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Here's Juni's Biography...feel free to copy and paste
 
JUNI FISHER'S BIO
     Juni Fisher’s name is synonymous with the kind of songwriting that, according to one promoter “Plumbs the depth of your soul…“.  
Born in the San Joaquin Valley of California, Fisher to grew up in a farming family, but between school and countless singing performances with her two sisters, Juni found a way to have horses, and 4-H and FFA honors followed her through out her school years. While studying Equine Science at the College of the Sequoias in Visalia, she rode young horses for her customers, and became known as a good horse show “catch rider“: she rode her way through college, with top honors at Intercollegiate and Quarter Horse shows.  Meanwhile, she was earning horse show entry money singing big band standards in a dance orchestra.
In her early adult years she apprenticed with a cowhorse trainer, and trained cowhorses from snaffle bitters to bridle horses, winning her first Snaffle Bit Futurity (IARCHA) in ’81, her first Bridle Horse Championship in ’83 (the Monterey Classic) while working on a cow calf operation, and running a roping arena. Her bridle horses did day work on the ranch, and competed weekends. If there was a campfire gathering with music, Juni was there with her guitar, singing the songs  of the west she’d learned from her father. In 1984 she moved to Santa Ynez, CA, to train cutting horses, taking her blossoming songwriting skills with her.
A local band was quick to ask her to play rhythm guitar and sing leads and backups, and soon  she was working L.A. area clubs with a country dance band, which was playing western and cowboy music.  Juni’s ability to ride at speed across the hills found her working as a foxhunting professional, and she accepted a one year position with a hunt club in Tennessee.  Point to point racing, steeplechasing, and horse trials took the place of cowhorses, while she honed her songwriting skills among Nashville’s finest.

Her first Western release,“Tumbleweed Letters” (1999) reached Monterey Cowboy Poetry and Music Festival director Gary Brown in late 2003. He shared Juni’s music with other promoters and soon Juni would shift to music full time as her profession. Fisher now performs at the major festivals, and concert venues of all sizes across the US.
2005 Academy of Western Female Vocalist of the Year,
2005 WMA* Crescendo Award (*Western Music Association)
2006 WMA Female Performer of the Year 
2007 WMA Song of the Year
2008 WMA of the Year
2008 National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum Wrangler Award (Outstanding Album)
2009 WMA Female Performer of the Year,
2009 WMA Album of the Year
2011 WMA Female Performer of the Year
2011 WMA Song of the Year
2011 WMA Entertainer of the Year (first female ever to win)

www.junifisher.net   Office: 615-289-1292  juni@junifisher.net

 
 
Here's Juni's "One Sheet"...feel free to copy and paste.
 
JUNI FISHER : The facts
Juni Fisher/Red Geetar Records/Red Geetar Music Booking:
call or email office for details 615-289-1292 or juni@junifisher.net
Mailing address:  
  Juni Fisher
c/o Red Geetar Records 2105 Granville Rd Franklin, TN 37064
Phone number for media interviews: 615-289-1292
website:    www.junifisher.net

Kudos: (in order, most recent first)
2011 Western Music Association Entertainer of the Year
2011 Western Music Association Female Performer of the Year
2011 Western Music Association Song of the Year
2009 Western Music Association Female Performer of the Year
2009 Western Music Association Traditional Album of the Year
2008 Western Heritage "Wrangler Award" for Outstanding Western Album
2008 Western Music Association Songwriter of the Year
2007 Western Music Association Song of the Year
2006 Western Music Association Female Vocalist of the Year
2005 Academy of Western Artists Female Vocalist of the Year
2005 Western Music Association Crescendo Award
Endorsements: Larrivee Guitars (guitars) Elixir Strings (guitar strings),
Montana Peaks (hats), Buffalo Run Boot Company (boots) Caboots (boots) Lucky Star Gallery
(guitar straps)
 
Short act description:
Juni Fisher is among the nation's top Western Music performers.
Her performance kudos include
2006, 2009 and 2011 WMA Female Performer of the Year,
Composer and performer of the 2007 and 2011 WMA Song of the Year,
2008 WMA Songwriter of the Year, 2009 Album of the Year,
 2008 Western Heritage Wrangler Award winner for Most Outstanding Traditional Western Album,
and the 2011 Western Music Association Entertainer of the Year.

