ELI BARSI on THE CAMPFIRE CAFE on THE EQUESTRIAN LEGACY RADIO NETWORK

0:00Live from Nashville, Tennessee, this is the Campfire Cafe on the Equestrian Legacy Radio Network. I heard they've got some jackpots big enough to blow your mind, all you gotta do is make it through one good-a second ride, I found a little motillo and fronted to your street and the third in the side of the disc said, We'll go to Wickenburg.

1:02Yeah, we'll go to Wickenburg. Next morning, riding early, I beat my entropy. The girl who took my money said that she could play me a seat. I wasn't from around here, but there she kind of turned. Said, Good luck, come back and see me, and welcome to Wickenburg. But I threw the wanker's critter, that stock contract your hand. The boys behind the fucking shoes said, Man, that grown bad. He'll jump out to the right, then he'll spin back around. And when he'll think you're sick and ready, he'll put you on the ground. Well, I bumped off and I was hung up, and I fell into the well.

2:07He walked the length of me, and he told me all to. Well, he turned my face into a plow, and as I swallowed dirt, the clown have picked me up and said, Welcome to Wickenburg. Yeah, welcome to Wickenburg. Well, it was fairly obvious. I wouldn't make no pain. I saw that little gal I met, and she just turned away. I tried to make a smile, but I couldn't because it hurt. When I passed the next ride, I said, Welcome to Wickenburg. Welcome to Wickenburg.

3:16I'll get my fingers right. I'm still learning all these different things on there. It's kind of fun. Oh, that was great. From the edge, we'll see how your host, Gary Holt, joining me is my lovely wife, my co-host, Mary Kay. Hey, darling. Hey, babe. I guess it's kind of fun doing this YouTube stuff as well as doing our streaming things. And I'm trying to get the hang of all this stuff. Darling, you're doing great. That was just the perfect song to start the whole show off with. And we'll be able to find out why pretty soon. Well, so you just got back Tuesday night from Wickenburg, 10 days out of the cowgirl. And I'm telling you, I missed you while you were going. I know. But you had a ball, didn't you? Oh, my gosh. Yes, the weather, the people, it was really precious. I loved it. Well, and hopefully you'll get to go back next year.

4:17And maybe I could travel back up that way. Well, we had a, I had a lot of friends that were out there. Yes. And one of our good friends from Canada, Glenn Stewart and his daughter, Keely, topped the sale again for the second year in a row. Last year, her Bayhorse brought $200,000. And this time, Governor brought $225,000. Can you believe it? I have a video there. I was there when that happened. I have it all on video. It was so dope. Well, I think you and our guests were both there for the sale. Yes. Yeah, but I guess I'm going to have to reach out to Glenn and see if I can borrow some money from him now. There you go. Yeah, it's a good deal. Well, we have a fun, fun guest on the show today. Been a while since she's been with us on the Campfire Cafe. Yes. But you got to visit with her last week in Wickenburg. It was one of my favorite things about being in Wickenburg is I got to spend time with the amazing singer-songwriter

5:24and artist Eli Barcy, who's our special guest today. Well, we're going to have a great time visiting with Eli and we're going to find out more about her and kind of catch up just a little bit. But we're going to do that right after we take a look at this. Stay with us. You're listening to the Campfire Cafe on the Equestrian Legacy Radio Network. How are you Mandel here? You know, folks, I'm a man of so many talents. I'm a comedian, actor, game show host, podcaster. But even I can't juggle all the amazing products from the Spaniacilk. This isn't just another skincare line, folks. Spaniacilk has a whole universe of amazing products for humans, animals. You name it. We're talking shampoos, conditioners, detanglers, topical sprays, and even waterless shampoo from dogs to cats to horses to humans and more. Just pure, silky perfection. Head over to EspanyaProducts.com and use the code Howie10 for 10% off.

6:32I've been getting browned. Ride my songs and take them town to town. I just played a string of rodeos and I still got 500 miles to go. We're moving fast and eight wheels on the ground. Way in the back is where I'd come on wild. With my guitar sleeping by my side. That Detroit diesel takes us for a ride. Screaming Jimmy rocks me to sleep. Every night when I'm worn off my feet. Buckled down with my camera roll. Screaming Jimmy takes me down the road and I sing. If you hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate.

