Headline Entertainers Perform Your Favorites!

What a group of great entertainers we have at the 2010 True Country Music Festival, held  September. 17th/ 18th at the True Country Music Ranch near Princeton, Minnesota!  There will be wonderful songs, fancy instrumentals, cowboy poetry and crazy antics.!

Bill & Mary Lou True

Your festival host & hostess are long-time event producers as well as performers of traditional country music.  They'll share their varied repertoire of country favorites, with such tunes as "Jackson," "I'm a Robot," "Shutters & Boards," "I Heard the Bluebird Sing" and many more will sure to tickle your country music fancy. In 1970/1971 they received the Minnesota Gazette" award for BEST MALE & FEMALE Singing DUO. Native Minnesotans, they've performed around the USA and even in Austria and Ireland.  You'll be "welcome as the flowers" at their True Country Music Festival!

Terry Smith

"A Songwriter with a different touch" - Terry has several memorable songs to his credit.  He comes to us from Nashville, Tennessee, and is best known for his "Farside Banks of Jordan", recorded by such artists as Johnny Cash and June Carter, The Statler Brothers, the Cox Family and many, many more well known artists.  We guarantee he'll capture your heart with his soulful songs, all as country as you can get. (www.terrysmith.us/songwriter.htm) 

Red Johnson

from Champlin, Minnesota, has been performing and writing songs since the mid-1960s, when his "There's a Grand Ol' Opry Show Playing Somewhere" was released on Capitol Records.  Red-headed Red is a hit with anyone who enjoys heartfelt songs about love, veterans, mom, and other such all-American subjects. (http://mkoc.com/RedJohnson/)

Miss Betty Rydell

 is an introduction that has been heard in clubs, fairs, conventions, theaters, churches, radio and television throughout the United States, Canada, Europe and Central America.  Singing a variety of songs and playing nine musical instruments, Betty has performed with Barbara Mandrell, Charlie Pride, Conway Twitty, Ernest Tubb, Tex Ritter, Carl Perkins, Marvin Rainwater and LeRoy Van Dyke plus other name performers.  Betty has won the coveted Entertainer of the Year Award presented by the Country Entertainers Association of the Upper Midwest.

Angie Senger

 Joyce & Phil Leonard  Joyce is the Michigan's Yodeling Sweetheart, She has been singing since early childhood. The love of music
was passed down to her from her mother. Joyce's own unique style of Country, Western,
and Gospel music has many people driving long distance to hear her music.
             
                                                                                     

Vern Bishop.

  He started singing when he was a young boy and continued during the time he served in the Army in 1966.  One of his greats thrills was singing a couple Hank Williams' songs on the stage of the Ryman Auditorium for a tour group. He has opened shows for Stonewall Jackson, Narvell Felts, Porter Wagner, Gene Watson and more.

Rich Bellert

MCs for the True Country Music Festival include Rich Bellert, a talented cowboy poet from Excelsior, MN, who has performed at the Midwest Country Theatre in Sandstone, MN, and at events across the northern Midwest and in South Texas.

Country Pride

Mike Wagner, Bernie Euell. Ken Hoeft, Duka, Bobby Harris.  They will be performing throughout the weekend, as well as providing backup for some of the singers.

Phyllis Marie Hummel Singing Kitty Wells songs.  Recorded a CD. Has performed with several bands Featured at the South Dakota Country Music Hall Of Fame, and the True Country Music Festival.  Has her own band called "Singing Country". Phyllis has sung with Sherwin Linton, and also at the South Dakota State Fair.

Greg Hager

An easy-going country style with melodic and meaningful lyrics.” That is how many describe the songs that Greg Hager writes and sings. His performances are an enjoyable mix of original music and stories. He was raised on a grain and dairy farm southwest of Valley City, ND, and like most farm kids, his childhood was spent working and playing. He says that almost all people want the same things, and that is why people relate so well to his songs about love, life, and living. The inspirations for his music come from his own experiences and also from the experiences of others.  Hager has recorded two all-original music albums in Nashville, TN. “Daydream” has a reflective feel to it, and “A Century Too Late” highlights western and cowboy songs.  He will be releasing an original gospel album in December. Hager stays busy performing at festivals, fairs, and other feature performances