“BORN TO BE A COWBOY” – R.W. LIVE VIDEO FROM ELKO 2009 ON YOUTUBE!
January 26, 2010
This weekend, R.W. will be heading out to Elko, Nevada, for his performances at this year’s National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. For a taste of what to expect, check out this YouTube video of R.W.’s “Born To Be A Cowboy,” from his Wrangler Award winning album, The Last Cowboy – His Journey.
OKLAHOMA...WHERE THE WEST REMAINS NAMED AMONG TOP CDS OF 2009!
January 12, 2010
Good news! Two reviewers in the January issue of Country Music People, one of the United Kingdom’s top country music magazines, have included R.W.’s award winning Oklahoma... Where The West Remains in their year-end lists of the Best Five CDs of 2009!
Check out their comments:
“The west lives thanks to this genuine cowboy. A fine combination of words and music that moves from western tales to western swing.” – Tony Byworth
“More than I ever thought I wanted to know about Oklahoma delivered in an enchanting cowboy style. The album was a revelation. Hugely enjoyable, educational, and musically superb (and it swings, too).” – Duncan Warwick
If you haven’t heard this wonderful album yet, you can listen to it in its entirety here.
Or you can add it to your collection of R.W.’s music here.
Happy 2010!
MAJOR COVER STORY ON R.W. IN THE WESTERN WAY!
October 14, 2009
R.W. is the subject of a major cover story in The Western Way's Fall issue. R.W. Hampton - Riding for His Own Brand details R.W.'s extraordinary life - from his early adventures as a cowboy to his life nowadays as one of the world's leading Western entertainers. Click here to check it out!
R.W. RECEIVES AMERICAN COWBOY CULTURE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD!
September 11, 2009
Last night at the 2009 American Cowboy Culture Awards, R.W. was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his significant contributions to the development of cowboy culture and the preservation of our western heritage. Since 1989, the American Cowboy Culture Awards gala to honor those who succeed in keeping the spirit of the West alive has been the inaugural event of the National Cowboy Symposium and Celebration, which occurs annually the first weekend after Labor Day in Lubbock, TX. Held at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center at 1501 Mac Davis Drive, the 2009 Awards banquet began at 6:30pm and included a performance by R.W. during the evening. Congratulations, R.W.!
For more information about the American Cowboy Culture Awards and the National Cowboy Symposium, visit www.cowboy.org or call (806) 798-7825. For tickets, click here.
R.W. FEATURED IN TRUE WEST MAGAZINE!
September 7, 2009
Another fascinating article about R.W. - True West Magazine's September issue features some surprising insights from the cowboy star on topics as diverse as what makes a real cowboy, his most beautiful spot on earth, the greatest advice his parents ever gave him, the strangest road trip adventure he's ever had, and more.
Click here to read the True West feature.
MORE EUROPEAN PRAISE FOR OKLAHOMA...WHERE THE WEST REMAINS!
August 24, 2009
The June/July issue of Country Music & Dance in Scotland and Northern Ireland contains not one, but two, positive reviews of R.W.'s Oklahoma...Where The West Remains!
To read the reviews, click here.
LIVING COWBOY ETHICS PROFILES R.W.
August 17, 2009
R.W. was recently profiled in a glowing four-page article in the summer 2009 issue of Living Cowboy Ethics magazine. The article takes an intimate look at R.W.'s home and family life, his three-decade entertainment industry career, his early life as a cowhand in the American West, and his role as proud father of a United States Marine Corps squad leader.
To read the Living Cowboy Ethics article, click here!
COUNTRY MUSIC PEOPLE NAMES OKLAHOMA...WHERE THE WEST REMAINS CD OF THE MONTH!
August 3, 2009
Country Music People, one of the United Kingdom's top country music magazines, has not only praised R.W.'s Oklahoma...Where The West Remains! with a Five Star Rating, but has also named Oklahoma... the "CD of the Month" for its July/09 issue!
To read the Country Music People review, click here.
R.W. ACHIEVES CHART SUCCESS IN EUROPE!
