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Highlight Events in 2008
 

Courtesy of the California Antique Farm Equipment Show

BY Beth Sequeira

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

TJ Casey and the Roughriders will highlight events at the Antique Farm Equipment Show

TULARE, Calif.— TJ Casey and the Roughriders will entertain guests at the 16th annual California Antique Farm
Equipment Show, to be held April 19-20, 2008 at the International AgriCenter in Tulare, Calif.

Casey is pure cowboy – and is reflected in his behavior.

The soul of Casey was shaped by his family and childhood in Montana's beautiful but harsh and remote Pryor
Mountains, and by close association with horses and cattle before he can even remember. Living primitively (by
today's standards), with no electricity, telephone or indoor plumbing taught him just how unimportant money and
possessions really are in life.

Mentored by old cowboys and old horses, Casey learned honesty, humor, respect, trustworthiness, and strength of
character. Wild cattle and younger horses taught him mental and physical brawn and agility, and developed in him a
good measure of toughness and tenacity.

Interwoven with these forces was the powerful oral history of the cowboy, which Casey was steeped in through
poems, stories and songs, passed down from those who'd gone before. That culture became woof and warp of his
soul, so that the songs and poems spawned there today bear witness of and are true to his cowboy heritage.

Spending two thirds of his life in a saddle working with cattle and horses on ranches across the West, gives Casey
and his words and music an authenticity impossible to manufacture . . . they are truly "of the land. "

When this larger than life artist steps under the spotlight, looks you in the eye, strums the strings on his guitar and
opens his mouth to sing, the cowboy from his soul communicates with you . . . you live the song, the poem, the
story. You smell trail dust and campfire smoke, feel sweat and grit on your brow, taste the blessed refreshment of
clear spring water after a long, hot day of work.

The 2008 Steak BBQ Dinner, is held in conjunction with the show at the International AgriCenter’s Dairy Center in Tulare, Calif.

Tickets for the Steak BBQ and entertainment are $30 (show admission not included).

To purchase tickets or for more information on the 16th Annual California Antique Farm Equipment Show to be held
April 19-20, call (800) 9999186.
 

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