See Ric & Linda's television appearance on the PBS Kids program "Postcards from Buster", "Buster's Buffalo Roundup", filmed during the annual Buffalo Roundup in Custer State Park, SD. Aired nationwide on your local PBS station or on the satellite PBS Kids station. Click here to see Buster's web site & find out when the show airs in your area!

 

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We are happy to announce that a song from our Yellowstone Winds CD, Fanny Sperry Steele will be featured in the upcoming documentary about the early women bronc riders "Oh You Cowgirl". Watch for it's release later this summer, and join us in Las Vegas in December for the premier showing at the Tropicana! More details to come on our calendar page!

 
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    Westerners & those who dream of the West will feel right at home with the music of "Open Range"

    AWARDS & NOMINATIONS

    Western Music Association

    2009 Top 5 Nominee, Best Western Swing Group

    2007 Marilyn Tuttle Harmony Award

    Ric & Linda were recently honored with the Marilyn Tuttle Harmony Award after 

    attending the WMA gathering in Albuquerque, NM and entering the harmony contest

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    2006 Top 5 nominee: Best Western Swing Group

    2005 Winner:  Dancer's Choice, Best Original New Dance Tune for 

    "Blue & Lonesome" written by Ric Steinke

    Voted by the United Country Western Dance Council.  

    For more information on the UCWDC click on www.ucwdc.org

    2005 Winner: Harmony Singing Award

    2005 Top 5 nominee:  Best Western Swing Album 

    2005 Top 5 nominee: Crescendo Award

    Academy of Western Artists

    2005 Top 10 nominee:  Best Western Swing Album

    2005 Top 10 nominee:  Best Western Swing Song for 

    "Swingtime in the Rockies"

         

     

    Linda & Ric

    Open Range & the Swing Stampede

     

     

     

    “Music that captures the spirit of the West”…that’s how the music of Open Range has been described. Ric Steinke & Linda Hausler weave a musical blend of tight vocal harmonies & outstanding acoustic instrumentation. They perform music from the old western standards, to swing tunes of the 40’s, to western music being written today, including their own original compositions. Ric & Linda get their musical inspiration from the wide open spaces of Montana where they live in the Shields River Valley near Livingston, MT.  They perform as a duo, trio, or their  western swing band; Open Range & the Swing Stampede.  

        

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    OPEN RANGE:   PO Box 641- Livingston, MT 59047
    Tel.: 406-222-3007 or 888-349-3007 
    Email: riclinda@openrangeband.com

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