Cowboy poets, musicians set to perform at Dahmen barn

Palouse Country Cowboy Poetry and Music Association will perform Sunday, March 15, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Dahmen Barn in Uniontown. The performance will have a St. Patrick’s Day theme. Performers include poets Orvil Sears, Darleane Norskog, J.B. Barber and Dave Nordquist along with musicians Dave Fulfs, Lee Hadwiger, Donna Gwinn and Bodie Dominguez. Admission will be $10 per person at the door.

In 1991 Baxter Black, probably today’s best known cowboy poet, told a group of Palouse country enthusiasts gathered in Asotin that cowboy poetry was the fastest growing western cultural activity and that they should get involved. The group members ruminated. Finally, in 1995, following a cowboy poetry workshop led by local cowboy poet, the group decided to develop a more formal organization and the Palouse Country Cowboy Poetry Association was formed with seven members. Today there are about 40 members, both cowboy poets and musicians, coming from all over the Palouse.