7:32That blue highway is hypnotizing me. It's all I know, it's my reality. But so far, it's never done me wrong. Hey, I'll make room if you want to ride along. Screaming Jimmy rocks me to sleep. Every night when I'm worn off my feet Fuckled down with my cowgirls Or screaming, Jimmy Takes me down the road Screaming, Jimmy Rocks me to sleep Every night when I'm worn off my feet Fuckled down with my cowgirls Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, streaming, Jimmy Takes me down the road that I sing Debbie, hey, hey, hey, oh, oh

8:34Whoa, oh, oh, how did he see? Screaming, Jimmy, takes me down the road Well I love that. I love that. That was a great video. Thank you. Eli Barcy is a singer songwriter. She is an artist. She is an author. What is it that she can't do? I'm not sure. But please welcome. Please welcome to show our good friend, Eli Barcy. Hey Eli. Hi there you guys. Welcome. It's good to see you again. Likewise. Yeah. It hasn't been that long. This is great. Oh, no. Screamy Jimmy. I love that. Yeah. And in the video, I noticed I recognized your good husband, Mr. John Cunningham in there.

9:34I noticed Ryan Fritz that was in there. That's right. And and your pretty mama was in that video. Yeah. So you just you just had a bunch of good friends that came out with that. Yeah. And Ryan's son, I'm my dad, Hoss Fritz. Yeah. So in there. And then lots of neighbors from town here in Musman, Saskatchewan. I had sent out a flyer up and down the street for anybody that wants to come and be in the video. And we got a good turn out. It was a good turn out. That was a great turn out. And then most importantly, the gal that filmed it as I daughter Katie, Serona. Wow. She is a cinematographer. She works for CTV Canada for 11 years now. So she comes in very handy when her mom wants to make a music video. So she filmed and edited and co-directed. And and she had a stack of NDA forms. Not NDA. Something she should. Yes. On camera forms. And she's doing everything by the book.

10:36She was so pro. And we had the best time filming that. It's really well done. Really well done. Well, we haven't had John the show for a while. It's been a couple of years. It's been a minute or two. I know. It has been. It has been. The last time that we saw you and John was last year at the Western Heritage Awards, not on the city. And that was such a thrill to get to visit with you guys then. Likewise, we always love seeing you guys. And it's just not it's not enough. There's too much time in between our visits. But at least, you know, at least once a year, that's not so bad. But I agree. Especially great to see Mary Kay this last week. Share the stage at the art of the cowgirl and then get some downtime. I think our real downtime was at the horse sale. It was relaxing and just let somebody else put on a show for a while. It was. It was nice. It was nice just to be giggly friends together. It was great. Yeah.

11:39So how did you like art of the cowgirl? That was your first time. Yeah, my first time loved it. Loved it. Um, Joni harms also a good friend. Kind of in like me and what to expect in Mary Kay. I'd reached out to her before the festival as well. And so I got some tips and I kind of knew what to expect. But the the vendors and the horsemen ship and and all of that. That was huge. That was something really fabulous to see and just kind of being middle of middle of it on our little music stage. And this powerful tribe of women talented western. I know. We were kind of in the hub. weren't we? Because we had all the ranch rodeo, the vendors, the artist. Um, everything was around us. Yeah. It was really cool. We got to see it all. My good friend Tammy Pate started that seven years ago. I think it was and she passed away a couple of

12:40years ago in December of cancer. And I told somebody I said, I know she's looking down and just smiling to see what this has become in such a really short period of time. And so they've got the art of the cowgirl that was acquired by the Yoast family. And the art of the cowgirl foundation is going on as well. And so just so much good that has come from that special woman's life. And we miss her. Yeah. Sadly, I didn't get to meet her, but I heard I've heard so many good things. And she certainly was well represented last week. I think since her passing, I only have this one time to compare it to, but wow, she's mentioned a lot and it's honored all throughout. And that's so great to see. Yeah, she was so special. Well, this is about you today on show. So because you haven't been here for a while, because we've got people that are just listening all over the world now. I think the last I saw

13:45we had 68 countries and well over a thousand cities that are listening to this show. And that's close to me. Now we are celebrating our 14th year starting this week. And so that's kind of a special thing. Good job. Congratulations. Well, it's all because it's all because of folks like you. We have had great guests from the very beginning. And we appreciate you guys. And we appreciate the audience. But tell all these guys a little bit about you and how you got started in the music business. And then we're going to talk about some of the other things that you're doing now. But how did you get started in the music business? I got started back many years ago. It's 40, it'll be 41 years this year that I've been in the entertainment business, the music business performing the whole time. Really, no, no time off except when there was the COVID thing.

