Music of the New Mexico Frontier: From the Santa Fe Trail to Statehood

Centennial Music by Mark Gardner and Rex Rideout

Jul 20, 2012

Music historians Mark Gardner and Rex Rideout return to the New Mexico History Museum with "Music of the New Mexico Frontier: From the Santa Fe Trail to Statehood," an evening of songs celebrating New Mexico’s Centennial. The free event will be at 6 pm on Friday, July 20, in the History Museum Auditorium. 

Come along on a musical ride from the time of Zebulon Pike’s entry into Nuevo Mexico, through the Civil War, the outlaw days of Billy the Kid, and more.  With fiddle, banjo, mandolin, and bones, Gardner and Rideout will perform songs that were not only popular at the time, but were inspired by New Mexico people and events. 

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Mark Gardner and Rex Rideout

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