John Dofflemyer
40th Gathering Featured Artists
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8m 9s
FEATURING: John Dofflemyer
Filmed on location, John shares his verse, his heart, and his land. Take a journey with John Dofflemyer on his California ranch where he finds inspiration. He writes with the spirit of place, with love and humility. John is the poet and the poem.
From the 37th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, the Rodear Year.
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PLAYLIST
"One Moment, Please!"
"At Machi's"
"Poem for Joel Nelson"
"You Should Know"
"The Rock"
"In the Gloaming"
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
John Dofflemyer
Lemon Cove, CA
A fifth-generation California cattleman, John Dofflemyer and his wife, Robbin, run a cow/calf operation in the Kaweah River watershed of the southern Sierra Nevada. For the past ten years, they have documented ranch life through photographic and poetic perspectives at drycrikjournal.com. After his invitation to Elko in 1989, John began publishing "Dry Crik Review" to encourage and celebrate contemporary cowboy poetry on the page. He has also published 17 collections of poetry, two of which have received Wrangler Awards from the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum.
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Filmed on location in Lemon Cove, California, 2021.
Made possible by Southwest Gas Corporation and by the multitude of staff, artists, volunteers, and community members working behind the scenes to make this show happen.
Brought to you by the Western Folklife Center, using story and cultural expression to connect the American West to the world.
www.westernfolklife.org
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