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Photos and Story by Sheila Loney                                                  Click on the gallery to scroll through the photos

July 28th, 2017, Cheyenne Frontier Days hosted Jason DeRulo with special guest Flo Rida.  Loveland, Colorado’s 96.1 KISS FM’s radio disc jockeys mc’d the night.

KISS FM started the show off with five contestants performing a lip syncing contest  The winner got to meet Jason DeRulo after the show.

It is not Cheyenne Frontier  Days without rain showers happening at the event.  And this year the weather did not disappoint.  The rain cooled off the air, but did not cool off the excitement of the crowd, even with Flo Rida starting late, due to unforeseen circumstances.  Flo Rida was definitely worth the wait.  Due to the weather, the U.S. Navy Leap Frogs, cancelled their spectacular night demonstration that was scheduled to be performed between the two musical acts.

Jason DeRulo is an American singer, songwriter and dancer.  His music is pop with a heavy influence of R&B and hip hop.  He has produced over 10 Top 10 singles and four number one hits including, “In My Head”, “Don’t Wanna Go Home”, “Talk Dirty” and “Want to Want Me”.  It turns out that Jason really enjoys country music.  He recently won the 2017 CMT award for best CMT Performance.  Jason is now embarking on a country music project, that he is remaining quiet about.  You can read about it here on Taste of Country http://tasteofcountry.com/jason-derulo   Check out Jason’s website to be updated about everything to with Jason DeRulo http://www.jasonderulo.com

Flo Rida is an American rapper, hip-hop artist and songwriter.  He has produced five number one hits including his break out song “Low” that stayed at the number one position for 10 weeks in a row.  He has collaborated with numerous well-known artists including Lil Wayne, Will.I.Am and Sean Kingston just to name a few.  You can find out about new music, concerts and more on his website, http://www.officialflo.com

To learn more about Cheyenne Frontier Days go to http://www.cfdrodeo.com/

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Photos and Story by Sheila Loney.

Cheyenne Frontier Days Night Show on July 27th, 2017 featured Thomas Rhett with special guests Dan +Shay.

Thomas Rhett is an American Country and Western singer and songwriter.   He is definitely not new to the world of country music as he is the son of country star Rhett Akins.  He has produced several number 1 singles including “It Goes Like This” and  “Star of the Show”. Thomas has written songs for Jason Aldean, Lee Brice and Florida Georgia Line.  During his show he announced that he might have to leave as his wife, Lauren, was due to give birth at anytime to their second child.  They have one other child that they adopted in May of 2017.

The U.S. Navy Leap Frogs Seal Team made an aerial appearance during the break between the bands.  As Queen’s “We Will Rock You” started to play out over the loud speakers, the Leap Frogs jumped from their plane with sparks flying off their feet creating a spectacular effect allowing the audience to see them and their parachutes.  The roar from the audience made the excitement of the event truly palatable. Cheyenne Frontier Days were truly grateful for their appearance as one of their team members, Special Warfare Operator 1st Class, Remington J. Peters of Grand Junction, Colorado passed away during a Memorial Day demonstration in New Jersey.

Dan + Shay are a country and western music duo.  In December of 2012, they met in Nashville and started writing songs together the next day.  They have had 3 number 1 chart toppers with the latest being, “How Not To”.  They sure have come a long way in such a short time span.

Click through the gallery above to see all the photos from the nights events.

Photos and story by Sheila Loney

Luke Bryan

Luke Bryan band members

Luke Bryan

Luke Bryan

Luke Bryan

Luke Bryan

Chris Janson

Chris Janson

Chris Janson

Guitarist for Luke Bryan

Wednesday night July 26th, 2017 Cheyenne Frontier Nights featured Luke Bryan with Special Guest Chris Janson.

Luke Bryan is an American country and western singer and songwriter hitting the music scene in 2007.  Since then, he has recorded 16 number one singles and earned  a myriad of awards including the coveted AMA Entertainer of the Year.  For the first time in the 27 year long history of the Country Airplay chart, his full length album, “Kill the Lights” garnered a record of six number one hits.

