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SEPTEMBER 8�15, 2021
SOUND CHECK
WHAT’S PLAYING AROUND
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
Concert celebrates Western culture
Cowboy entertainer
Dave Stamey plays
Saturday, Sept. 11
Katy Nesbitt
Go! Magazine
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NTERPRISE — The cancel-
lation of the second Hells
Canyon Mule Days was a blow
to lovers of Old West culture,
but all is not lost — cowboy
singer Dave Stamey will be per-
forming at the Wallowa County
Fairgrounds stage Saturday,
Sept. 11.
The OK Theatre and Mule
Days organizers bring back one
of Wallowa County’s favorite
entertainers to the fairgrounds
lawn, where music lovers can
enjoy the show while maintain-
ing social distancing.
Gates open at 5 p.m. and the
music begins at 6 p.m. Concert-
goers are encouraged to bring
a lawn chair and come early to
get a good seat on the lawn. To
further safety eff orts, masks
are required.
Tickets are $25 for adults
and $15 for children and
are available at the gate or
at www.eventbrite.com/e/
dave-stamey-concert-tick-
ets-165051699075.
Dave Stamey has been a
cowboy, a mule packer and a
dude wrangler, and he is now
a popular Western entertainer.
He was voted “Entertainer of
the Year” and “Male Performer
of the Year” seven times as well
as “Songwriter of the Year” fi ve
times by the Western Music As-
sociation. He has also received
the Will Rogers Award from the
Academy of Western Artists.
www.davestamey.com
Dave Stamey concert brings Old West to the Wallowa County Fairgrounds Sept. 11.
Cowboys and Indians Maga-
zine called Stamey “the Charlie
Russell of Western Music” and
Western Horseman Magazine
declared his “Vaquero Song” to
11am-8pm Tuesday-Saturday
be one of the greatest Western
songs of all time. True West
Magazine named him Best
Living Western Solo Musician
four years in a row. In November
2016 Stamey was inducted into
the Western Music Hall of Fame.
He’s produced 15 albums.
For more, go to www.dave-
stamey.com.