Artists
Kenny Feidler
Kenny Feidler’s music is dark and gritty, it’s western and rock n roll conjured up with thoughtful,
honest songwriting. Feidler got his start as a rodeo cowboy, writing songs about the life and
selling his music from the trunk of an old Cadillac. Now he racks up the miles with his band,
traveling from his home on the plains of Western South Dakota.
“I grew up in Baltimore, Maryland and I always felt sort of homesick for somewhere out west,”
Feidler says. “I wanted to be a cowboy since I was little and rodeo was my way into that world.
After getting a hold of some Chris Ledoux cds, I started riding bareback horses and rodeoed for
about 15 years. It was everything to me for a long time and because I didn’t grow up in it, I feel
like I really soaked it all in, appreciated those moments and wrote about them in my songs.”
Feidler’s musical influences are as wide and varied as the road he took to the stage. The
cowboy songs from Chris LeDoux, Tom Russell, and Ian Tyson shaped his songwriting and
subjects. Feidler went to college in Oklahoma, in the prime of Red Dirt so the songs of Cross
Canadian Ragweed, Jason Boland, Reckless Kelly, and Mike McClure were influential. Later he
found Lucero and the Drive By Truckers, from them he found the spark to start a band andto
grind it out on the road.
“I take a lot of pride in being a working-class band not afraid of the road.” Feidler says, “The
fans we have were earned the harder way, many of them have seen us play to a handful of folks
before. We sure appreciate them for giving us a shot, they're our friends now and we'll always
treat them that way ”.
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Kellen Smith
Kellen Smith is a singer/songwriter from Gillette Wyoming. He is a University of Wyoming graduate, and a fifth-generation cattle rancher. He began playing guitar and writing while in college at Laramie, WY. Smith's devotion to crafting songs wrapped in western stories and imagery offers a unique perception for the listener to enjoy.
Kellen makes his home on the Daly Ranch. The Daly Ranch was established in 1894, by John T. Daly, and has been run for the last 125 years as a working cattle ranch. John T. Daly is the great, great, grandfather Kellen Smith. In that 125 years, the Daly Ranch has grown to its current size. Currently, Kellen Smith lives on the ranch with his wife and three children, they are the sixth generation of family members to live on the ranch.
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