Farrier Figgs Tells the Story of a Legendary Horse

Doug Figgs performs "Yellow Horse" during the "Home Is Where the Horses Are" show at the 39th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Doug Figgs is an AFA Certified Journeyman Farrier, horseman, and western music singer-songwriter from New Mexico. For more than three decades, Doug has lived close to his greatest love—horses! He has shod tens of thousands of steeds, started around a hundred colts, raised cow ponies and cattle, and grown lots of grass hay. He has won numerous awards for his music inspired by the cowboy and western life he lives, writing songs from his experiences while drawing from the history, hardships, and sometimes the romance of the West. Doug has performed his music all over the region and continues to turn out his own variety of western music—from hard-driving songs with a hint of southern rock, to beautiful ballads, and everything in between.

"Yellow Horse" words + music by Doug Figgs.

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Filmed in front of a live audience with help from the E. L. Wiegand Foundation at the Western Folklife Center’s G Three Bar Theater in Elko, NV, on Jan. 30, 2024.

Made possible by the multitude of staff, artists, volunteers, and community members working behind the scenes to make this show happen.

Brought to you by the Western Folklife Center, using story and cultural expression to connect the American West to the world.
www.westernfolklife.org


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Crew
Kristin Windbigler executive producer
Callie Greenhaw National Cowboy Poetry Gathering manager
Kier Atherton director/dp
Katie Aiken producer
Dylan Baker audio engineer
Dan Alaimo lighting designer
Chris Simon lead camera operator
Chris Carboni camera operator
Travis Cross video stage manager
Kelly Moon stage manager
Cleo Hansen content manager
David Hancock-Taylor gaffer
Marissa Lila production coordinator
Chris Klinkenberg production assistant
Jessica Brandi Lifland still photographer