Rhythm and Ribs Music Festival in Moorcroft, Wyoming
Third annual Rhythm and Ribs Music Festival. Noon-midnight. Moorcroft, Wyo. Musicians from Wyoming, Tennessee and Colorado perform. Pine Haven Chamber of Commerce; P.O. Box 243; Moorcroft (Pine Haven), WY 82721. http://www.pinehavenchamber.org .
Headlining again this year is local favorite Chancey Williams and the Younger Brothers Band. Also representing Wyoming, and a crowd-pleaser from 2009, is the Cambria String Band from Newcastle.
Nashville's Copper Hollow breaks the typical Nashville mold and incorporates some rock and roul in its distinctive edge to a new country sound. This year's emcee is a Colorado cowboy, Gary McMahan, and with his band, The Spur of the Moment, will keep the spectators entertained between performances.
Chancey Williams & The Younger Brothers Band began with humble beginnings, out of a love of country music and an ingrained desire to perform and entertain.
They started by playing a few songs at their high school talent show. Lead singer and acoustic guitarist, Chancey Williams, and drummer, Travis DeWitt, knew that this is what they were meant to do after just those few songs. The band started to play for weddings and small fairs and rodeos, and before they knew it, they were opening for their hero, Chris LeDoux, at the Montana State Fair in front of 8,000 people.
That experience gave them a taste of what was to come, and they continued to hone their craft playing at bars all through the Midwestern states, from Montana and South Dakota, to Nevada and Colorado.
The Cambria String Band was formed in 2005 and is made up of three members. Pete Wouden from Rapid City, S.D., plays the upright string bass, banjo, and mandolin and has been playing and performing with various bands around the area for 20 years.
Doug Thomas from Blackhawk, S.D., who plays the acoustic guitar, has also been performing for the public for many years.
Larry Roetzel, from Newcastle, Wyo., who is the 2007 Wyoming State Banjo Champion, has been perfecting his playing and singing for 30 years. All three men sing both lead and backup vocals, providing dynamic three-part harmonies.
The word "Cambria" came from the name of a booming coal mining town in the 1930's in northeast Wyoming, now a deserted ghost town. The band has appeared at the Dahl Fine Arts Center in Rapid City, performed community concerts for the Weston County Concert Association and the Hot Springs Community Concert Association, played at bluegrass festivals all over Wyoming as well as the Black Hills Bluegrass Festival, in South Dakota, where they do gospel sets.
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