"This is music education as it ought to be. Skip's presentations seamlessly combine musical demonstrations and incisive commentary on the social and historical significance of the music of the American West." - Theodore Levin , PhD, Professor of Ethnomusicology, Dartmouth College.

A fascinating trip up the Oregon Trail and down into a cow camp on the Brazos River of Texas. Fine old time period music by Skip and The Waddie Pals, Tom Carter, Angus Gorman, and Ron Kane; narrative by Olivia Woods; cowboy poetry by Mike Whitaker.

A former high school history and Spanish teacher, SKIP GORMAN has performed hundreds of LIVING HISTORY programs for elementary and secondary school students all over the US. He has a scholar's understanding of the Celtic, Spanish and African-American roots of this historic music of Westward Expansion, music which was filtered through Appalachia and the rural south and carried in the nineteenth century to the American West by resourceful emigrant pioneers.

Moreover, Skip has worked as a cowboy on several Wyoming ranches. His mission is in introducing students of all ages to the joys of learning American history through authentic old time ballads and one hundred percent acoustic music.

An award winner for sure!!!!