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are some thanks to, kind words from, and web links for a few of the friends and
"pardners" Gary has has the pleasure of ridin' with down his
long and checkered trail. Right: Gary with his foremost friends and pardners: wife, Candace, son Will and
two of his best ranch hands. |
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Left: A portrait of Gary comprises the mural on the Denver studio of world-renown American Watercolorist
William Matthews.
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What the Big Boys Have to Say
Baxter
Black:
"I speak at
agricultural banquets for a livn'. Gary is one of the few cowboy types I'm comfortable
recommending when they're tired of me. His singin' and yodeling is good, but he doesn't
let it get in the way of his entertainin'. Top of the line, that boy." (Visit Baxter's web site)
Above: Butch Hause, Gary,
Gordon Burt, Michael Martin Murphey and Ian Tyson playin' at Horse Creek WY 1994
Ian
Tyson:
"Back
in the early seventies I'd make periodic forays to Nashville in the hope of getting
something going in the recording business. Gary had a wooden shack just off of Music
Circle. I'd head over there and we'd spit tobacco and conjecture a world in which real
cowboy songs were highly prized. It was then that Gary played his classic 'Old Double
Diamond' for me. The sagebrush wind blew right through that song and still does .... Ride
on Gary."
Lon
Hannah of Sons of the San Joaquin:
"Gary's
brand of cowboy music and poetry can be profound or funny depending on his creative mood
and what he's tryin' to say. Gary can touch your heart and split your sides. But be
careful ... tryin' to figure Gary out will split your head!"
(Visit the Son's web site
Chris
LeDoux:
"Back in
the early days of my music career, I relied heavily on Gary McMahan to provide me with
some great songs. And I know those recordings would have suffered without his influence.
Even today I have fans tell me some of their favorite songs are Gary's. (They think I
wrote them, so I mention to them, "That is a Gary McMahan song.")
If you need
a comparison (which seems to be the thing to do these days), I would say Gary is our
cowboy Bob Dylan. He is a unique talent and my friend."
Ranger
Doug of Riders In The Sky:
"Gary
McMahan is one of the most talented and creative people I know. He has a great ear and
gift for language. A wonderful sense of melody, a great sense of humor and a deep belief
and conviction and love of the West and its people. He's the embodiment of The Cowboy
Way."
(Visit Rider's web site)
Paul
Zarzyski:
"Gary
McMahan, who rhymes Zarsyskilly-perfect with Larry Mahan, works all three roughstock vocal
chord events: singing (saddle broncs), yodeling (toro twisting), and poem reciting
(riggin' riding). Not to mention that he also plays guitar (barrel racing??). Whether
shaking his face for the chute gate to the page or to the stage, McMahan, like Mahan,
spurs the words top-hand classy."
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