Career Highlights
Physical Characteristics: 5’10” 185 lbs Blue Eyes Brown Hair, Graying
Memberships: SAG, BMI, WMA, AWA
Specialty Skills: Horseback Riding, Roping, Cowboy Skills, Stunts, Shooting,
Guitar, Singer (Baritone)
DISCOGRAPHY
TBA My Country
2014 This Cowboy
2010 Austin To Boston
2008 My Old Friends
2007 RW Hampton Presents… Oklahoma… Where The West Remains
2005 I Believe
2005 Our First Noel (with Curly Musgrave, Belinda Gail & Kip Callahan)
2003 Troubadour
2001 Always In My Heart
1999 The Last Cowboy – His Journey
1998 Then Sings My Soul
1997 Ridin’ The Dreamland Range
1996 Born To Be A Cowboy
1994 The One That I Never Could Ride
1984 Travelin’ Light
AWARDS
2025 Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame Spirit Award
2021 Chester A Reynolds Award Western Heritage Awards
2018 Distinguished Staff Alumni Award. Philmont Staff Association
2011 WMA Hall of Fame Western Music Association
2011 Wrangler Award National Cowboy & Western Heritage
(Outstanding Original Western Composition, Shortgrass)
2010 Outstanding Vocalist, Male Western Music Association
2009 Lifetime Achievement Award American Cowboy Culture Awards
2008 Wrangler Award National Cowboy & Western Heritage
(Outstanding Trad. Album – Oklahoma…Where The West Remains)
2006 Song of the Year Western Music Association
(For The Freedom)
2006 Male Vocalist of the Year Academy of Western Artists
2004 Male Performer of the Year Western Music Association
2002 Male Vocalist of the Year Academy of Western Artists
2000 Wrangler Award National Cowboy & Western Heritage
(Director’s Award for Excellence in original Music and Dramatic Presentation
(The Last Cowboy – His Journey)
1999 Male Vocalist of the Year Academy of Western Artists
1997 Album of the Year Academy of Western Artists
(Ridin’ The Dreamland Range)
1996 Entertainer of the Year Academy of Western Artists
1996 Male Vocalist of the Year Academy of Western Artist
FILM
SOD & STUBBLE Doc Poole Lone Chimney Productions / Ken Spurgeon
THE CONTESTED PLAINS Nelson Miles Lone Chimney Productions / Ken Spurgeon
PEACE RIVER Rodeo Coach, Pastor Peace River Films
WHAT REMAINS Supervisor Sharpened Iron Productions
WILD HORSES RW Wild Horse Productions / Dick Lowry
INDEPENDENCE Mr. Shilty Sunn Classic Pictures / John Patterson
GAMBLER III Calvary Trooper Wild Horse Productions / Dick Lowry
LONG ARM Runner Desperado Productions, Inc. / Virgil Vogel
DESPERADO II Selkirk Desperado Productions / Richard Compton
LUCKY LUKE Cowpoke TranCine Productions / Terrence Hill
DOC WEST Scar TranCine Productions / Terrence Hill
CACTUS CREEK Logan Skeleton Creek Productions
CANYON TRAIL Logan Skeleton Creek Productions
PEACE RIVER Rodeo Coach Peace River Films
THE CONTESTED PLAINS Nelson Miles Lone Chimney Films / Ken Spurgeon
WHAT REMAINS Supervisor Sharpened Iron Studios
TELEVISION / VIDEO
KENNY ROGERS & THE
AMERICAN COWBOY Cowboy Ken Kragen Productions / Ken Kragen
DEAD OR ALIVE Gyp / Utility HBO 4-States DOA Prod. / John Guillerman
THE TRACKER Bounty Hunter HBO 4-States DOA Prod. / John Guillerman
BIG OUTFIT COWBOY Self Western Horseman Mag. / Dick Spencer
CHILDREN’S COWBOY
CORRAL Narrator-Self National Cowboy / Western Heritage
IN THE BUNKHOUSE
w/RED STEAGALL Self RFD-TV / Artfilms / Arthur Bergal
SUNDOWN Marshall Jim Lane
RED STEAGALL IS
WEST OF WALL ST. Self RFD-TV / Artfilms / Arthur Bergal
NATIONAL RADIO & TV COMMERCIALS / NARRATION
Principal / Cowboy TV Helsinki, Finland
Cowboy / Narrator Radio Levi Strauss/Foote, Cone & Belding
Cowboy TV Resistor Hats/Ackerman & McQueen
Narrator CD Rom Silver Spurs Productions
Narrator – A/V Program, Intro
Interactive Cattle Drive Program Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum Cowboy / Self TV The Western Channel
Cowboy / Self TV/Print/Web Rockmount Western Clothing
Self / Corporate Spokesman TV/Radio/In-store Atwoods Ranch & Home Stores
STAGE APPEARANCES
THE LAST COWBOY (One Man Musical)
1992-2005 LC Megillah Entertainment Group
Charlie Goodnight
His Life & Poetry Oliver Loving Grey Horse Press / Andy Wilkinson
By The Dark of the Moon John TSU Drama Company
MAGAZINE COVER STORIES
2022 FOCUS Magazine
2021 THE WESTERN WAY
2009 THE WESTERN WAY
2005 WESTERN HORSEMAN
2004 RANGE Magazine
1999 COWBOY SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
1996 COWBOY MAGAZINE
MAGAZINE FEATURES (partial list)
2019/2020 COWBOYS & INDIANS Column
2021 WESTERN HORSEMAN
2014 AMERICAN COWBOY Named in Top 50 all time great singers
2013 AMERICAN COWBOY LEGENDS
2011 PERSIMMON HILL
2010 COUNTRY MUSIC PEOPLE
2009 TRUE WEST
2009 LIVING COWBOY
Chester A Reynolds Award Western Heritage Awards
PRINT CAMPAIGNS
Cowpuncher Model Kurt Markus, photographer
Stetson Hats Model Martin Schreiber, photographer
Levi Strauss – 557 Jeans Model Kurt Markus, photographer
Cowboy Artists of America Model Jay Dusard, photographer
Last of a Breed Model Martin Schreiber, photographer
America Model Kenny Rogers, Little Brown, Inc.
After Barbed Wire
Cowboys of Our Time Model Kurt Markus, photographer
Oklahoma Tourism Council Model Ackerman & McQueen
American Cowboy Model Michael Rutherford, photographer
American Paint Horse Model Darrell Dodds, photographer