"The Cowboy Ain't Dead Yet!"
Award winning
singer/songwriter
playwright and actor
Will Rogers Recipient
2010-2012 Texas Touring Artist http://www.arts.state.tx.us/
R.J. Vandygriff is a complete
entertainer. A soulful balladeer, impeccable comedic timing,
skilled actor and a pretty
fair hand with a horse and a rope.
When he sings you feel the honesty in his voice. He's believable
and he should
be, he's the real deal!
He's at home on stage, in front of a camera or horseback in the big
pasture.
Robert Joe grew up ridin' horses and strumming an ol' guitar in Roxton,
TX, competed in Saddlebronc and Bareback as well as working as a rodeo
clown and bullfighter. Whether he's performing as a solo artist or
starring in the highly acclaimed musical "The Cowboy Ain't Dead Yet!"
R.J. has the God given talent to walk on a stage in front of any
audience and connect with them. He is one of those
performers who "creates" a moment when he steps to the microphone, a
moment remembered by all.
There
IS a reason R.J. appeared on
stage with George Strait, Garth Brooks, Alabama, The Judds,
George Jones,
Merle Haggard, Moe Bandy. Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino, Andy
Williams,
The Sons of the Pioneers, Red Steagall, Michael Martin
Murphy, Baxter Black
and many others. HE SELLS TICKETS!
Some performers sing the songs, R.J. has lived them.
He lives his life by the cowboy code on and off the stage.
He earned his spurs and has the scars to prove it.
FACTS
"The Cowboy Ain't Dead Yet!" is
the
most successful
cowboy show touring!
R.J. worked or appeared in over 100 episodes of the
TV series "Walker, Texas Ranger"
R.J. has opened for the biggest names in Country/Pop/Western Music
at major
Festivals, High Schools, College and Civic Auditoriums
in the
USA and Abroad
APPEARANCES
Lincoln Co. Cowboy Symposium-Ruidoso, NM**Festival of the
West-Scottsdale, AZ
National Cowboy Symposium-Lubbock, TX**Stockman's
Casino-Elko, NV
Westfest-Snowmass, CO**Riverbend Live Concert
Series-Rosenberg, OR
National Cutting Horse Futurity-Fort Worth, TX**National Chuckwagon Championships-Clinton, AK
MPEC Center-Wichita Falls, TX**Globe News Center for the
Performing Arts-Amarillo, TX
Hopkins Co. Civic Center-Sulphur Springs, TX**Terrell Civic
Center-Terrell, TX
Moe Bandy Theater-Branson, MO**Festival of the
Horse-Springfield, MO
Convention Center-San Antonio, TX**Cal Farley's Poetry
Gathering-TX
Peterborough Music Festival-Peterborough, England
Westham Town Hall-London, England
MOST IMPORTANT FACT
He's a pro on stage and off stage!