June 9, 2009
The shipping crew at Cimarron Sounds reports that R.W.’s current European single, We’ve Taken Bob Back To Tulsa, from his award winning CD, Oklahoma...Where The West Remains, recently climbed to the Top of the European Hotdisc Top 40 Chart for the week beginning May 28, 2009.
The Hotdisc Top 40 Chart is a list of the Top 40 most popular songs released on the Rush Released promotional compilation CD. Similar in concept to the American CDX and CD-Tex compilation CDs sent to subscribing country music radio programmers - in the case of CD-Tex, to radio programmers of Texas music not only in Texas but around the world - the European Rush Released compilation CD is distributed monthly to a subscription list of over 700 country music DJs located primarily in the United Kingdom and the European Union. Each week the DJs who receive Rush Released send back reaction sheets to the publishers of Rush Released in which they are given the chance to rate every song from 10 points to zero. The resulting chart lists the songs with the highest ratings for that week. It is exclusively for clients of the Rush Released CD, and at any given time it identifies the 40 most popular Rush Released songs out of an active universe of approximately 80 country-oriented songs. Reflecting the diversity of the European country music radio environment where the sounds and songs of traditional country music (and cowboy music, too) are embraced alongside today’s country music, artists who have had a Number One single on the Hotdisc Top 40 in the past two years include Tim McGraw, Mark Chesnutt, George Jones, Gretchen Peters, Michelle Wright, Gene Watson, Vince Gill, Lee Ann Rimes, the Bellamy Brothers, Clay Walker, Jim Reeves, Don Williams - and now, R.W. Hampton.
Congratulating R.W. on his first Hotdisc Number One, Hotdisc founder Stuart Cameron enthused, “Delighted for R.W. because it sends out a clear message that European DJs love traditional country and western music.” Upon learning the news of his European chart success with We’ve Taken Bob Back To Tulsa, R.W. responded, “My thanks go out to all my new country radio friends in Europe. I’m delighted that my brand of cowboy music is finding favor overseas.”
We’ve Taken Bob Back To Tulsa is the third song from Oklahoma...Where The West Remains to be released as a Rush Released single. R.W.’s first track, The Everlasting Hills Of Oklahoma, peaked at #4 on the Hotdisc Top 40 chart the week of November 27 last year, while his second release, Oklahoma Hills, held the Number Six position for two weeks this past February.
Everyone at Cimarron Sounds congratulates R.W. and wishes him continued success with his growing career - inside and outside the United States!
.MAVERICK MAGAZINE PRAISES OKLAHOMA...WHERE THE WEST REMAINS
May 3, 2009
Maverick Magazine, one of the United Kingdom's top music magazines, gives R.W.’s Oklahoma…Where The West Remains CD a Four and a Half Star Rating (out of five) in its April/09 issue!
To read the Maverick review, click here.
UNITED KINGDOM RELEASE FOR OKLAHOMA...WHERE THE WEST REMAINS
April 6, 2009
R.W.'s Oklahoma...Where The West Remains CD will be released on April 20th in the United Kingdom through Proper Music Distribution, the U.K.'s leading independent distributor. The award winning CD was named Album of the Year in the United States last year by both the Western Music Association and the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. This release is the first for any Hampton CD outside the U.S. Congratulations, R.W.!
R.W.'S OFFICIAL FACEBOOK PAGE NOW LAUNCHED!
April 4, 2009
R.W's official Facebook page is now up at Facebook.com!
R.W.'s page has all sorts of features available, including special photos, tour date information and even unlimited plays on featured songs. Now you can add or dedicate songs like For The Freedom and Oklahoma Hills through your Facebook profile. You can also upload your fan photos to R.W.'s page, post messages on his Wall, or 'iLike' R.W. directly from his page. In order to post R.W.'s music to your profile, you'll first need to add the iLike application to your profile (highly recommended: when logged in, click the "applications" tab in the bottom left hand corner, click the "Find More" button and search for iLike).
