The Lonesome Rangers (USA)

The Lonesome Rangers are Hal & Teresa Cannon and Waddie Mitchell all highly regarded and respected performers of American cowboy poetry and music. And you couldn't get two more authentic exponents either.

Hal has been a rancher (he still owns a few cows) and is the founding director of the Western Folklife Centre and The National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in the USA.

Waddie was a buckaroo (Australian translation: Jackaroo) for many years, and has been writing poetry most of his adult life, poetry which has garnered him much acclaim (People magazine called his 'Waddie Mitchell LIve' CD "Bottom line: horse sense and humour from America's best known cowboy poet". He has appeared on innumerable TV shows including the Tonight Show, Larry King Live and Good Morning America.

American cowboy poetry and music has much in common with Australia bush poetry and music, not just in rhyme and meter, but in it's humour, it's common-sense wisdom, and it's timeless tales of the triumphs and tragedies that are part and parcel of the human existence. Anyone with a functioning heart and brain can relate to it, even if you don't know one end of a cow from the other.

Visit Teresa's web site. See Hal Cannon on YouTube.

Bookings advised: Wayne (02) 9939 8802.

See photos and YouTube clips from the night.