Russ has been playing bluegrass and country music since the 1950s when he appeared on stage with his dad’s country band at the tender age of four.  He partnered with the late Ranger Rick Bradstreet (of Bluegrass Patriots fame) as a duo and with the Skunk Valley Boys in the Emporia, Kansas, region before relocating to Colorado in the late ‘70s.  He formed the Poudre Valley Boys with Ron in the ‘80s and then went into semi-retirement from music for a few years to focus on his construction business and to establish legacy stables, a premier horse boarding facility, with his wife, dawn.

We’re glad to get russ back on stage as a key part of cowtown!  Russ has the soul of a cowboy (and used to be one) and knows a million country songs, as of last count.  He holds down the rhythm and lead guitar and his singing is a highlight of any cowtown show!