benefit program for Oklahoma City Traditional Music Association

Kingfisher County Wheat Growers Association

American Paint Horse Association, Ft. Worth, Texas

Oklahoma Lumberman’s Association

Oklahoma Cattlewomen’s Beef Cook Off, Oklahoma City

Express Ranch, Yukon, Oklahoma
Buckhorn Cattle Company, Mulhall, Oklahoma

Oklahoma Airstream Travel Club

High Performance Horse Ranch, Mulhall, Oklahoma

Circle of Care, United Methodists’ Children’s Care

Veteran Motor Car Club of America

Pioneer Telephone Co-op, Kingfisher,Oklahoma

Oklahoma Cowboy Poetry & Songs, Oklahome State University, Stillwater, OK

Guthrie Chamber of Commerce Coffees: BancFirst, Mark's Drugs

Carney, Oklahoma, Alumni Banquet

Family reunions, travel clubs, community clubs & functions, churches & Christian organizations.

Oklahoma City Zoo Annual Conference of AZA (Association of Zoos and Aquariums)