For more information about Luke Bryan and his tour here’s his website http://www.lukebryan.com/

Chris Janson is an American country and western singer and songwriter.  He has written songs for Tim McGraw, Hank Williams Jr. and others.  He is an avid harmonica player and has played on Lee Brice’s album “Hard to Love.”   Look out for this guy.  He is going to go far in the world of country music. His concert was out of this world!

For more information about Chris Janson go to his official website at www.chrisjanson.com

Photos and article by Sheila Loney.

On July 14th-16th, 2017,Trinidad Serrano the owner of The Tribe Zoo Tattoo Shop hosted the 2nd annual 4-Ever West Tattoo Festival in Cheyenne, Wyoming.  This was a great alternative event, refreshing from the old west reputation that Cheyenne holds.  It shows that there is a lot more to this town than just cowboys, cows and horses.  It was held once again at the Cheyenne Depot and Plaza.  There were approximately 20 different tattoo artists from Wyoming, Colorado, Utah and Nebraska.

Besides being able to receive ink and watch these amazing artists at work, there were local Barbers from Presidential Barbershop, local artisans and food vendors. If you did not want to have permanent ink you could get a henna tattoo or get your face painted. The live music featured country band, Southern Fried, a Cheyenne favorite and the Christian rock band Set for the Fall from North Carolina.  You could also walk over and watch the live graffiti artists doing their thing with spray paint.

Among the variety of foods and artisans to check out, there were several competitions including; Pinup girls, beard and mustache and a car and bike show.  And it truly would not be a tattoo festival without a tattoo competition.

There was definitely something for everyone at this festival.  Check it out next year.

You can visit the Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/4EverWestTattooFest/

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Cole Swindell, Country music singer, and songwriter opened up the final night of Cheyenne Frontier Nights for Florida Georgia Line.  He has written songs for Luke Bryan and more.  Now out on his own.  He will be headlining CMT on tour starting in October.

Photos by Karen Cotton

Cole Swindell

Cole Swindell

Jake Owen with Special Guests Old Dominion played Cheyenne Frontier Nights.

Photos by Karen Cotton

Jake Owen

Jake Owen having fun with the audience

Jake Owen

Jake Owen

Jake Owen

Jake Owen

John Henry Trinko, Old Dominion

Matthew Ramsey, Old Dominion

Old Dominion

Matthew Ramsey, Old Dominion

Trevor Rosen, Old Dominion

Trevor Rosen and Matthew Ramsey, Old Dominion

John Henry Trinko, Geoff Sprung and Trevor Rosen, Old Dominion

Matthew Ramsey, Old Dominion

Nashville recording artist, Courtney Cole warmed the crowd up before Kenny Chesney took the stage.

Photos by Sheila Loney

Courtney Cole

Landon Fishburne-Lead guitar

Chad Carouthers-Guitar/Vocals

KISS with special guest Aaron Watson played Cheyenne Frontier Nights.  

Rock icons, KISS, performed their Freedom to Rock tour with the usual blast of hard-hitting rock and roll, lights and pyrotechnics.  Before the curtain dropped, the fog machines went off filling the floor with thick misty cloud and then over the PA you hear “You wanted the best, you got the best.”  The curtain dropped and there was the four-member group opening the show with their smash hit Detroit Rock City and it only got better from there, with hit after hit.

Gene Simmons spewed fake blood, breathed fire and of course had his trademark tongue-wagging all while crushing on his bass guitar.

Tommy Thayer, lead guitarist, thrashed out riff after riff, Eric Singer hit the drums with precision and vigor.

Paul Stanley talked to the audience announcing that they were playing smaller cities that do not regularly see larger nationally known acts.  He also let the crowd know that on every stop they had a member of the military acting as “Roadie of the Day”.   He thrilled the crowd by flying through the air on a harnessed cable to a circular, stage that slowly spun in the middle of the floor, where he was able to be closer to the enthusiastic crowd.

Cheyenne Mayor, Rick Kaysen, presented the band with the key to the city and the band presented veterans with a sizable check.

KISS, still has the talent of years past.  It was an energy filled night of rock-n-roll and patriotism.

Review by Sheila Loney

1st group of photos by Karen Cotton.   2nd group of photos by Sheila Loney

KISS WITH SPECIAL GUEST AARON WATSON

KISS WAS FANTASTIC.  More photos to come from Karen.

AARON WATSON.  What a treat.  More photos to come from Karen.