We've only just begun to get this rolling, so please feel free to give us any suggestions or comments about what you'd like to see on R.W.'s page. Be sure to visit the page often as we'll be updating and expanding it regularly. Hope to hear from you!
LISTEN TO CALLING ALL COWBOYS INTERVIEW WITH R.W.
March 9, 2009
Effective immediately, Calling All Cowboys radio is featuring the first part of a terrific interview with R.W. The station, based out of Bend, Oregon, can be heard around the world online at http://www.kpov.org/index.php?option=com_shows&task=view&id=57. The interview will also be available for the following week in the Show Archive section on the left hand side of the page. The second part of the interview will be featured on Wednesday, March 11th.
MOVIE - DOC WEST - RELEASES IN ITALY
March 9, 2009
Look for this new Italian Western scheduled to release in March of this year on Italian Channel Canale 5. Starring International star, Terrence Hill, and directed by award winning Italian director Giulio Base, the movie shot from October through December 2008 at several locations around Santa Fe, New Mexico.
R.W. worked with several members of the cast, including Hill and Neil Summers, years ago on the Lucky Luke series. Through that connection he was invited to play the role of “Scar” one of the notorious bad guys who, along with Garvey (Alessio Di Clemente), is hired by a rancher to rid the area of farmers.
The hero, Doc West, arrives in the town of Holysand to hustle the locals at cards but finds himself caught between the two warring families. Doc's numerous talents - like gunslinging and prowess of wit - and his secret past as a doctor capture the interest of the local Sheriff, an orphan boy and a beautiful, strong-minded school teacher, who want to keep him in town, but that’s going to be tough...
You can view a trailer for 'Doc West' with a quick glance at R.W. on Terrence Hill's official website or on youtube. Photos from on set are posted in the "RW Live" gallery on the Photo Page of this website.
Originally shot as a pilot for an Italian television series there is the possibility of additional episodes to be filmed this coming year. The movie will most likely be marketed here in the United States direct to DVD with a tentative release date in the summer of 2009.
CIMARRON SOUNDS RELEASES HAMPTON
COLLECTOR'S EDITION CD MY OLD FRIENDS
December 17, 2008
Cimarron Sounds has released a Limited Edition Collector's CD of tracks from R.W.'s previous albums, some of which are no longer available on CD. The album, titled My Old Friends, follows the 2007 award winning album, Oklahoma...Where the West Remains, which has won both a Wrangler Award and the Western Music Association's Traditional Album of the Year award.
My Old Friends includes ten tracks previously released on Cimarron Sounds. Hand picked by R.W., many of the songs were written by him and they include the popular Donnie Catch a Horse and Driftin’ with the Wind. Also on this album are the traditional cowboy songs Border Affair and Diamond Joe, tunes that R.W. considers among his personal favorites. Listeners will also be pleased to find a bonus track at the end of the album that R.W. penned and recorded several years ago but till now has never released, Little Bit of Lovin'.
Available only through the Cimarron Sounds office or on R.W. Hampton's website, My Old Friends sells for $11.99. To order, call 1-800-392-0822 or go to R.W.'s website store.
NEW TOUR DATES ADDED!
December 4, 2008
2009 is going to be an exciting year for R.W.'s fans. Visit the Tour page for a hint of things to come...
WHERE THE WEST REMAINS WINS SECOND
'ALBUM OF THE YEAR' AWARD!
November 25, 2008
Oklahoma...Where the West Remains, R.W.'s latest album, has been named 2008 Album of the Year by the Western Music Association.
“I am truly honored that the members of this association would find this love letter about the West and the state of Oklahoma as moving as I have,” said R.W., who received the award at the 20th Annual Western Music Awards on November 22 in Albuquerque, N.M.
This is the second honor this year for Oklahoma...Where the West Remains. Earlier in the year it received the prestigious Wrangler Award for Best Traditional Western Album at the annual Western Heritage Awards sponsored by the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City.
