Wylie Gustafson, Wylie & the Wild West, Bucking Horse Moon, Hooves of the Horses, Glory Trail, Live At the Tractor, Cattle Call

Wylie's Biography  

Wylie Gustafson

Wylie Gustafson
Bucking Horse Moon

"Wylie has made many contributions to cowboy music, and with this CD he's put another good one in the barn. There is no doubt Wylie is one of the best singers no matter the genre. What sets him apart from most of the herd, is he's a 24 caret cowboy. He lives his songs in real life and I'd be plumb proud to trail with him"- Eddie Kilroy, Program Director, "Willie's Place" XM Radio

Wylie Gustafson
Hooves of the Horses

"Wylie Gustafson is not only a true romantic, he's also a craftsman and a perfectionist- and one of the most consistently fine cowboy singers of his generation." - Michael McCall, Country Music Magazine

Wylie Gustafson
Glory Trail, Cowboy and Traditional Gospel Songs

"He's the real deal. He loves it, he feels it, he cares about it, and he creates it in a profoundly satisfying way. We'll hear much more from this very talented young man!" Ranger Doug-Riders in the Sky

Wylie and the Wild West
Live! At The Tractor

...it's more about rockin' and rollin' and yodelin' and trying to pluck that emotional note that you can't get anywhere else except in front of a LIVE! audience.
DVD features Tractor concert, band interviews, Wylie at the ranch, 10 music videos from the past and more. 2 hrs 15 mins

Wylie & The Wild West
Cattle Call

"When Wylie performed his subtle version of "Cattle Call," the cool, mainly young crowd became instant traditionalists."
Keith Glass-The Australian Country Music Capital News

Five-thirty in the morning is not an hour generally claimed by musicians. While most singers and strummers are dozing on the bus or at the local Motel 6, there is one musician who is rising to face the day: Wylie Gustafson. Of course, there is a reason for his early waking: his cattle and horses aren’t going to feed themselves!

Despite his successful career as one of America’s most popular traditional entertainers, Wylie still gets up everyday and tends to the livestock. It grounds him, and is the backbone of his art. For the secret of Wylie’s honest, soulful music isn’t in any musical formulas or flashy gimmicks. Its purity lies in his character: earnest and hard-working, but beaming with friendly vigor - and a smile as warm as first sunlight rising over the prairie.

Wylie’s wild blend of western swing, classic country, cowboy, and folk music - served up with a healthy helping of his infectious energy - gets the crowd moving every time. No less authority than Billboard Magazine declared “When Wylie & the Wild West play, folks get up and dance!,” and from festivals to state fairs, bars to barn dances, it rings true.

When asked to define his music, Wylie states, “We are a good-time cowboy band. The young urban crowds in Seattle appreciate us as much as the working cowboys do. Our music is not limited to one type of listener.”

Keeping his home base near Dusty, Washington (population 11), Wylie's dynamic stage presence keeps getting him invited back to venues year after year. He has appeared on the Grand Ole Opry more than 50 times, and also performs at such prestigious venues as the Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, the National Folk Festival, Merlefest, A Prairie Home Companion, the Bumbershoot Festival, and The National Cowboy Poetry Gathering.

Wylie & the Wild West were recently honored by the Academy of Western Artists and the Western Music Association with awards for the 2005 Group of the Year, 2004 and 2005 Yodeler of the Year, and 2006 Best Western Swing Album. Their music is in regular rotation on the world’s most listened to satellite radio station, Willie’s Place- XM Radio Channel 13 with over 2 million listeners.

With the twelfth release of his career, Bucking Horse Moon, and his ever-increasing media profile (feature spreads in everything from The Seattle Times to Western Horseman), Wylie & the Wild West are bringing their rollicking sound to new audiences the world over. And, in case you didn’t know, that’s Wylie’s voice echoing in millions of homes as the ever-familiar Ya-hoo-ooo! in the Yahoo.com advertising campaign.

That is not the resume of a mediocre performer.

All of Wylie’s music is dashed off with a hardy dose of trail dust. For him, his Western lifestyle and the recording studio are inseparable. Wylie is an accomplished cutting horse enthusiast who was the 2005 NCHA Western National Finals Champion. That shiny belt buckle he wears wasn’t bought on e-Bay. He and his wife Kimberley actively operate one of the Northwest’s premier cow horse training facilities: www.crossthreequarterhorses.com.

In this era of prepackaged superstars - of pale imitations of country music being pushed onto the public by faceless media giants - the music of Wylie & the Wild West is a beacon of truth and honest beauty. “In our music and our presence,” explains Gustafson, “we try to be ourselves.” By being himself, Gustafson has become one of the most exciting and endearing acts in contemporary music - country, western, folk or otherwise.

"Obviously Wylie makes phenomenal music," says Chris Tahti, director of the Minnesota State Fair, "but he’s not just a good recording artist, he’s a great performing artist. From his performances here, he’s gained a really solid following. People plan to be here to see him. The best part of his performance is the reactions of people who don’t know who he is - they walk by, and he pulls them into the seats. He’s a magnet," Tahti beams. "Not only does he draw a crowd, he keeps them there."