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