14:50But even, even during that time, found a way to to keep active in in the business and in the business. But I left, I grew up on the prairies Saskatchewan, so southeastern corner of the province, about an hour away from where I am right this minute. Really? And as you know, I didn't move from there to here. There was a lot of my office. It's circling there, yeah. But I left after I graduated from high school, I went to college in Alberta. And it was a two year program for animal health technology at Lakeland College. And I picked that college while they accepted me for for one reason. And then they had a rodeo program. So I thought it'd be fun to be part of the rodeo association. That few of the college colleges in Alberta had a rodeo association attached to it. So that was that was interesting to me and part of my heritage and my life. So right there. And and of course, I'd already been playing music guitar and singing at all the

15:53local you name it from about 12 years old till this time. So that was like five years of being out there. And so everybody knew that I was a singer. And I had this unconditional support because everybody knew me. So now I find myself in a new place where I don't know anybody. I have my guitar with me and I'm playing music here and there. And I'm getting this really nice response and positive response and reaction from strangers. Yeah. Seeing me think that well maybe I really should be pursuing the music. See, I always wanted to pursue the music first and foremost, but my parents kind of said, surely not. That should be like on the side you need to get a real job. Right. I need to make some kind of money. That's right. That feels so Canadian. Surely not, dear. Yes. That's why I did the college thing or or even went that route at all because I sure

16:57wouldn't have. If I would have had an inkling of how of yes, I can do this as a musician. I can get out there and make money. And yes, this is how you do it. But I didn't have I didn't have that major voter confidence to just jump into that until I went and tell Berda and you know, met all these cool people that said, you need to be playing music. You need to be playing music, which was so awesome. And that was kind of a long story how it all came to be. But, you know, where do you start? Like I had no clue. And back in those days, this was the late 80s. Yeah. There were lounges and bars that had entertainment. All week long, Monday through Saturday. And if there was five establishments in a small town, they all had entertainment. Five. Right. And they were busy. And they were all full of people. So that was the thing back then. So there was a lot of work for live musicians. But every Thursday

17:58night was college bar night. So we'd all bow down to the bar and my friends knew I could sing. So they'd always talk to the band. And I was so shy. I was so shy. I would never approach the band and say, can I get up and sing a song with you? Never. Even though my heart's desire was to do that. To do it. Yes. But just being shy, they would do it for me. So you need to get you up and sing. And I would even say, no, no, no, don't, don't. But I wanted them to. So I sang every Thursday night one song or two songs with the band. But is this one particular time that a band from Winnipeg? And she was in and there were too many bands with a female front. Okay. It was always good. Okay. This was an all-guy band with a female lead. Her name was Tracy Young. The band was called Tracy Young and her hired guns. Wow. I like that. She was playing at the bar. So they had me have to say, she goes, that was great.

19:04Do another one. So okay. So I don't know. It was all cover stuff. Judds or whatever was going songs on the radio. You know, we learned them all. And she goes, oh, that was great. She says, do you play guitar? And of course, I didn't haul my guitar down at the bar. I said, yeah, I'm a guitar player. And she said, will you bring your guitar and come and play with us at our jam on Saturday? And like a whole set. Can you do a whole set? I said, yeah, I got lots of songs in my, I could do a whole set. And she goes, yeah, yeah, come and do that. Because it would be so great. It's so fun to have another girl on stage and we'll sing some harmonies. And so I did. And then after that, she said to me, you know, you really need to be doing, do you want to do this? We're living. I'm like, yes, this is my art's desire. She said, you need to be then. You need to be. Look to me up with an agent in Edmond. And they, they said, yeah, we have a lot of work. I made a little demo tape for them on, you know, the flat recorder with the buttons.

20:07You pressed that record and play at the same time. Yes. So that was my first demo tape in my, in my little, a little apartment in Alberta college. And they said, yeah, we can, we can get you work. And when you want to start, I'm like, next, next week for two years. Oh, really? Solid. Wow. My picture Saturday, Sunday, I drove to the next place and started again. I played nine to nine to one. Sometimes nine to two. Why myself? And they said, you have to have a drum machine and a little sound system. And you're going to do what they call a single. That's a single act. Okay. We've got all these. So I didn't play bars, but I played lounges in pretty nice hotels all all over the place. Small town. So did you use the drum machine, like, is it back for some of these? Yeah, they said, yeah, because of the, where they were booking me, that was

21:09a requirement. Yeah. I found this sound system. And then you had people who wanted to dance. And I'm like, okay. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And so learning how to navigate all of that was tricky, but it made me a real, you know, good timing when you. Yeah. I was about to say, they say that's one of the best ways to learn timing when you're a solo artist is to play with a drum track. Yeah. Because you can, you can get lazy as just a person playing your guitar. So it keeps you honest with your rhythm. That's very cool. Yeah. So, so they booked me. I saved, I saved all my money for the two years and traveled around. And I couldn't even play in my home province for a whole year because I had just turned 18. And the drinking age was 19 in Saskatchewan. So they didn't even put me in my home province till the next year when I turned 19. But saved all my money and then my dream, go to Nashville. So save my money, drove to Nashville. So were you 19, 20? How old were

