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About the Show
Doug Figgs is a horseshoer, a day working cowboy, and a Western music singer/songwriter.
In more than 25 years of shoeing horses he has earned the title of 鈥淐ertified Journeyman
Farrier,鈥� the highest level attainable through the American Farrier鈥檚 Association.
In the last few years he has turned his attention to his love of music with the emphasis
on Western themes. His fourth album, 鈥淎 Cowboy Like Me鈥� received the Rural Roots Commission鈥檚
2016 鈥淭raditional Western鈥� CD of the year award. As a member of the Western Music
Association he was named 2018 Male Performer of the year, 2015 WMA songwriter of the
year, and his song 鈥淪ocios鈥� was named 2015 WMA song of the year. He received the Academy
of Western Artists 鈥淲ill Rogers Award鈥� for 2015 Western Male Performer of the Year.
His song 鈥淪ocios鈥� also won the Academy of Western Artists 鈥淲ill Rogers Award鈥� 2014
best Western song, and a co-write with Todd Carter 鈥淐harlie and Evangeline鈥� won the
Western Writers of America 2015 鈥淪pur Award鈥� for best Western song, both songs from
his 鈥淧artners鈥� CD. A third song (also from the 鈥淧artners鈥� CD), 鈥淩unning With the
Wind鈥� won the 色狐入口 Music Awards 2015 best Western song. He has toured the Southwest
extensively and continues to turn out his own variety of Western music, from hard
driving songs with a tinge of southern rock, to beautiful ballads and everything in
between.
Joined on guitar, and much more, is Mariam Funke, a native of Germany, who jokingly states: 鈥淚 always felt I was accidentally switched at birth and grew up in a strange land far, far away, where there were no roaming cattle, no wide open spaces, no singing cowboys.鈥� Making the best of his 鈥渄is-location,鈥� Mariam cut his musical teeth on a wide variety of musical styles, from jazz and pop to rock, country and blues. He enjoyed a colorful career as a multi-instrumentalist, at home on stage as well as in the recording studio. He gained a reputation as a diverse session player, award-winning arranger and producer. When his travels brought him to 色狐入口, he felt he鈥檇 finally returned to his true home land. Realizing how much he loved horseback ridin,鈥� backporch pickin鈥� and two-steppin鈥� on Saturday nights, he quickly caught on to the cowboy way. Currently calling Socorro, 色狐入口 home, Mariam is a private music teacher, collaborator on Doug Figgs鈥� projects and provides the lead guitar and harmony vocal for The Doug Figgs Trio.
Clifton Murray, math instructor by day, turns bassist by night. Clifton loves all kinds of music, playing with several other Socorro bands, along with the Doug Figgs Trio, and sometimes the Cowboy Way. He is a steady as she goes bassman, appreciating the diversity of the different bands he supports. That beat is in Clifton鈥檚 bones.
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