Longer act description:
Born in the San Joaquin Valley of California, Juni Fisher spent her early years training horses, as well as working on cow-calf operations.
She now tours the country full time, delighting audiences with her original songs, storytelling, and guitar playing.
"Juni Fisher's luminous intensity ignites her writing and her performances." says one journalist
"At the heart of her unique and complex artistry is her ability to bring alive what become unforgettable characters and images,
stunning stories that often carry a deep and compassionate reflection of the human spirit."
 
Well known cowboy poet Waddie Mitchell says: "Juni Fisher is the best thing to hap- pen to western music in a long time."

Fisher's awards for excellence in music include the 2005 AWA Female Vocalist of the Year,
2005 WMA Crescendo award winner,
2006, 2009, and 2011 WMA Female Performer of the Year,
2007 and 2011 WMA Song of the Year,
2008 WMA Songwriter of the Year, 2008 Western Heritage Wrangler Award Winner for Most Outstanding Western Album,
2009 WMA Album of the Year,
and 2011 WMA Entertainer of the Year

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photograph: Lori Faith Merritt


 "Whenever a new disc from Juni Fisher hits my mailbox, I am like a kid at Christmas getting it unwrapped and into my CD player. I have come to expect only the best from a Juni Fisher recording but when I got, in "Let 'er Go, Let 'er Buck, Let 'er Fly" obliterated all expectations. Yeeowza! In an instant I was a century younger, I tasted the dust in the Pendleton arena, I smelled the lathered bucking stock, I rode with Jackson Sundown, and I witnessed Bonnie McCarroll's fateful ride. As the last track ended, reality replaced the Round-up and I returned home...but I can go back anytime I wish, simply by inserting the CD. Juni really Let 'er Go, Let 'er Buck, Let 'er Fly on this one!"

Andy Nelson, Cowboy Poet, Humorist, DeeJay on Clear Out West Radio

 
 "Juni Fisher is the best thing to happen to Western music in a long time. Her ability to draw the audience back in time is a talent that will help preserve the essence of the West."
 
Waddie Mitchell, Cowboy Poet
 
 "Juni Fisher's songwriting is thoughtful, creative, and embellished with soaring melodies that transport the audience effortlessly to the grand vistas of the West. Just as important is her ability to deliver the music with a wonderful live performance."
 
Mike Fleming, Arts and Events Supervisor, City of Santa Clarita
 
 "Music is the only art that can bring back the undercurrents of history, the heart of the past. Juni Fisher finds her untold family in 'Gone for Colorado' and all of a sudden, we see these people, we smell the air, we are there."
 
Hal Cannon, Founding Director, Western Folklife Center and National Cowboy Poetry Gathering
 
 "Juni Fisher's luminous intensity ignites her writing and her performances. At the heart of her unique and complex artistry is her ability to bring alive what become unforgettable characters and images, stunning stories that often carry a deep and compassionate reflection of the human spirit. Known for her flawless performances and recordings, she blazes a unique trail of excellence in craft and entertainment"
 
Margo Metagrano, Editor Cowboy Poetry.com
 
 Cowboys and Indians Magazine, July 2009: 4 page article about Juni !
 
Western Way Magazine, Summer 2009: Juni's on the Cover! Feature article too!
 

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photo: Lori Faith Merritt/Photography by Faith

Photography By Faith: The Art of Connection. Visit this one of a kind photographer's website.



DID YA KNOW..

* Juni's an avid fly angler, rarely travels without gear, and if she's missin', she's fishin'.

* Has a horse named "Flipper"

* Has a pink bycycle named "Monkey" with a bell on the handlebars

* Former president of her local chapter of Trout Unlimited, Fly Fishing instructor for Casting For Recovery and Becoming an Outdoors Woman programs, and regular participant     St. Judes Children's Hospital "Hooked on a Cure" celebrity fly fishing events.    

* Has been featured fly fishing shows.

* Has had music in several films, and TV show soundtracks.                                                    

 *Was one of a few female competitors in the 2003 and 2004 OLN Fly Fishing Masters competition. 

* Was the first woman to win the IARCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity, in 1981 (and the youngest rider to win, at that point in time)

*Was the first woman to be awarded the coveted Wrangler Award by the National Cowboy Museum for Most Outstanding Western Album                    

* Has a soft spot in her heart for stringed instuments in need of rescue.

* Is happily married to a non-musician, who is her fishing buddy. His name is Rusty.

 

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Juni's custom hats are made by Montana Peaks hat Company

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The 2011-2012 calendar is booking up faster than a Steeldust horse on a county fair track for Juni Fisher. Call 615-289-1292 or E-mail to book the West's Best Cowgirl Balladeer now!