22:14you? 20. 20 years old. You're just a young. All right. Yeah, I look back and I'm thinking, oh my god, and I knew no one had no car. Yeah. Just I'm going. And that was another thing, surely not. I got from my poor spirit. And I'm like, surely not Eli. And I was fine. I was I was blessed with safety and, you know, just finding my way around. But no cell phone and no like no GPS, just a big little paper map. Yeah. And no credit card, travelers checks. And I didn't even really have suitcases. I don't know why that was. They had suitcases and I was faced. But I had all my clothes in big garbage bags. Oh, yeah. 1974 Pontiac. And where I went. And so that was the start of it all. And then it's, you know, it's been 40 years. So I could talk on and on and on and on. But that

23:17was the deal. We're going to talk more about it. I want to find out when you met John and how you met him. And we'll find out how long you were in Nashville. And then you were in Branson for a while. So we may talk about that as well. But just so much to catch up with you on. Yeah. After all this time, I want to get to another song. And this is a song that won you a Wrangler award. Tell us about Portrait of the Cowgirl. Oh, Portrait of the Cowgirl. Probably one of my favorite songs. I had moved back after Branson moved back to the prairies of Saskatchewan. Because my dad had just passed away. And it was just our daughter Katie was just entering university in Canada. So it was kind of good time. I interest to come back to our home country. And as soon as I hit the prairies, I just realized how beautiful prairies were up until that point. The prairies were like so flat you can watch your dog run away for two weeks. You know, I told that story so many times.

24:18And I just didn't see the beauty. But that's how it is from a lot of things. You don't see the beauty. Yeah. And the relevance of somewhere until maybe you've been gone away from it and you come back. And so I just started writing all these songs. They were just pouring out of me. All prairie related. And that's the Portrait of the Cowgirl album. And I had all the songs written except for Portrait of a Cowgirl. Really? I was walking down the gravel road by the farm just out for a walk and just trying to pick her out. What's missing? I need one more song. What's missing? And I was just thinking about my mom. And she had been telling me stories about her one room schoolhouse that she taught in. And she wrote her horse to work. You know, who does that? And nowadays, even people my age, my parents were older when I was born. So they have older history. Right. You know, and so this is still kind of an anomaly that I have parents that were, you know, living without power and no running

25:25water. Oh, interesting. Yeah. I just thought it'd be really nice to to do a song in her tribute. But it needs to be written so that other other people can relate to it and it might remind other people of their moms and community gals and just women, strong women in general. And so that just Portrait of a Cowgirl. And I was just thinking, you know, that all those ideas paint a nice picture, something painting, Portrait, my mom was a Cowgirl. And so then that song kind of started coming to me on my way back from my walk. And then I got, I got to my guitar and my pad of paper and just started writing it down. And then that, when it was finished, that was definitely, oh, this is the title of the album. Oh, wow. Well, it is, it is a great song. And for folks that are listening to this today, if you want to see the video, you're going to have to go to our YouTube page now. Like you see

26:28the question please radio. We're going to take a listen to that. We back in just a moment, talk more with Eli Barsey today on the Camfire Cafe. A baby girl was born in a farmhouse to life here. The year was 1929, it seemed so long ago. And on that farm and little girl soon began the growth. She became a teacher and she taught every grade. The only way to get to work was on her horse each day. She got married to a farm boy, three little ones they had. For six years, they made a life and

27:35hung there on that land. Now, her life's become a portrait of a counter to an sterile. She always tips the high road that her heart's into with God. She is a picture of perfect lady, an angel in my eyes. She's a portrait of a cowgirl forever painted in my life. I never heard complaining. She didn't take the time, but when it was raining and she had clothes out on the line. Some of greats lived duties to help in that affair. I watched her reach and those in need were hands of love and good.

28:39Now, her life's become a portrait of a cowgirl to an sterile. She always tips the high road and her heart's into with God. She is a picture of perfect lady, an angel in my eyes. She's a portrait of a cowgirl forever painted in my life. Here's a block to sacrifice, being all that she could be. And I pray that there's a mod of her in me. Now, her life's become a portrait of a cowgirl to an sterile. She always tips the high road

29:40and her heart's into with God. She is a picture of perfect lady, an angel in my eyes. She's a portrait of a cowgirl forever painted in my life. She's a portrait of a cowgirl forever painted in my life. Wow, you like what a great song. Thank you. The video is just beautiful too. I hope our listening audience gets to tune into YouTube or our website to see that. You know, it's so interesting as your friend and a fan of yours. You and I have known each other for quite a while.

