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Cowboy Songs and Range Ballads

NOTE: Currently there is not an event scheduled for Cowboy Songs and Ballads. The information below is a brief history of past events.

The Buffalo Bill Historical Center was one of the main sources in Cody, Wyoming, for range and cowboy songs and ballads, providing insight through its archives into local music. Range and cowboy songs and ballads are famous in Cody, Wyoming. In fact, this type of music is found in the archives of the Buffalo Bill Historical Center, as well as being heard locally on radio stations and in bars.

There are an array of festivals and events surrounding Cody's history of such music. These include the annual Cowboy Songs and Range Ballads programs, the annual Cowboy Songs and Range Ballads Festival, Painting the West With Words, Riding the Radio Range, the Great American Cowboy, Fiddle in the Cow Camp, Riders of the Open Range, the Singing Cowboys of the Silver Screen, From Lyres to Lariats, Before the First Cowboy Song, They Were Singin' This Song, Cowgirl Earning Her Spurs, High Lopin' Cowboys and Wild Buckaroos, Cowboy Music in the Cowboy State, and Coming Full Circle: Why We Keep Singin' Em.

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