Long desiring to publish a studio recording, LIVE AT THE 7D, was born while playing concerts for guests at the 7D Ranch in Sunlight Basin Wyoming. "The audiences were great and wanted to know how to get their hands on my CDs. It just made sense to hit the record button and capture the essence of the live performance they had just heard”.
It’s a collection of my favorite songs to sing, and I hope they will soon be yours too - Scott
This was one of my first songs, cutting my teeth in heartbreak songwriting.
The inspiration for this song came while watching a movie about a town that was Purgatory. I suppose you don’t have to imagine too hard to believe the truth in this song.
I started this song many different times in my life. Places and memories have that effect on a songwriter. The problem is the song has to be just right to do justice to a place so special. Heck, add up the summers I worked at the 7D, and it figures to be almost a solid year and a half. Time I would never trade for anything.
Written by Charlie Daniels, it’s the age old tale of the horse that won’t be rode and the man that tries. It’s just plain fun to sing. You can hear the fire crackling in the distance.
Written by Brenn Hill, this may be the best cowboy song ever written. But I say that about most of Brenn’s songs. I think you will agree with me.
This traditional song dates back to the times of the cattle drives. There are more versus of this song than one could sing in an hour performance, so I picked the three most popular. Be sure to sing along.
The Colorado Trail was used to drive to drive the cattle north to a rail head in La Junta, Colorado. It passed through some beautiful country just south of La Junta, along the red walled Purgatory, or “Picketwire” canyon.
I’m not sure if a cowboy music show would be complete without this Stan Jones classic. Sometimes the 7D staff gets a little unruly during this one!
A wonderful song by Michael Burton, that has become a classic. This is a “must sing” song.
I ran into my friend Brenn Hill at the National Cowboy Gathering in Elko Nevada several years back. He purposed the idea of retelling this tragic tale, but in a light that honored two Idaho lawmen, their family, and the resource they died protecting. Thank you Brenn.
Life on ranches often throws unlikely couples together, at least for a short time.
I think the cattle drive foremen and the cattlemen, at least those with families, felt the same emotions a modern worker does when away from their family for long periods.
This Kent Lewis song, with its colorful lyrics and brilliant melody, tops out on my favorites list.
This version of the traditional fiddle tune was recorded while warming up on evening before a show at the 7D. When I got home, I added a little backing rhythm guitar and mandolin. Hope you don’t mind that is was only sort of “live” at the 7D.
