The Jackson Hole Cowboy Jubilee is a Wyoming 501(c) 3 corporation dedicated to fulfilling its unique mission: "To keep alive the history and heart of cowboy lore and ranching traditions in the Jackson Hole region through education, live music and poetry performances." Current board members include: Clair Carlson, Dave and Kathy McCann, Mike Calabrese, Jacki DeBevec, and directors Barbara Hauge and Jody Beckett.

This year's programming will include tours of the Box L Ranch in Spring Gulch and the Snake River Ranch, where Bubba's will cater a barbeque dinner complete with Western entertainment, live music in the town square, a children's show, and the Jubilee's main event, the concert at the Center Theatre headlining national acts.

It's finally here! A CD capturing some of the best work of Western musicians and poets whose appearances have established the Jackson Hole Cowboy Jubilee as one of the region's top fall gatherings. Here's your chance to enjoy the music and poetry showcased over the Jubilee's eight-year history while supporting this colorful event. Past performers who have generously donated to this compilation include Belinda Gail, Curly Musgrave, Wylie Gustafson, Gary McMahan, Jon Chandler, Prickly Pair, Bill Barwick, Ernie Sites, Andy Nelson, Yvonne Hollenbeck, Doris Daley, Nancy Thorwardson, Mike Hurwitz, Dave & Kathy McCann, Mike Calabrese, and David 'Kid' Kornblum. These folks wholeheartedly agree that the Jackson Hole Cowboy Jubilee is worth promoting and maintaining. You will too, after picking up one of these CDs.

JON CHANDLER

Jon Chandler writes songs and stories about his Western heritage. His rich voice and tasteful guitar work keep Jon at the top of Western artists. As a seventh-generation Colorado native, his novels, songs, and poems serve to keep alive the West's frontier ethic. His composition, The Road That Leads To Yellowstone, is a musical memoir of his many boyhood fishing trips to the area with his father, grandfather, and uncle. It was deemed the winner of the Western Folklife Center's contest in 2008, and Jon was awarded a Gibson Songwriter Deluxe guitar at the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson. This song is included on the new Cowboy Jubilee CD project mentioned above. As a 30-year member of the legendary 'Hole in the Wall Gang,' Jon enjoys his annual backcountry riding experiences in the hills near Kaycee, WY, and draws inspiration from these trips. His Keepers of the Flame video served as the focal point of a nationwide conservation education program administered by the Department of Agriculture. Jon was recently named Best Living Western Musician of 2009 by True West Magazine. His is the voice of the Historic Plains Hotel in Cheyenne, WY, as well as the Historic Hotel Colorado in Glenwood Springs, CO, the namesake of his latest CD release. Jon will be accompanied by his top-tier sidemen, The Wichitones, with Ernie Martinez on lead guitar and mandolin and Jeff Graves on bass. www.jonchandler.com