Commemorating Oklahoma’s 2007 State Centennial Celebration, the album is the brainchild of Executive Producer Edna Mae Holden of Enid, Okla. The text and songs were written with R.W. in mind as the “voice” to carry the story along with accompaniment by the Enid, Oklahoma Symphony Orchestra, led by conductor Doug Newell, and the Chisholm Trail Cowboy Band. Produced by Richard O’Brien, the album was a four-year project from conception to realization.
Oklahoma...Where the West Remains is a monumental 33-track, hour-long journey in story and song. Hampton and friends take the listener on a 100-year musical and factual journey, visiting the Native Americans, buffalo soldiers, cattle drovers, ranch hands, settlers and seekers, industrialists and artisans, cowboys and characters that formed the fabric of the Sooner State. While telling the story of Oklahoma, the album also depicts the parallel history of America’s Westward expansion and development.
“Working on this project with my friends Edna Mae Holden, Rich O’Brien and the Enid Symphony has been exceptionally rewarding,” said R.W. “This latest award is a tribute to their dedication and love for the album and its subject.”
The award from the Western Music Association is R.W.’s third. He was named Male Performer of the Year in 2004, and his song For the Freedom was Song of the Year in 2006.
RW RETURNS FOR TWO NIGHTS TO THE PRAIRIE ROSE IN BENTON, KS - NOVEMBER 8 & 9!
October 23, 2008
RW makes a much-welcomed return to the Prairie Rose Chuckwagon Supper in Benton, KS early in November, bringing with him two night's worth of great music! On Saturday, November 8th, RW will perform his fans' favorite secular hits from his eleven-album catalog. On Sunday, November 9th, he'll treat his audience to a special concert of inspirational songs from his two gospel CDs, Then Sings My Soul and I Believe. Reserve your seat now by calling The Prairie Rose at 316-778-2121.
OKLAHOMA...WHERE THE WEST REMAINS NAMED WESTERN HERITAGE ALBUM OF THE YEAR!
April 17, 2008
Last Saturday evening, April 12, 2008, R.W.'s monumental CD, Oklahoma...Where The West Remains, was named Outstanding Traditional Western Album of the Year by the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. Click here to read more about this prestigious recognition for R.W.
WESTERN HORSEMAN PROFILES R.W. AND 'OKLAHOMA' CD
March 27, 2008
Western Horseman's February 2008 issue features an interesting profile of R.W. and his new Oklahoma...Where The West Remains! CD by the magazine's Senior Editor, Jeniffer Denison. To read this article, click here.
NEW CD! R.W. HAMPTON PRESENTS: OKLAHOMA...WHERE THE WEST REMAINS
November 2, 2007
Yes, R.W.'s newest album is about to hit the shelves! R.W. Hampton Presents: Oklahoma...Where The West Remains will officially be released November 13th, 2007. As a member of the R.W. Hampton email fan club, through the month of November you can still get your Pre-release autographed copy of this unforgettable album. Over one hour of unforgettable stories and songs recorded with R.W., Rich OBrien, the Chisholm Trail String Band and featuring the Enid Symphony Orchestra. To hear a sample of this great album go to the R.W. Hampton page at myspace.com and select For The Freedom, which is an all new recording of the 2006 WMA Song of the Year, written by R.W., but this time recorded with the accompaniment of the String Band and the Orchestra under the direction of Doug Newell. Albums are available at $20.00 each (plus s/h and NM taxes when applicable) through our office at 1-800-392-0822 or 575-483-0042 or by email.
OKLAHOMA HITS 100!
October 20, 2007
The state of Oklahoma has been celebrating their centennial all year long, but the festivities will culminate in Oklahoma City this coming weekend since the official statehood birthday is November 16th. Celebrate with us on Sunday November 18th as R.W. joins Rich O'Brien and the Chisholm Trail String Band and the Enid Symphony Orchestra for a premier performance of Oklahoma...Where the West Remains at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum. The performance will be held at 2:00 PM in the Sam Noble Center at the Hall. Tickets to the performance will be on sale through November 15th and include an all day pass to the museum. Tickets can be purchased through our office at 1-800-392-0822 or by calling 580-233-6300.
