Sons of the San Joaquin

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The Sons of the San Joaquin is a Western band. They began performing together in 1987 at one of the members' grandfather's birthday party. [1]. They have been credited with "rich durability of the traditional Western music they present, as well as the outstanding original cowboy songs" [2] and being reminiscent of the Sons of the Pioneers.[3] Roy Rogers called them "the only singing group alive who I feel sound like the original Sons of the Pioneers." [4]They have over a dozen albums, including a gospel album and a greatest hits album.

They were inducted into the Western Music Association Hall of Fame in 2006.[5][6] and several of their albums have been given awards by the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum (Cowboy Hall of Fame) [7].

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  1. ^ http://www.thesons.com/thesons/aboutus/4gnet.asp About The Sons
  2. ^ http://www.wvfest.com/performers/showperformer.html?artid=325 Walnut Valley Performances
  3. ^ http://www.californiaheartland.org/archive/hl_801/sons.htm Californiahearland.org
  4. ^ http://www.oldlivery.com/vStore/music/horsescattlecoyotes.htm Old Lovery Mercantile
  5. ^ http://www.thesons.com/thesons/4gnetwma.asp Sons inducted into the Western Music Association Music Hall of Fame
  6. ^ http://www.cowboypoetry.com/wma.htm Cowboypoetry.com
  7. ^ http://westernjubilee.com/SonsoftheSanJoaquinrecordings.htm Western Jubilee Recording Company

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