An Evening of Western Swing & Cowboy Poetry

Wednesday, July 8  at 6PM
Lakeview Terrace Amphitheatre

Central Texas born vocalist Georgia Parker and New Orleans’ own Hunter Burgamy play the music where Louisiana and Texas meets in the middle, authentic Western swing and country music a la Bob Wills, Freddy Powers, and Willie Nelson. Georgia Parker has held the Ameripolitan Awards for Western Swing (female) and Western Swing Band with Big Cedar Fever in 2019. Hunter Burgamy is a founding member of New Orleans’ beloved Secret Six Jazz Band, as well as leading his own band, The Garden of Joy. Georgia Parker & Hunter Burgamy’s debut six-song EP was released in February of 2025.

Joining Hunter & Georgia are two Colorado-based cowboy poets.  JJ Steele is a native of the Northern Colorado livestock industry, and currently resides in Westcliffe, where he co-founded the annual Day of the Cowboy celebration.  Lindy Simmons was rated among the top five female cowboy poets in 2025 by the International Western Music Association.  She recites original cowboy poetry which she labels “storytelling in rhyme.”  She claims all her stories of cowboy antics are mostly true.  She also puts into poetry the history of the west.  She has been a ranch wife in Colorado’s Mancos Valley all of her adult life.  She has traveled the rodeo road and makes award-winning biscuits on the family chuck-wagon.  She released her CD entitled “Range Rhymes” in 2025.  She served on the board of the Durango Cowboy Gathering for twenty-five years.