Fans of the 100 Mile Cowboy Concert may notice a flash
of déjà vu at this year’s event on Feb. 12 at Martin Exeter Hall.
Returning this year after performing at the 2009 sellout are Ed Peekeekoot, a singer-songwriter and highly skilled finger-style guitarist from Vancouver Island, and Alan Moberg, a British Columbia cowboy singer, well known for writing and singing the Williams Lake Stampede song. Moberg is also a BC Country Music Hall of Fame 2008 inductee.
Concert organizer Mark McMillan says the pair is back by popular demand.
“People were asking for them and this is the first time we’ve ever brought performers back for another show.”
The two have paired up in the past for shows elsewhere, McMillan adds.
“Alan is a very talented singer and has real crowd appeal. Ed is more into guitar picking and he leaves the crowd in awe.”
Joining them on stage will be Vancouver’s Ed Wahl who was a featured performer at the 2010 Cariboo Country Night concert. His voice and stage presence make him popular with audiences who appreciate cowboy music.
Alberta’s Bryn Thiessen, cowboy poet, humourist,
and longtime performer at
the Kamloops Cowboy
Festival, rounds out the list of headliners.
This will be the 11th Annual 100 Mile Cowboy Concert and McMillan says a solid fan base has been built. As of press time, there were only a handful of tickets available for the evening show, but matinee tickets were still plentiful.
“People are getting to know that cowboy concerts are good, fun, family entertainment. We turn skeptics around and bring them back year after year.”
Concert tickets are $15 and available at the South Cariboo Visitor Centre, Work N Play Clothing and 100 Mile Feed & Ranch Supply.
Show times are 2 and 7 p.m.
