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Tony Norris

Storyteller, folk singer and cowboy historian of the Southwest, Tony is the nephew of two of Bob Will’s original Texas Playboys. Born in the ranching country of Central Texas, Tony was raised on the stories and music of the West. As an award-winning country music disk jockey, he worked to keep the culture of the cowboy alive through his weekly radio show, “Under Western Skies,” which featured music, interviews, stories and poems of the West. Tony hosted the open music sessions at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nevada, for ten years and he has performed at the Arizona Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Prescott since its inception and has been featured at the Cochise County Gathering, the Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering, The Red River Western Festival, “Riding the Rim” and at the Grand Canyon “Hole in the Ground” gathering.