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Cowboy Envy having fun but 'way serious' about band
By Holly Crenshaw
STAFF WRITER
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Like an old cowboy movie soundtrack, Cowboy Envy's music sways with the smooth, easy feel of three-part harmonies and a distinctively retro Western sensibility.

But the band's three musicians say despite their relaxed, good-natured shows, there's a lot of hard work that goes into capturing the precise vocal blends first popularIzed by cowboy bands in the '3Os and '40s.

"The three of us are having so much fun with this band," says Dede Vogt, who plays bass, mandolin, harmonica and sings with the group. "But we're way serious about it, too."

Garbed in Western wear with their hobbyhorse sidekicks in tow - Vogt, guitarist/vocalist Kathleen Hatfield and vocalist Berné Poliakoff run through songs by artists like Patsy Montana, The Sons of the Pioneers and Riders in the Sky as if they'd been singing them together for years.

In fact, the band was formed when the three musicians - all well-established local performers - decided it would be fun to join forces and harmonize on classic cowboy tunes like "Cool Water" and "Tumbling Tumbleweeds."

"People of our generation who have kids tell us they want their children to hear this kind of music because that's what they heard when they were little," Hatfield says. "And it seems to be so evocative - there's something about this music that brings back childhood associations and memories," she adds. "Before you know it, people will start talking about their first holster or cowboy hat or BB gun, or how they used to watch Roy Rogers and Dale Evans on TV."