30:40And two of my favorite songs of yours have to do with another talent that you have. You have portrait of a cowgirl that kind of talks about forever painted in your life. You also have another song, Colors of the West, that I just love. And it's so interesting because you also are a painter, you're an artist. Can you tell us when you started an art and how it kind of goes hand in hand with your music? Well, I didn't know that I could paint until about 12 years ago. I've always been crafty and I've enjoyed making crafty things ever since I was little. There was a television show growing up here in Canada. It was called Mr. Dress Up. And Mr. Dress Up was an artist and he had a tickle trunk. He'd dress up in different outfits. But he was always doing art and making things, gluing and cutting. And I would watch the show and then I would, right after the show, mom said,

31:41I would go and do the whole show over. The kitchen table. I pretend I was on camera and drawing and everything he did. And he had music in there too. And so I think that was early on. I was really inspired by Mr. Dress Up. And then just found that I could draw a little bit more of the crafty things and crafty because you could create something in an hour or two. So maybe not having the patience to early on to sit down and create a piece of art as far as art. Yeah, yeah. So I got an email from the Canadian Sydney Foundation. They have a fundraiser every year called Brush Up Stroke for the kidney foundation. And they reach out to musicians. So they had reached out to me as a musician.

32:41To paint whatever for this option. So some musicians, most of the musicians were just painting stick-ish things and trees. And then by a, you know, a celebrity musician. So they had reached out to me to do something like that. And can you paint? And I said, well, I can maybe a little bit. I'll do my best. So I had painted, I don't know, it's just a landscape with Prairie Love. And I was like, oh, I like how that turned out. Oh, I kind of surprised myself. And then I thought I'm going to start painting maybe a little more. So I just found joy in it. And I found that I sit down and paint. And when I get really into it, everything else disappears. It's therapeutic. And I end up with something that's kind of decent that I'm proud of. So I just kept working at it. I'm self taught. So I've learned as I go. And just finding my way with art has been such a blessing. I think I've been able to apply it to my income now.

33:50And it's, I enjoy doing the art almost as much as I do the music. It's about a 6040. It's sneaking in there as being part of my art world. But it's a really good balance. You do a beautiful job. You really do. And you can really feel for those of us who love your music. You have the same aesthetic to your paintings. So I feel like it's a big go so beautifully together. It's just as your friend and a fan, it's fun to see that. I was listening to an interview with Roseanne Cash. And she was talking about being an artist, a songwriter and a musician. And someone was asking her how she keeps her enthusiasm for the music alive. And she says she paints that sometimes for a creative person like yourself, finding another creative avenue will help keep the other open.

34:55And so it's, it's all art. And so it's kind of fun to see it all kind of come together. That's very true. I found that I became a better painter during COVID because I didn't have my music outlets of them. And everything we had booked was canceled. And it was like a real, a real blow. Not to win that. I remember. And to where a lot of people thought, oh, you probably, you know, we're playing your guitar all the time and writing tons of songs. No, I was the opposite. I found it. I found it really hard to go over and get my guitar made me sad because I had nowhere to go with my guitar for until that time. That's all I had done is travel and share the music. And now sharing it on, you know, a few face time or face time, you know, a little bit of the Facebook concerts. And that was okay, but it didn't, it didn't fill that hole at all.

35:57So I put a lot more time into my painting. And I feel like the more you do something, the better you get at it. Yes. So I kind of see that as a real blessing because I had a lot of time. So I put sunk it all into developing my skill a little better and a little deeper. And it's just everything I do has every bit of my heart in it. So I feel what comes from the heart reaches the heart. I agree. And yeah, you do that beautifully, Eli. Thank you so much. Well, we're going to talk about, hey, Matt John, when we come back. Okay. But we're going to listen to another song. And this is Farm Girl. Tell us about this. This one addresses your dad just a little bit. Yes. Yeah. Well, this is a, this is a song that I wanted that I wrote for that portrait of a cowgirl album. Maybe one of the first songs that I wrote. And it was just, I'm thinking I haven't really written any songs up to that point.

