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Songwriter's Monthly Magazine
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.. Credentials
Toured with & opened for:
- Leroy Van Dyke
- Michael Martin Murphy
- The Sons Of The Pioneers
- Wynnona
- Riders In The Sky
- The Lawmen
- Johnny Western
- Thom Bresh
Hits:
- My Old Enamel Mug
Top 20 & Top 100
- Selfish Heart
Top 20; 4 mths on 'Hoedown'
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Pictured: An original caricature of Leighton by Jim Collender, sketched during a performance at the Hole In The Wall, Wyoming.
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Awards:
- Steel City 'King of Country'
- Steel City 'Songwriter of the Year'
- Starmaker Awards finalist
- Lakes Country Music Association 'Songwriter of the Year'
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Repertoire & Australian venues played:
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Tours, festivals, television:
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- Australian, USA & European tours
- Australian national tv performances
- Sydney Opera House concert
- Bunyip Country Music Festival, Victoria
- Galston Country Festival, NSW
- Bungendore Country Muster, NSW
- Tamworth Country Music Festival, NSW
- Bluegrass Festival, Ft Collins, Colorado
- International Club, Aurora, Colorado
- Hyatt Hotel, Denver, Colorado
- Central City Casino, Central City, Colorado
- TCI TV Special, Denver, Colorado
- Grizzly Rose, Denver, Colorado
- Johnny Western Radio Show, Kansas
- Christy Lane Theater, Branson, Missouri
- Outback Bar, Branson, Missouri
- Praireland Festival, Firth, Nebraska
- WOW Radio, Council Bluffs, Iowa
- International Festival, Aurora, Colorado
- Country Palace, Littleton, Colorado
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- Fall Festival, Avoca, Iowa
- Cactus Pete’s, Dallas, Texas
- Blue Sky Court, Nashville, Tennessee
- Fremont, Festival, Nebraska
- Denver Concert series, Colorado
- Cowboy Songs & Range Ballads, Wyoming
- Fanfest, Los Angeles, California
- Ojai Pow Wow, California
- Acorn Feed Store national TV show, Iowa
- Charlie Daniels TV show, TNN
- Buckskin Horse Show, Columbia, Missouri
- Sarpy County Fair, Nebraska
- Wynnona Concert, State Fair, Colorado
- Denver LODO Festival, Colorado
- Kyotees, Sterling, Colorado
- Colorado Opry Headliner, Colorado
- Shebean’s Pub, Aurora, Colorado
- Pro Rodeo, San Francisco Cow Palace, California
- Dubliner Pub, Phoenix, Arizona
- Missouri State Fair
- Canada’s Cowboy Festival, Calgary
- Standing performances Branson, Missouri
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