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The Buckin’ Buckarettes
The Buckarettes are an almost all-female group of well seasoned musicians that span not only the styles of rare and collectible western swing, eclectic selections from the 40’ & 50’s, but also include compositions from modern day writers--even from within the group. Their performances are known for outstanding cowgirl harmonies, superb musicianship, swingin’ hips and fringe, kick-up-your-boots-rhythm and spontaneous sillyness that erupts from the girls on stage and flows to their delighted audiences everywhere.
The Buckarettes have enjoyed recognition around the state of New Mexico and parts of Arizona & Colorado. They have performed a vast array of shows--a 4-H hog-judging post party at the Santa Fe County Fair, an evening at the Biopark “Summer Nights” in Albuquerque, a swingin’ set or two down in Las Cruces for the renowned “Cowboy Days”, and a concert setting at the prestigious Cowboy Trappings exhibition in Flagstaff, AZ. They just finished a weekend In Phoenix, AZ accompanying the High Noon Western Americana Auction & Art Show, which included 120 artists and collectors of wonderful Western art and artifacts--the best of its kind in the USA!!
The "Buckies" have been heard literally around the world on the radio waves in Germany, France, England, Australia, China & Japan to mention a few. They have appeared in magazines such as Cowboys and Indians, New Mexico Magazine, the Albuquerque Journal, Rope Burns, Crosswinds Weekly, and received a five star customer review on Amazon.com. They were featured in the culture section of the Dec. “Best of 2005” issue of Albuquerque the Magazine with a full page color photo and a downright upright write-up!
They have shared the stage with regional giants Bill & Bonnie Hearne, Michael Hearne & South by Southwest, Syd Maters & the Swingriders, and international favorites like Chuck Pyle and Michael Martin Murphy. They warmed up for Wynonna Judd recently at the 2006 Buckaroo Ball and were one of the featured guests at the International Single Action Shooting Society (SASS) Convention in NM.
Their self-titled CD (on Buckin’ A! Records) features fourteen memorable tunes including a rollicking rendition of “Cowboys & Rodeos”, which won them the 2002 New Mexico Industry Award for Best Vocal Performance and received a nomination for Album of the Year by the Academy of Western Artists in 2004. They also have a Christmas album under their belt called “Snow Angels” with a collection of rarely heard holiday songs for your seasonal listenin’ and toe-tappin’ pleasure! They are currently working on a new CD with more fun, reminiscent and ”lust in the dust” songs, which will be out of the shoot shortly.
You can buy their CD’s at CD Baby.com, The Treasure House in Old Town, Bookworks in Deitz Farm Plaza, Country Friends in Moriarty and of course, from the stage at their rare & collectable live public performances!
Be sure to keep checking this site to see what kind of trouble they’re up to next! --And remember......what happens out on the prairie, stays out on the prairie!
See you out on that ol’ Buckarette trail!!