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Past Bookings:  1999 to 2010



2010

Lewiston Morning Tribune, Idaho: The Yoda of Yodeling, By Jennifer K. Bauer, 8/6/10

True West Magazine:  Baxter Black comments that Wylie & The Wild West, performing at the 2010 Monterey Cowboy Poetry and Music Festival, "changed the water level in the 'cowboy entertainment aquarium'." August 2010
 
Great Falls Tribune:  Montana poet, singer earn tip of the hat from Western Writers, by Jake Sorich, 7/4/10
 
Wylie's 2nd appearance on A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor,
6/12/10
 
The Passion for Horses & Artistic Talent: An Unrecognized Connection, by Dr. Robert M. Miller, featuring Wylie Gustafson
 
Salsbury Post:  Merlefest 2010 was no sleepy bluegrass festival, 5/9/10
 
Nick Spitzer's American Routes, co-produced and distributed by American Public Media: "Horsepower: The Cowboy Rides Into the Future," 5/5/2010
 
Wilkes Journal Patriot:  Expectations exceeded, 5/3/10
 
Winston Salem Journal: 'Yodel-A-E-T' - Performer of Yahoo! yodel says that if you can talk, you can yodel, 5/2/10
 
Wylie & the Wild West with the Spokane Symphony, 4/26/10
 
2010 Spur Awards Salute Best Westerns, 3/25/10
Song: Wylie Gustafson and Paul Zarzyski, “Hang-n-Rattle!"
Poem: Paul Zarzyski, “Bob Dylan Bronc Song”

Carrying It Forward:  26th annual National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, by the Western Folklife Center, 3/10/10

Elko Daily Free Press:  Wylie and The Wild West expands the boundaries of cowboy music, 1/21/10

Spokesman Review:
 Masterworks, masterpieces and more. Season’s second half features wide mix of music:  Remaining SuperPops concerts also include Ben Vereen’s tribute to Sammy Davis Jr. March 13; yodeling cowboy Wylie Gustafson April 24, 1/7/10

2009

True West Magazine names Wylie Gustafson & Paul Zarzyski "Best Living Wild West Troubadours" in their 2010 Best of the West Source Book, citing Spur Wild! duo performances:  December 2009

Montana Official State Travel Site "A Day in the Life of a Musician:  World famous Yahoo!® yodeler, horseman and fourth generation Montanan."  2009
 
Montana Official State Travel Site "Yodel 101:  Learn to sing your “ays,” “eeees” and “oooos” properly."   2009

Hang -n- Rattle!
selected as outstanding WMA
Cowboy/Western Swing Album:  November 2009

Aboard the Cowboy Train with Tom Russell, Gretchen Peters, Paul Zarzyski, Wylie Gustafson, Sourdough Slim, Barry Walsh and Thad Beckman - from Albuquerque, NM through Durango, Silverton and Pagosa Springs, Colorado to Chama New Mexico, September 2009
 
Richmond Times-Dispatch: "A healthy dose of weirdness," 10/10/2009

Homegrown: The Music of America concert series, Millennium Stage at The Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C., with Paul Zarzyski, 10/6/09

"Lessons learned at the Folk Festival" by Paula J. McGarvey for The Montana Standard, 7/13/09
Bozeman Daily Chronicle: "Cowboy poetry trailblazers on deck tonight,"  6/25/09
American Cowboy:  "Rock-and-Roll Cowboy,"  June/July 2009

Barefoot Cutting Horses! An interview with Wylie Gustafson:  June 2009

Montana Backroads:  A day in the life of the musician Wylie Gustafson, 5/21/09
 
Wylie's interview with Ralph & Tamara on Ralph's Backporch:  2009
 
"Spokane Symphony announces powerful 2009-10 season":  3/26/09

Conversations on the Road with Eric Model:  March 2009
 
Paul Zarzyski joins Wylie & The Wild West as they perform Bucking Horse Moon with the Smoky Mountain Symphony, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee:  February 2009

Elko Daily Free Press: 
"Bucking Horse Serenade," 1/30/09
Elko Daily Free Press:  Front Page View, 1/30/09

"Hang n Rattle" with Ranch Rhymes, Western Folklife Center:  2009

2008

2008 Western Music Association Award Winners:  November 2008

Wylie and Irish Whiskey Sugar compete bridleless at the Big Sky Futurity, Great Falls, Montana: August 2008 

Western Horseman Inside Story

Western Horseman Feature:  August 2008

Western Horseman Slide Show

Sights and Sounds from the National Folk Festival in Butte:  July 2008

Audio Postcard from Ken Overcast's The Cowboy Show

Wylie's appearance on Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Ellensburg Daily Record:  February 2008

Yodeling with Wylie:  National Cowboy Poetry Gathering 2008

2007

Spokane Spokesman-Review:  October 2007

Seattle Times:  October 2007

Cowboys & Indians:  April 2007

Northwest Profiles from KSPS Spokane:  March 2007

2006 & Before

LIVE! at the Tractor from the DVD of the same name:  2005

NCHA National Cutting Horse Champion:  May 2005

Voice of America Video:  December 2004

Quarter Horse News:  December 2004

Kennedy Center:  October 2003

Wylie and Pokey Get the Win!  July 2002

Live Performance Review posted on CowboyPoetry.com:  June 2002

American Cowboy:  March/April 2002

Country Music Magazine:  March 2002

Western Horseman:  November 2001

Country Standard Time:  November 2001

Seattle Rocket:  February 2000

Washington Post:  February 2000

Nashville Scene:  February 2000

Tri-City Herald:  October 1999

Seattle Rocket:  January 1999

Seattle Times:  November 1998

 

Wylie & The Wild West
(Wylie Gustafson, Ray Doyle, Mike Fried, Kenny Griffin)
perform "Yodeling Fool" as part of Melba Toast's
1994 Holiday Fest & Fanfaire, at The World Famous Palomino Club,
North Hollywood, California.
Video by Earl Reinhalter

 
   
   
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