The Cross Town Cowboys have combined rousing original music with early Western standards creating an entertaining compilation of songs on their premier CD, Save the West! Their unique jazzy western-swing sound has captivated live audiences throughout California and Arizona and is currently being played on more than 170 radio stations around the world.
The Cross Town Cowboys are a trio of likeable guys who have as much fun on stage as their audience has watching them. These personable fellas live by and do their best to promote the honorable cowboy code of the Old West, as evidenced in their live performances and recorded music.
“There’s bad guys in high places,
Evil do-ers all around.
It’s time to pull together,
Time to save our town!”
...From Save the West
In the spring of 2006 at the Santa Clarita Cowboy Poetry and
Music Festival, two lone singing cowboys, Dusty Hart and Buffalo
Bryan bumped into each other near one of the street venues. They
were promptly introduced by their longtime saddle pal, western
crooner Buck Corbett.
After the dust settled, Dusty and Buff
began writing western music together. Still something was missing….
the duo needed a moniker. Should it be Dusty and Buff or Buff and
Dusty? Neither was comfortable with being billed first over the
other. They tried combining their names. Duff and Busty was
definitely out! Being men of faith they arrived at the name “The
Cross Town Cowboys”. “Cross Town is anywhere good cowboy’s
gather to worship”.
That following October “The Cross Town Cowboys” got of one of their first breaks. The boys were asked to act as the backup band for the “Wilshire
Boulevard Buffalo Hunter’s Club” performances at the Lone Pine Film Festival. Headed by television and movie star Jon Falling Rock Locke and famed western artist Katie West, both have a keen eye for spotting talent.
“The Cross Town Cowboys” were given the spotlight a number of times by Jon and Katie, performing original material to the standing room only crowd. Fate did surely bless them that evening.
During the Saturday evening performance Gary Lawson, creator of the Western Movie Legends actors group took in the show. The boys were immediately inked to perform on the Western Movie Legends float in the following day’s parade!
The grueling four block long parade root was taken in stride by the boys. They delighted the crowds by singing their hearts out for everyone well before the parade started! Another float participant quoted: “We had more fun on that float than anyone watching the parade! I wanted to go around again so we could sing-along some more”!
A few months later “The Cross Town Cowboys” were tagged to record and perform material for the 2007 Santa Clarita Cowboy Poetry and Music Festival’s Cowboy Church Service. They belted out rousing renditions of “I’ll Fly Away” and “Hallelujah, I Am Ready” to the capacity crowd. Truly, a wonderful way to celebrate their meeting one year prior to the day.
In the spring of 2008 The Cross Town Cowboys released their long anticipated
debut CD. “SAVE THE WEST!” is now receiving worldwide radio airplay and has
made numerous “Top Ten” lists with many accolades from their peers.
Work has
begun on the next CD due out in the spring of 2009. As if that wasn’t enough the
boys have boldly forged into the 1980’s and the MTV generation. Dusty and Buff
have been making videos with the cooperation of Dancing Dachsye Productions. The
videos can now be accessed on the Audio/Video page of their website.
You can learn more about the Cross Town Cowboys by visiting the Official Cross Town Cowboys website.