Four hundred country music lovers showed up for the Sons of the Pioneers’ appearance in North Battleford a week ago at the Western Development Museum. Classic songs such as Tumbling Tumbleweeds, Cool Water and Ghost Riders in the Sky were enjoyed by the audience, performed by a group that has been in existence for 80 years and which retains that special cowboy music sound invented by its founders, including movie star Roy Rogers, all those years ago. Following the show, the band met with audience members, signing autographs and selling their latest CD. One fan even brought in his guitar to have signed. This was the group’s first trip to Saskatchewan and they described it as a beautiful province. They spend most of their year performing in Branson, Missouri, but hooked up with promotors out of Fort Qu’Appelle for a seven-city tour of Saskatchewan.
