Cowboy Poetry Album of the Year 2004, awarded by the Academy of Western Artists. A "gather" is a roundup of cattle or a collection of stories, some true, some "improving" the truth, and some not even close to the truth. Poems, stories, lies and "Acapulco" singing (see the liner notes) by the finest performer of that style. Dennis Gaines is the real deal, a former working ranch cowboy, an authentic, grub-line ridin', travelin' tall Texan wearing knee-high "thirsty boots", and he's logged almost as many miles in the saddle as he has in an ambulance. Little kids and dogs love him and women want him. Bankers, lawyers, chuck wagon cooks and emergency room surgeons fear him, and neither the Lord nor the Devil wants to take the blame for him. Call him outrageous, hysterical, or just plain good-lookin', but don't ever call him late for dinner. He's Dennis Gaines, 7th grade spelling bee champion, 2-time winner of the Rio Medina Ice Cream Crank-Off, member of the Texas Commission on the Arts, and the Academy of Western Artists' Cowboy Storyteller and Humorist of the Year 2000.
Danny Hubbard; Acoustic guitar
Milo Dering; Fiddle, mandolin, jew;s harp
Tim Harris; Harmonica
Ron Dilulio; Banjo
Dennis Gaines; Alcapulco singing
2. New and Improved
3. Showdown in Matador
4. Settin' the Record Straight
5. Buck, the Musical Mule
6. Ernesto Galvan (Don Cadden)
7. Bungee Buckaroo
9. A Life Well Lived
10. Bueno Suerte
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