Durango, Colorado
Both multi-instrument aficionado Geary Parsons and award-winning singer-songwriter J. Michael Mullins have, in one way or another, been in the music industry for the majority of their lives. Most of what they do is original music, dealing with the ranching and farming life prevalent in and around where they reside in the Four Corners area. Their music is basic, honest and forthright. Two guitars and vocals, they are just at home around a campfire as they are in an arena or concert hall. Through lyrical ballads and up-tempo comedy songs, they give the audience a first-hand look at what life is like for the still proud, but dwindling, number of ranchers, farmers, cowboys and cowgirls in the great Southwest. Together, they have produced five albums in five years. Mike’s original song, “Drivin’ This Herd to the Rail,” took home the award for 2024 IWMA Working Cowboy Song of the Year.