Sid sings of a life well lived. Sid Marty performs "Other People's Cattle" with Denise Withnell + David Wilkie during the "Bridging the 49th" at the 35th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Sid Marty
Lundbreck, AB, Canada
Sid Marty and his wife live on a small holding in southwestern Alberta, south of Tyson and north of Zarzyski. Sid began composing poems and song lyrics in the saddle while patrolling the mountains of Banff, Yoho and Jasper National Parks as a park ranger. There were no cows in the backcountry except cow elk, so he used his lariat mainly for pulling packhorses out of bogs and skidding firewood. Since 1988, Sid has worked as a singer-songwriter and freelance writer. He has published five nonfiction best-sellers and five books of poetry on western themes. He leavens his words with plenty of humor. Sid plays guitar and describes himself as a western bard and storyteller, sometimes alternating songs, poems and a story or two in the same set. He calls that program “Leaning on the Wind and Falling Off the Mountain.” He is joined by Denise Withnell and David Wilkie.

"Other People's Cattle"

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Filmed in front of a live audience at the Elko Convention Center’s Laurena Moren Theater in Elko, NV, on Feb. 2, 2019.

Made possible by Nevada Gold Mines and 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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