36:58That were really about where I came from and my heritage and my roots as far as, and now where I've come from, from the beginning to where I am now. And I think it's so important to be proud of your heritage and be proud of where you came from. No matter, no matter, you don't have to be growing up on a farm or a ranch. You could be a city gal or. Right. You know, so I wanted to write it in a way that I would apply to everybody, but very much about my upbringing. And so the first line is, I grew up picking rocks on my dad's farm. And so that was one of my, that was one of my choices for third. That's a real thing. And okay, so now I'll ask the audience. Anybody else to do this? And there's a few people. I know what I'm talking about. So we didn't have a rock picker every year. My dad was a farmer and he had cattle and horses too.

38:00But every year when he goes to, we call it summer following, breaking up the dirt. Before you plant the seeds for your, for your new crop that year. Big rocks would surface throughout the winter, you know, and that land changes. And so some farmers had rock pickers and it was a machine that went along and picked up. Wow. But on a, and our place it was me and. So you have to, we drive up and down the field, get off and pick rocks that were, you know, going to interfere. With the equipment, the farming equipment that was coming, the cedar. So anything that was big goes on the stone vault pulled by the tractor and. And yeah, that we did that every year. And so that was if I want to go out on the weekend, I got to pick rocks. Instead of being in the house, you have to pick, you know, when you grow up on the farm, you have to contribute. So you're on outside working with my dad and helping with all that or.

39:03Inside doing all the inside chores, so I picked out. So you learned work ethic from that young age, yeah. Yeah, that's important because I do the music industry. Yes, definitely as an independent artist is really hard and you have to have that work ethic. Well, and as you're talking about that, I'm thinking about, you know, that really is a heritage. That is something that's valuable in your life and it can bring back memories. And so maybe your hands kind of got hard and tired and cut occasionally. But the memories of something that are like that are priceless. That's for sure. Yeah, just something to last. Well, let's take a listen to Farm Girl. We're going to come back and talk more the Eli Bar City today on the Campfire Cafe. I grew up picking rocks on my daddy's phone. Now I'm in the city picking on a new guitar.

40:06Now I'm in the city picking on a new guitar. Those bright wire fences couldn't hold me in. A long dusty road was wearing my thing, yeah, yeah. I've come a long way since I left that life behind. I keep moving forward but there's something down deep inside. It doesn't really matter where I grow in this room. I always will remember that I'm still a Farm Girl, yeah, yeah. Farm Girl is where I started out.

41:12Farm Girl always will be proud. Even though I'm in the city as far as I can see. But Farm Girl is who I'll always be. There's something to be said for that peaceful way of life. I've come a long way since I left that life behind. I keep moving forward but there's something down deep inside. I keep moving forward but there's something down deep inside. I've come a long way since I left that life behind.

42:12It doesn't really matter where I started out. Farm Girl always will be proud. Even though I'm in the city as far as I can see. But Farm Girl is who I'll always be. I've seen so many places, no so many faces, got the car, got the fancy suits Nothing can compare to a breath of country air It hasn't been my favorite poolade boots Farmgirl is where I started out Farmgirl always will be proud Even though I'm in the city, as far as I can see

43:17A farmgirl is who I always be Yeah, yeah A farmgirl is who I always be I grew up picking rocks on my daddy's farm Farmgirl I love it I'm an portrait of a cowgirl I was thinking about growing up I was thinking about your mom and dad You really look a lot like your mama You think so? I do, I do She's a pretty lady Very pretty lady How old is your mom now? My mom turned 97 on January 1st

44:18My mother will be 98 next month Wow Yeah, she'll be 98 next month We're just blessed to still have them with us I know, yeah And kind of fun to go back and hear their stories And talk about your mom in the schoolhouse And ride the school on the horseback Yes, and she's very coherent And communicative still So I'm still hearing new stories I haven't heard before Why did I hear that one before? Tell me more No, tell me what kind of songs Well, it's true, I've got more material brewing It's awesome All right, so I want to find out Yes, this couple of times now How did you meet John? Well, John and I met in Edmonton, Alberta Okay 37 years ago I was playing in a band called Real Rider

45:19And it was one of those One of those gigs where you play 9-2 Mondays through Saturday And then, if that's not enough It's a lot They give you, you have to play the 4-8 Jam on Saturday Oh, wow Wow And I was the only singer in the band So that was, so Saturday comes along In the Smoky bar Yeah And it's in Edmonton and busy It's like, it's busy from all night long Jam sessions It's, you're required to do them almost every bar gig in those days And so this was 4-8 So I'm singing 4 hours and then 5 hours On that Saturday So we were always happy The jam, the whole point was We're just hoping and praying that other people will come and play That's the whole point of the jam

