"I had never heard of this genre before and didn't know what to expect from a cowboy poet at Alberta Showcase. Well, my expectations were completely blown away! Doris Daley had us engaged throughout her entire performance and we were left wanting a lot more. We booked her for our 2009-2010 season along with cowgirl singer/songwriter Eli Barsi; this duo was extremely well received and a total delight. Do not miss the opportunity to share Doris (or Doris and Eli) in concert in your community."

 Toni Siegle, Westlock AB Cultural Arts Theatre Series

This just in: there was a Daley Double at the 2009 Western Music Association Awards, announced in Albuquerque, NM on Nov. 21, 2009. Best Female Cowboy Poet and Best Cowboy Poetry CD honours came my way! (My first reaction when my friends started calling was, "Are you sure?") Please check out more details on the Daley News page.

A great way to start 2010! Thanks Kate and Karl for a wonderful

night at The Stop in Black Diamond

I am tickled and honoured that you would spend some of your time here at Fiddle DD Enterprises, of which yours truly is the sole proprietor, investor and creative vice president. While you are reading this, the CEO (also me) is likely washing the kitchen floor, making brownies for fishing lunches, and/or ironing a skirt for the next gig.

I have been rhyming little poems and stories since my folks gave me a rhyming dictionary in Grade 4. Who knew that my love of words and my love of the west would take me from my little home town in Southern Alberta’s Porcupine Hills (population 350) to stages and festivals all over North America.

For me, cowboy poetry is about passion, pride and privilege. Passion to write and recite well, pride in my western roots and a way of life that endures despite great odds, and a privilege to be out on the road meeting wonderful people all over the United States and Canada.

My two favourite gigs are the one I was just at and the one I’m going to next. If cowboy poetry is something you might enjoy at your function, then call me up! No campfire too small, no concert hall is too big, and no road too remote. My list of gigs includes corporate conventions, 50th birthday parties, community luncheons, awards banquets, trail rides, church socials, cowboy poetry festivals, quilting parties, oil and gas conferences, government conventions, sorority fandangos, leadership seminars and even opera galas. When next we meet at one of those, come on up and say hi and I’ll buy the first cup of coffee.

“Doris Daley walks on stage and the energy level automatically goes up. Poised, professional, and yet as relaxed as the “girl next door”, she engages the audience in such a way that they forget she is a performer and feel as if she’s one of the family. Doris is one of the best wordsmiths on the cowboy poetry gathering circuit today, and doubles as a mighty fine mistress of ceremonies. For the same reasonable honorarium, she’ll also saddle your horse, muck the stalls, milk the cows and mend the fence. A poet and storyteller that brings enthusiasm and sparkle to the stage.”

~Gary “Cowboy Jack” Brown, Radio Ranch, KAZU 90.3 FM, Monterey Bay, California

For bookings:

Doris Daley
(403) 933-4434


ddaley@telus.net

Mailing address:
Box 103
Turner Valley, AB  TOL 2AO