Swingin' tunes! Cowboy crooning! Yodeling pyrotechnics! Yes folks, all this and much more can be yours at the only Freight show this year where you can witness a man in a ten gallon hat yodel, play accordion, two-step, and twirl a lariat -- all at the same time. The Freight's favorite sagebrush artist, Sourdough Slim, transports us to a whimsical, infectious world where vaudevillian camp and cowboy lore intermingle, producing grins galore. Tonight he celebrates the release of his new CD, the aptly titled Vaudeville Cowboy, a mix of classics and originals that hearken back to the "traveling tent show" days of the 1920s and '30s, taking listeners on a road trip of intrigue, romance and thrills under the big-top.

A well-traveled veteran of stages ranging from The National Cowboy Gathering in Elko, Nevada to the Lincoln Center's recent Roots of American Music Festival, Slim provides guitar, harmonica, and a generous helping of the truly astounding yippee-ti-yi style that won him the 2001 Will Rogers Award for Yodeler of the Year. Robert Armstrong, renowned for his guitar and musical saw playing with the Cheap Suit Serenaders, joins the festivities as featured guest.