As plans for the 2009 Gene Autry Oklahoma Film & Music Festival begin to take shape, we will share confirmed guests here. Click on the "Entertainers" button at left or on their names below for more information about ea ch of our performers. Please check back for updates and additional guests. Entertainers - Les Gilliam (our very own Oklahoma Balladeer and extraordinary ambassador for cowboy and country music)
- Call of the West, (the most versatile Western duo this side of the 49th parallel, includes Jeanne Cahill, WMA's Instrumentalist of the Year)
- Andy Wilkinson (the Texas-based singer/songwriter/playwright with powerful stories, songs and poems)
- Yvonne Hollenbeck (extraordinary award-winning cowboy poet)
- Prairie Moon (dynamic cowboy group from Wichita Falls, Texas)
- Bob & Barb Lewis (old-timey singers from southern Missouri)
- Bill Barwick (voice of The Western Channel, singer/writer of cowboy songs)
Film Stars & Celebrities Authors
(Click on "Celebrities" for information about each author.) - Bobby Copeland (numerous books on B-Western subjects and personalities)
- Francis "Mike" Nevins (Hopalong Cassidy: On the Page, On the Screen and The Cisco Kid: American Hero, Hispanic Roots)
- James Rosin (Wagon Train: The Television Series)
- Holly George-Warren (Gene Autry: Public Cowboy No. 1, How the West was Worn)
Look-Alikes (Click on "Celebrities" for more information about these Look-alikes.) - Bob Seiber (John Wayne)
- Alan Bye (Gabby Hayes)
- Billy Vaughn (Smiley Burnette)
- Bob Wallace (Lash LaRue)
- John Phipps (Tonto)
- Don Cagle (The Lone Ranger)
- Dean Baker (Gene Autry)
- Hank Williams (The Ghost of Zorro)
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