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Cowboy Bob and Gypsy Dust is Montana's premier Cowboy Band. They play authentic original and traditional Western Music in a style referred to as Western Swing.

Cowboy Bob is an authentic cowboy who grew up on a ranch and who has worked as a cowboy at various times throughout his life.

Over his music career, Cowboy Bob had many “firsts” including:

• Playing original and traditional Western Music at the very first National Western Music Festival in Tucson, Arizona.

• Performing original and traditional Western Music at the very first Montana Cowboy Poetry and Western Music Rendezvous in Big Timber, Montana.

There is a difference between Western Music and Country Music.  Western Music has its roots in cowboy music and jazz, whereas country music has its roots in bluegrass and hillbilly music. The two types of music are different.

About half the music the band plays is original western music written by Cowboy Bob and the other half is traditional western swing music from the 1930s, 40s, and 50s by artists like Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys and Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers!

We would like to add your venue to our schedule! Please send us an email to work out the details.

This year, Cowboy Bob and Gypsy Dust performed at The Historic Murray Bar in Livingston, Montana, Friday night of Rodeo week! It was the 100th anniversary of the Livingston Roundup Rodeo.

They performed at Great Falls, Montana's premier performance venue, the Beacon Icehouse, for Western Art Week, formerly known as the Charlie Russell Art Show, the largest Western Art show in the world!

They also performed at The Westerner in Gallatin Gateway, a new premier performance venue in Montana which is built in the style of a Texas Dancehall. 

They played a large outdoor concert for the Montana Brewers Association' s Summer Brewfest in Helena, Montana. 

The band participated in a state-of-the art sound stage production at an exclusive, invitation only event in Helena, Montana of the Cowboy Bob original song, Buffalo Range

They performed at the Old Saloon in Emigrant, Montana, at The Lumberjack Saloon near Lolo, Montana, and at The Sculpture In The Wild, Sculpture Park in Lincoln, Montana (a by-invitation-only venue) as well as numerous other venues in Helena including the Lewis and Clark Tap Room and the Silver Star Steak Company.

Recently, when Cowboy Bob And Gypsy Dust were invited to perform live on KGLT Radio in Bozeman, Montana, a real-time computer screen showed people listening from every country on the planet.

They recorded that performance and turned it into a CD titled, Cowboy Bob and Gypsy Dust-Live Worldwide On KGLT Radio which is available on all music streaming services along with their previous CD titled, Cowboy Bob and Gypsy Dust-Live At The Top Hat which was recorded during a performance at the Top Hat Lounge in Missoula. 

These two albums can be found on Spotify, Apple Music, Pandora, YouTube and all other music streaming services! 

Cowboy Bob's first album titled, “On The Prairie,” recorded in 1989, will also be available on all music streaming services after the first of the year.

Here are links to the band’s social media services where you can find demos and more information:

• Video of the first song of the band’s KGLT performance

• YouTube Channel

• Facebook Page

Cowboy Bob and Gypsy Dust is a swing dance band and you can swing dance to every song they play.

This is one of Montana's best bands! They have played almost every one of the major venues in Montana including:

• The Westerner in Gallatin Gateway

• KGLT Radio in Bozeman

• The Old Saloon in Emigrant 

• The Murray Bar in Livingston 

• Stacey's Old Faithful Bar in Gallatin Gateway 

• The Beacon Icehouse in Great Falls

• The Sculpture In The Wild Park in Lincoln

• The Jump Bar in Bozeman 

• The Top Hat Lounge in Missoula

• The Rialto Bozeman Theater in Bozeman

• The Celtic Cowboy Bar in Great Falls

• The Ranch at Rock Creek

• The Covalite Theater in Butte

• The Original Montana Club in Helena

• The Lewis and Clark Taproom in Helena

• Every music venue in Helena

• Cowboy Bob has performed numerous times at The National Western Music Festival

• Cowboy Bob has performed numerous times at the Montana Cowboy Poetry and Western Music Rendezvous

Hire this exciting, crowd-pleasing band to perform at your event!