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BUCK HOWDY, THE KING OF KIDS COWBOY MUSIC,
VISITS THE WHITE HOUSE APRIL 12TH

MCA Recording Artist Saddles Up in Hunt for Easter Bunny

(Nashville) -- Peter Cottontail will have some company when he's hopping down the bunny trail this Easter. Buck Howdy, whose debut album “Skidaddle!” has critics raving, takes his rootin’ tootin’ tunes to the Easter Egg Roll on the South lawn of the White House on April 12th. 

Joined by a posse of pickers, Buck gallops to Washington D.C. for the annual event that is one of America’s most unique. In the 1800’s, rolling eggs on the Monday after Easter was a tradition observed by many Washington families—including the family that resided at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Believed to have been permanently set as a White House institution by Dolly Madison, the Easter Egg Roll at the mansion has a history that dates back to President Lincoln. 

Buck, whose brand of cowboy music and children’s songs go together like a horse and saddle, is a musical flashback to the days of those “singing cowboys”— Roy and Gene. 

Now buckaroos of all ages are hitchin’ up to his bandwagon, thanks to a debut CD filled with western classics such as “Don’t Fence Me In,” and “Ghost Riders In the Sky;” fun oldies-but-goodies the likes of “Splish Splash” and “The Lion Sleeps Tonight;” and originals such as “Born to Ride” and “Skidaddle!” which are made to hum on the range.

“Cross Roy Rogers, Will Rogers and Mr. Rogers and you’ve got Buck Howdy,” CMT

“Howdy is a wonderful change of pace from much of the manic programming that leaps out of the small screen at kids today. He’s either the next Roy Rogers or the previous one reincarnated. I can’t decide which!” Kenny Curtis, XM Kids.

Sure as shootin’, Buck Howdy has been tearing up the entertainment landscape like a Texas twister—from the success of his Cow Pie Radio show, which airs three times weekly on XM Satellite Radio as well as on dozens of local stations from Alaska to Virginia—to the unprecedented national response to “Skidaddle!” the first album of children’s material MCA Nashville has released in its 45 year history.

But despite his busy schedule, Howdy will make time to say ``Howdy” to the First Family and the thousands of young whippersnappers attending the Easter event where he’ll be surrounded by other popular kids’ entertainment icons. But he should be easy to spot - he wears a cowboy hat instead of rabbit ears. And Peter Cottontail has nothing to fear – Howdy carries a guitar – not a gun!