The Folk Song Society is pleased to present a concert by one of the finest interpreters of music of the Old West, Skip Gorman. The concert will be held at 8 PM on February 10, 1996 at the First Parish Church in Watertown, MA.

Skip Gorman takes the music from one of the most romanticized periods of American history -- the days of the cattle drives and the westward expansion -- and strips away the Hollywood glitz and Nashville affections, and shows the audience the beauty of the music of the working cowboys along the Oregon and Santa Fe Trails. He is a fluent yodeler, and a masterful mandolin and fiddle player.

Skip began his recording career with the Deseret String Band in the 1970's, but has drawn recent acclaim with his 1994 release, A Greener Prairie (see discography below). He also performs the fiddle tune, Cowboy Waltz, in the recent Ken Burns TV documentary, Baseball. This recent attention has given him a very busy touring schedule, which includes the British Isles and North America. And he is also known as a teacher of fiddle and mandolin styles, as well as conducting workshops and programs that teach people about the history of the true American West.

Discography for Skip Gorman:

• Lonesome Prairie Love [ 1996 Rounder Records ]
• A Greener Prairie [ 1994 Rounder Records ]
• Late Last Night - with Rick Starkey as Rabbit in a Log [ 1991 Marimac Records ]
• The Old Style Mandolin [ 1991 Marimac Records ]
• Music of John Taggart - with Randy Miller, Rodney Miller & Gordon Peery, as the New Hampshire Fiddlers Union [ 1989 ]
• Feast Here Tonight - with Rick Starkey as Rabbit in a Log [ 1988 Marimac Records ]
• Trail to Mexico [ 1985 Folk Legacy ]
• New Englander's Choice [ 1983 Folk Legacy ]
• Powder River - with Ron Kane [ 1978 Folk Legacy ]
• Land of Milk & Honey - with Deseret String Band [ 1974 Okehdokee ]
• Old Time Fiddling - recording of Northeast Regional contest 1972

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