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NEWS FLASH!  6 top-ten award nominations from the Western Music Association, 2008 
-Traditional Duo/Group of the Year
-Crescendo Rising Star Award
Best Album: "Herds, Horses, & Song"
Best Song:  "Heart of the West" (Cimarron Sue)
Best Song: "Lope Along" (Nevada Slim)
Best Collaboration Musician/Poet, Clark Crouch & Cimarron Sue for
"Come Riding With Me"
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SHORT BLURB:
Nevada Slim's rich baritone voice and stylish guitar work have delighted audiences for upwards of 42 years on stages from the casino showrooms of Nevada to West Germany to New York.  When he teams with Cimarron Sue, sparkling lady bassist and vocalist extraordinaire, the result is an energetic, entertaining and informative stage show especially popular with seniors and other fans of vintage western music.

For 2008, look for Slim & Sue at County Fairs and Cowboy Gatherings with a show of irresistible genuine cowboy songs and old-time country tunes : the music folks remember.  The duo offers spirited interpretations of traditional songs of the old west, and the music of the movie cowboys and cowgals too, all spiced with narrative highlighting the historical context of the music.  For 2008, the duo has been  nominated in the top ten finalists for 6 Western Music Association awards.
 

GENERAL PRESS RELEASE 2008 “NEVADA SLIM & CIMARRON SUE”

Contact:  nevadaslim@NevadaSlim.com

HERITAGE YOU CAN HEAR

Nominated for 6 different awards in 2008 by the Western Music Association, Nevada Slim and Cimarron Sue, “Minstrels of the Old West,” deliver a spirited interpretation of traditional western music, honoring working cowboys and cowgirls, as well as those who rode their ranges in the movies.  They draw from a large repertoire of songs and cowboy poetry  to provide glimpses of the people who built the American west, blending music with storytelling to lend historic perspective to the show.  The diverse duo also offers the music of early country legends, such as Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, Marty Robbins, Johnny and June Carter Cash, and Jimmy Rogers.

Susan “Cimarron Sue” Abraham is a native of Port Townsend, WA.  Her family comes from mining, ranching, and railroad folks in Republic and Starbuck, WA.  She is a seasoned performer of over 20 years, plays bass guitar, and handles half the vocals for the duo.

Bruce Matley, aka “Nevada Slim,” has performed for forty-plus years.  Born and raised in Reno, Nevada to a pioneer cattle ranching family, Slim spent much of his childhood and teen years in the saddle on the ranges of Northern Nevada, in the hayfields, and engaged in the various tasks associated with ranching. Many of the traditional western songs in Slim’s repertoire were learned in childhood on the family ranch from cowboys who began their working lives in the 1890s.

Nevada Slim and Cimarron Sue logged 147 performances in 2007 at county fairs, cowboy gatherings, festivals, and other events.  For winter 2008 they've performed at the Western Music Association Festival in Albuquerque, NM,  the Spirit of the West Cowboy Gathering (Ellensburg, WA), the Lee Earl Cowboy gathering (Lewiston, ID), the Columbia River Cowboy Gathering in Pasco, WA, and Waitsburg, WA's Touchet Valley Western Show.  The duo’s 2008 summer season of county and state fairs will cover  Oregon’s Linn and Hood River County Fairs, and the Cowlitz, Clark, Skamania, Klickitat, Walla Walla, and Columbia County Fairs in Washington, as well as Pendleton's Main Street Cowboys celebration.    For schedule updates and news about their new CD “Home Ranch Tales” visit Nevada Slim and Cimarron Sue at www.nevadaslim.com.