Lacy J. Dalton News

Western music has always encompassed story songs about gunfights, roundups and serious saddle time sung by real working cowboys and cowgirls.

The following shows recently were announced. Fanfarlo: The British multi-instrumental band plays a free show at 10 p.m. Nov.

Lacy J. Dalton is back on the Comstock! She will be appearing Saturday, Nov. 28, at 7:30 p.m. at Virginia City's historic Piper's Opera House.

Lacy J. Dalton had the rootin,' tootin' crowd in the palm of her guitar-strumming hand at her show Friday night at Don Quixote's International Music Hall in Felton.

Today is Tuesday, Oct. 13, the 286th day of 2009. There are 79 days left in the year.

Actress Melinda Dillon is 70. Musician Paul Simon is 68. Actress Pamela Tiffin is 67.

Though Lacy Dalton hasn't had an address in Santa Cruz in 24 years, she still keeps the county, and its people, in mind.

It could have been a rehearsal for Halloween during a recent movie filming in Old Town Dayton, complete with zombies, gold miners and old gals from a red light district for senior citizens.

Lacy J. Dalton launched her career in the San Lorenzo Valley and now returns for a benefit concert for Valley Churches United Missions on Friday, Oct.

Eclectic and bluesy, Lacy J. Dalton was one of the most distinctive female country singers of the '80s, landing a few hits on the strength of her gritty, nuanced vocals.