Cowboy Randy Erwin

Description

"As yodelers go, Erwin is tops."
David Zimmerman - USA Today

"Randy Erwin... has one of the most versatile, far-ranging voices this side of Bobby McFerrin."
Don Heckman - Los Angeles Times

Cowboy Randy Erwin is the resident musician at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum and a two time Artist in Residence at Grand Canyon.

He has four nationally distributed and critically acclaimed CD's, music for several film scores, internationally distributed television commercials and television shows including the yodeling soundtrack for Walt Disney's "Home on the Range," and an appearance in David Byrne's Warner Brothers film "True Stories."

He's performed on the BBC Radio and Television, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the ABC Radio Network, and National Public Radio.

He's also performed at The Library of Congress, Carnegie Hall , Queen Elizabeth Hall , Wembley Arena, The Strawberry Music Festival, The Live Oak Music Festival, The Kerrville Folk Festival, The New Orleans Jazz Festival, The Seattle International Children's Festival, The Ravinia Festival, and at night clubs and folk festivals all over South Korea, Great Britain, Canada, and the United States.

Work Sample

"The Cowboy Show" (a yodeling, trick-roping vaudeville cowboy act) - A two minute video containing video clips and photographs from performances in Illinois and around the United States over a musical bed containing my yodeling cowboy recording of "Back in the Saddle Again."

The video I've submitted is focused on my children's presentation of cowboy music and trick roping.

History

The resident musician at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum and a two time Artist in Residence at Grand Canyon.

Four nationally distributed and critically acclaimed CD's, music for several film scores, internationally distributed television commercials and television shows including the yodeling for Walt Disney's "Home on the Range," and an appearance in David Byrne's Warner Brothers film "True Stories."

Performances on the BBC Radio and Television, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the ABC Radio Network, and National Public Radio

Performances at The Library of Congress, Carnegie Hall , Queen Elizabeth Hall , Wembley Arena, The Strawberry Music Festival, The Live Oak Music Festival, The Kerrville Folk Festival, The New Orleans Jazz Festival, The Seattle International Children's Festival, The Ravinia Festival, and at night clubs and folk festivals all over South Korea, Great Britain, Canada, and the United States.

Artistic Vision

I've been performing professionally for five decades, and I'll bring an extensive catalogue of hillbilly blues, vaudeville, minstrel, western swing, and yodeling cowboy songs all from 1860's to the mid 20th century.

Programs for Specific Audience(s) Expertise

I've performed professionally at countless libraries, schools, universities, churches, museums, conventions, festivals, night clubs, and theaters in the USA and overseas for general audiences, children's audiences, disabled audiences, and any other audience expecting family friendly fare for over 50 years.

Traditional Folk/Ethnic Artform Statement

I perform western swing and folk music endemic to Texas and the southwest at venues all over the United States. I grew up in Texas on a farm and ranch, singing traditional rural music of all kinds with my family and friends.
Presently I present my original, thirty song catalogue of Civil War era music at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum on four period-styled instruments with historical narration (to provide context) twice weekly.