46:20And we host it So, you know, we constantly shout at anybody that they want to come So, those we hold John was part of a trio called Three Way Street And they lived in the city And they came, they wanted a gig at this establishment So they came to kind of do a whole set And audition for the bar owner So this was super, this was super Because then I get like a whole set break, my boy Yay! Yeah, so that was exciting And John sang in my spot So I helped him get organized And he was the bass player for that band But John was also the guitar player at the time So now we needed a new This was the last week that we had our guitar player

47:22So the bass player of our band and him And John were communicating about him coming to play guitar for us Yeah Following week And so they were communicating And fast forward to the end of that night They played their Saturday afternoon And then they stayed into the night And they just stayed and partied And then John and his three friends And while we played And I think we got them off later in the night to do more music Which was awesome But at the end of the night They stayed right to the end of the Our gig that night Which was late Yeah, two And they hung around And it went through five We were visiting on the breaks And I didn't pass slip to his number Or ask me for mine And I was still very shy There was no way I was going to say

48:23Hey, let's go for coffee No way, no way So we were doing like our last Maybe our last song And they were leaving And John And I'm just watching them go out the door And I was singing something And I saw him turn around And he goes I'll call you And I thought he was talking to me And I was going Okay The bass player But the bass player was Okay, and I'm like Oh, he was talking about The guitar job So that was That was fine And we were I thought, okay And I was just I was thinking I won't see him ever again And I really liked him I really liked him And the fact that he was a musician too Because I had only kind of dated cowboys up into that port Okay And he was a musician that I'm interested in So we were packing up A half an hour later The bartender comes over And he goes Which one of you guys is named do you lie?

49:23And I said Oh, that would be me So he gave me a little And this is somebody Falling in laughter message for you And it was John Oh wow To call him the next day at noon So I was like super excited I waited till like two minutes after I was just not to look desperate And why I put all that in there is because that's the story You know, and then I called him And then we went on our first date And we've been together ever since Oh wow So there's the story That's a great story Yeah And I've been fortunate to have hosted you for a couple of house concerts down here And you guys were kind enough to come to several of my rendezvous That we've been called for Love, love all of it We appreciate all those nice gigs you got us And opportunities And yeah, John, he does these A really great musician And he wasn't playing upright bass at that time And he morphed into the upright bass

50:24Which has lent itself so well To our western music And also our gospel bluegrass But he's still in the electric bass And then he still plays guitar Lead guitar on different recording projects And he's really good on piano Which I have yet to bring that to the stage Get him to do that on stage And I really blast that we get to work together And we have so much fun And we get along Well Hopefully You're an awesome couple You're an absolutely awesome couple Thank you guys Hey real quickly Tell us a little bit about the books Because I did not really realize you were an author But how many books do you have now? Three Three books Oh look They're right here at the other beautiful Thank you so much The first book I wrote was a collection of poetry and paintings So, hence the title, poems and paintings But it's 34 poems and 44 paintings And some of the poems were already songs

51:24Some poems I wrote especially for the book And I had a file of poetry sitting over here in my computer And a file of artwork over here And it was funny I thought I'm going to try to amalgamate the two And it was funny how everything was written independently And painted independently And how I was able to match up Paintings with poems That was written on their own So that was the first book, a copy table book And then since I've written two kids books And they're interactive At the back of each book The neat, the prairie sky That kind of was inspired by the song prairie sky At the back of the book There's little interactive section for kids Ask questions And then when Sonny came to town This is my little grandson It's not about him, but he's the character in the book This is the gist of this Don't be afraid to share your talents

52:24It is to share your talents He comes to a town and teaches them how to sing And know they had voices Until he came to town and taught them how And just what a difference it makes when you share your talent Even if you're a gardener or a cook Or you're good at anything Like everybody has their own talents And then I have a fourth book Another children's book coming out Hopefully in the next few months It's just about done It's called the Pickle to God away I like it I'm excited about that too But I have another coffee table book It's similar to this one With more paintings with ponderines Instead of These are some one liners That kind of go with each painting Oh well I thought it was got that going When we started the show I said a singer, a songwriter An author, a poet, an artist

53:24A multi-talented person And a music producer And a music producer Yes, she's produced Yila, you've produced several artists Beyond yourself, right? Yes, we started our studio when we lived in Alberta Moved it with us to Branson when we lived there And then now In Movesment Saskatchewan we have our studio It's the same studio that we've moved around And upgraded the gear And yeah, we've probably found about 35 albums For other people Where I produced And arranged all the music And John did the engineering And we love that We love working in the studio Talented, talented people I knew that you produced one for Ryan Fritz And as I was getting ready for this show Six, wow Wow, wow And then I noticed that you had Performed with another

