As a second-generation farrier, Andy Nelson has the experience, the talents and humor to bring authenticity and entertainment to an audience. Raised in Oakley, Idaho, Andy traveled the Great Basin of southern Idaho, northern Utah and northern Nevada with his father on farrier jobs, from the time he was a child until he went off to college. While in college at Utah State University, he continued to shoe horses for the USU Horsemanship Program while studying in the Pre-Vet curriculum. He also spent many years working as a hand on a southern Idaho ranch, caring for cattle, from calving through selling and helped with the ranch's hay operation. In 2006, Andy Nelson was named the Western Music Association's Male Poet of the Year and was recently awarded the 2009 Skinny Roland Humor Award from the Academy of Western Artists. He has released three CD's of his poetry and humor, Full Nelson Shoeing, Land Mines, and Harvey's Moon, and has two books titled RU Lazy 2? and Jonah. Andy and his farrier brother Jim co-host the Clear Out West (C.O.W.) Radio is a weekly syndicated radio show. Now Andy lives in Pinedale, Wyoming; where among other things, he and his wife Jaclyn raise horses and children.