BRANSON MO NEWS: Photo by Don Nelson
Lauralee Northcott is compiling a book of songs, stories and recipes.Band founder Lauralee Northcott will keep busy performing, writing and creating art
By Don Nelson
It’s been a harmonious 17 years for the Methow Valley’s nationally renowned Western music trio, the Horse Crazy Cowgirl Band.
Now Lauralee Northcott, a Horse Crazy Cowgirl Band founder and only original member left, says it’s time to compose another musical chapter in her life.
“I accomplished what I wanted to accomplish” with the Horse Crazy Cowgirl Band, Northcott said in her Winthrop home last week.
Those accomplishments include six albums with various iterations of the band; Group of the Year accolades from the Western Music Association (WMA) in 2015; WMA Harmony Trio of the Year in 2009 and 2011; and WMA Best Harmony Group in 2014. The group’s most-recent album, “All I Need,” was ranked at the top of the Western music listening charts in 2015.
“We did a lot and had a lot of fun,” Northcott said. That included fairly constant travel around the country. “I don’t want to be on the road all the time,” she said. The band was in Branson, Missouri, for 21 shows in October.
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