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Standing alone on the back of a flatbed trailer as the sun lowered in the sky, Daron Little played his guitar and sang original cowboy songs at the Carbon County Fair.
Horses neighed in the background and a breeze blew in as Little began his first set. The crowd of about 50 seemed to enjoy the music. A couple slow-danced in the stands as Little began to sing, his voice soft and slow.
His songs are about his life. The cowboy life. His lyrics are about wildflowers and horses, the open range and branding cows. His life is his inspiration.
“There’s all kinds of inspiration,” said Little, a cowboy at the Silver Spur Ranch in Encampment. “Like ‘There’s Something About a Horse.’ You just wonder why do all these kids and their parents spend all their money and time.
“I mean, a horse could care less about time, and we give it to them freely for what they give us, which is peace, I guess. I don’t know. A lot of cowboys don’t say it, but we’re all kind of romantics.”
Little has been performing for the past five years, but music has been a big part of his life since he was young. He found his love for music growing up in Louisiana. He learned to play the guitar when he was 6 or 7 from a “shade-tree mechanic.”
At age 8, he heard Johnny Cash sing “Folsom Prison Blues” and was hooked.
“I’ve just always loved good music; it doesn’t matter what kind.
I listen to Jack Johnson, Red Hot Chili Peppers — anything from the whole cowboy spectrum.”
He doesn’t care for country music. Modern country music and what Little calls Texas Country are different, he said, citing artists like Robert Earl Keen as a favorite.
“If people would come out and take a chance on cowboy music and not what you would think of as Gene Autry and Roy Rogers playin’ — it’s people that actually ranch — then this is what they’ll hear. That’s what we’re trying to do here.”
Cowboy music is similar to Western music. Cowboy music focuses on just the West and cattle ranchers, not pick-up trucks and red Solo cups. Cowboy music is a more contemporary form of the Western music genre, he said.
Little shared the stage with another musician, Trinity Seely. Seely lives in Alcova on the Handcart Ranch. She recorded her first album at the end of 2011.
The two will play in South Dakota at the Western Heritage Center later this fall.
- Rawlins Daily Times
Standing alone on the back of a flatbed trailer as the sun lowered in the sky, Daron Little played his guitar and sang original cowboy songs at the Carbon County Fair.
Horses neighed in the background and a breeze blew in as Little began his first set. The crowd of about 50 seemed to enjoy the music. A couple slow-danced in the stands as Little began to sing, his voice soft and slow.
His songs are about his life. The cowboy life. His lyrics are about wildflowers and horses, the open range and branding cows. His life is his inspiration.
“There’s all kinds of inspiration,” said Little, a cowboy at the Silver Spur Ranch in Encampment. “Like ‘There’s Something About a Horse.’ You just wonder why do all these kids and their parents spend all their money and time.
“I mean, a horse could care less about time, and we give it to them freely for what they give us, which is peace, I guess. I don’t know. A lot of cowboys don’t say it, but we’re all kind of romantics.”
Little has been performing for the past five years, but music has been a big part of his life since he was young. He found his love for music growing up in Louisiana. He learned to play the guitar when he was 6 or 7 from a “shade-tree mechanic.”
At age 8, he heard Johnny Cash sing “Folsom Prison Blues” and was hooked.
“I’ve just always loved good music; it doesn’t matter what kind.
I listen to Jack Johnson, Red Hot Chili Peppers — anything from the whole cowboy spectrum.”
He doesn’t care for country music. Modern country music and what Little calls Texas Country are different, he said, citing artists like Robert Earl Keen as a favorite.
“If people would come out and take a chance on cowboy music and not what you would think of as Gene Autry and Roy Rogers playin’ — it’s people that actually ranch — then this is what they’ll hear. That’s what we’re trying to do here.”
Cowboy music is similar to Western music. Cowboy music focuses on just the West and cattle ranchers, not pick-up trucks and red Solo cups. Cowboy music is a more contemporary form of the Western music genre, he said.
Little shared the stage with another musician, Trinity Seely. Seely lives in Alcova on the Handcart Ranch. She recorded her first album at the end of 2011.
The two will play in South Dakota at the Western Heritage Center later this fall.
- Rawlins Daily Times
Discography
The Faraway Look 2009
Ranch Cowboy Music 2011
307 2013
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Bio
Daron Little cowboys for a living fulltime on the Headquarters Division of the Silver Spur Ranches near Encampment, Wyoming. He has released two albums's The Faraway Look and Ranch Cowboy Music that reflect his life and experiences on the ranch with his wife and three daughters. Currently, he is working on the third, 307. He was recognized by the Academy of Western Artists in 2009 by being selected as Top Male Vocalist in the Western Category and strives to portray the real working west in his music.
Recently, his music and the ranch he works for has been featured in Western Horseman magazine and he has performed on the National TV network "RFD-TV". He has also performed at numerous Cowboy Poetry Gatherings through the west as well as numerous campfires, bunkhouses, and even a tackshed or two. His songwriting has been recognized by placing in the top five for the Western Writer of America’s awards for best Western Songwriting.
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