54:24Of our old friends, Brett Kissle And Yeah, I had sung with him on some things So Yeah, Brett's a big deal now Isn't he? He is He started off this little cowboy singer And some festivals And he's a fantastic Yodeler I don't think he Yodels too much anymore But he sure can I remember he was 13 years old when I met him He came up to me Really? And he called me Ms. Parsley I'm going to be a country music singer Like you someday I wanted to meet you Here's my card Wow, he's done very well So he had me sing on One of his releases When he turned 18 years old It was maybe his second or third album And performed at his Big release Party Which was 1500 people At the wind spear center

55:24And he sold out Unbelievable It was incredible And then when I did Portrait of a cowgirl A song that I had co-written with Doris daily A real partner I thought that would work well as a duet Because it's about the husband wife team Oh, I'm going to call on Bratz To return the favor So he did an incredible job on that song Unbelievable And now I don't think I could even get through to him if I said You probably could It's been a couple of years since he was on the show But he's just such a nice guy He's super nice But you are such a talented, fun, fun person to visit And we appreciate you And John as well And your website is EliBarcy.com That's E-L-I-B-A-R-S-I .com Visited, it's a great website

56:24And on social media as well EliBarcy, EliBarcy Music And you know what I don't think it needs to be so long Until you come back And visit with us again Anytime, I really appreciate this is so nice to visit With you and just appreciate your friendship And all that you guys do for everybody I think you make a big difference In Western world and beyond And keep up the good work And thank you for the kind invite Well, you're really welcome I'm going to close this segment with I think this is one of my most fun Videos and songs He loves this, Eli Big hat, no candle Guys, if you have not seen the video Note to our YouTube channel It will be on our Facebook page Or our website as well Or Eli's YouTube channel as well Big hat, no candle EliBarcy Good to see you Thank you so much

57:24Thank you All right, talk to you soon You bet You You You You You You You You You Big hat, no candle No horse, no sign You talk to talk You talk to talk You don't walk in There's no jingle in the pocket You're no cowboys so scared at all Big hat, no candle I'm going to go down to the feet

58:26Store, buy in wire and drain You're not standing up Statter, shooting wall and drop the names Try to get my attention With this pony, a Texas drone Sweet feet, a sweet talk Now you heard it all Big hat, no candle No horse, no saddle Saddle, you're top to top and you don't walk it There's no jingle in your pocket You're no cowboy so skiddle They had no cattle I got done with my business And I headed out the door He decided he should follow that I needed to hear more

59:31He said I didn't catch your name I said I didn't save But when they do, it kept talking As I quickly drove away They had no cattle No horse No sound You're top to top and you don't walk it There's no jingle in your pocket You're no cowboy so skiddle They had no cattle You're top to top and you don't walk it There's no jingle in your pocket

1:00:34You're top to top and you don't walk it There's no jingle in your pocket Hello, hello my darling And emergency, I have a brand new little puppy And I need some dog food right now Okay, a small, very small dog Okay, I have a pistol this year Oh, darling, this is perfect, thank you so much And I'll need that Oh, no purse, you come to my show Come to my show, have price She's down for it You top to top, you don't walk it There's no jingle in your pocket You're no cowboy so skiddle They had no cattle They had no cattle

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1:02:39Well, darling, was this a fun show or what? It was really fun I love being able to see the visual elements of the music videos She has some really good ones Just what an incredible artist and friend Well, she's a good friend, she and John both And it was too long since she's been on the show I don't know why it was so long, but it's been too long We're happy to have her We look forward to having her back We look forward to having you guys back And we want to remind you that you can catch all of our shows on iArtRadio Apple Podcast Spotify And most streaming platforms Just search for equestrianlegacy.net And now, thanks to Mary Kay You can find us on YouTube And I've said this before, she has a Facebook TV I do not But we're having some fun with the YouTube channel as well

1:03:42So you can find that by going to YouTube And looking for equestrianlegacy radio as well Mary Kay, where are you headed next? I'm heading to Lexington, Kentucky for Road to the Horse I'll be performing on Friday I don't have the dates in front of me Well, Road to the Horse is taking place in Lexington, Kentucky At the Kentucky Horse Park in the dates are March 19th through the 22nd So I suppose you'll be on the 20th And that's on a Friday night And a Friday morning and night It is a great event And you'll certainly enjoy the world championship of cold starting That's taking place in Lexington, Kentucky At the Kentucky Horse Park in the Alltec Arena Well, we want to invite you to join us next Tuesday For live from Nashville on Thursdays

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