Making his movie debut as the cowboy fiddler in last year’s Cowboys & Aliens, Rex Rideout is a 19th-century music historian who can often be found performing with Mark Gardner. Best Musicians Working Today:Brenn Hill has been telling of life in the West for many years now. His music continues to become more moving and real as well as just plain wonderful. His CD, Equine, tells a very real story of working in the saddle. Gary McMahan is well known for being the author of what some

March 2012