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| Old West Trio |
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Old West Trio
Old West Trio is an acoustic trio based in the foothills of Northern California’s gold country. Members Steve Ide (L), Leslie Ide (C), and Steve Johnson (R) perform traditional Western standards, cowboy ballads of every era, and yodeling tunes. You can sing along or simply tap your feet while enjoying their three-part harmony and a trip down memory lane.
Old West Trio has performed at such venues as the Western States Horse Expo, the Elk Grove Western Festival, for several Cowboy Action Shooting events from Sacramento to Salinas, and several wagon train events. They have been featured guests on two syndicated radio shows, Horsemen's Radio Weekly and the Chronicle of the Old West.
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| Jim and Karen Ross |
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Jim & Karen Ross
Jim is a third generation rancher, raised in the Sierra Foothills of Northern California. He started cowboying for wages when he was 12 years old, and later he left home and buckaroo'd in the Great Basin, near Plush, Oregon. The bunkhouse had old cowboy poems pasted on the walls, and Jim spent the evenings swatting mosquitoes, playing cards with the Irish haying crew, and learning some of the old classics. A few years ago, with urban sprawl claiming a lot of the good ground and his kids grown and gone, Jim sold the home place and moved to Jamestown where he and Karen are putting together a little spread of their own.
Karen, a silversmith, has been interested in poetry for many years, but very seldom perfomed in public. She was well received at the 2004 Monterey Cowboy poetry and music festival with her reciting of "Cinderfella," made famous by Alice Hancock. Karen seemed quite at ease on the stage and fit in with the pros. We are happy to have Jim and Karen returning to the Red Mule Ranch.
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