| Medicine Tree Music |
Terry playing melodica at the Henhouse
Dan posing at the Medicine Tree
Dan Thomasma is a graduate of the University of Wyoming, class of 1980, and has been writing music
and playing professionally for over 30 years.
Terry Yazzolino is a musician and renowned storyteller. He has previously released three music albums
and a children’s storytelling album on the creation of Yellowstone. The song, Ballad of Sacajawea, was
performed for the dedication of the Sacajawea Golden Dollar Coin on February 4, 2000. The event was
hosted by United States Mint director Phillip Diehl and U.S. Senator Mike Enzi at the Kelly Elementary
School in Kelly, Wyoming. Dan and Terry also performed the Ballad of Sacajawea, as well as Dan’s
composition, Teton Waltz, with Kelly Elementary students at the 50th Anniversary Celebration of Grand
Teton National Park in August of 2000. During the summer and fall of 2000, Dan and Terry,drawing
upon their fascination and interest in the Lewis and Clark Expedition, wrote and recorded their first
collaborative album, We Proceeded On, Songs of Lewis & Clark. Their second album, Trails Plowed
Under, Legends of the West, was released in December of 2003. Album number 3, Good Medicine,
reflects a deep love of family, country and the social consciousness required of us all to maintain sanity in
a troubled world! They have also founded their own music company called Medicine Tree Music.
Dan is currently the Head Teacher at the Kelly Elementary School in Kelly Wyoming, teaching 4th and
5th grade. Dan and his wife Cathy Poindexter live in Jackson with their son Oliver, junior at Jackson
Hole High School. Their daughter Melissa is currently living in Jackson and working for her grandfather's
publishing company, is in EMT training, and guides fishing trips with World Cast Anglers in Wyoming and
Idaho.
Terry received his degree from Regis College and teaches 8th grade History, and Drama at the Jackson
Hole Middle School in Jackson Wyoming. Terry lives with his sons Miles and Gabriel in Jackson,
Wyoming. He has an older daughter, Hannah, who is currently living in Los Angeles, California.
Terry and Dan continue to play live engagements and collaborate on song writing. Look for more music
from this fabulous duo in the future!
and playing professionally for over 30 years.
Terry Yazzolino is a musician and renowned storyteller. He has previously released three music albums
and a children’s storytelling album on the creation of Yellowstone. The song, Ballad of Sacajawea, was
performed for the dedication of the Sacajawea Golden Dollar Coin on February 4, 2000. The event was
hosted by United States Mint director Phillip Diehl and U.S. Senator Mike Enzi at the Kelly Elementary
School in Kelly, Wyoming. Dan and Terry also performed the Ballad of Sacajawea, as well as Dan’s
composition, Teton Waltz, with Kelly Elementary students at the 50th Anniversary Celebration of Grand
Teton National Park in August of 2000. During the summer and fall of 2000, Dan and Terry,drawing
upon their fascination and interest in the Lewis and Clark Expedition, wrote and recorded their first
collaborative album, We Proceeded On, Songs of Lewis & Clark. Their second album, Trails Plowed
Under, Legends of the West, was released in December of 2003. Album number 3, Good Medicine,
reflects a deep love of family, country and the social consciousness required of us all to maintain sanity in
a troubled world! They have also founded their own music company called Medicine Tree Music.
Dan is currently the Head Teacher at the Kelly Elementary School in Kelly Wyoming, teaching 4th and
5th grade. Dan and his wife Cathy Poindexter live in Jackson with their son Oliver, junior at Jackson
Hole High School. Their daughter Melissa is currently living in Jackson and working for her grandfather's
publishing company, is in EMT training, and guides fishing trips with World Cast Anglers in Wyoming and
Idaho.
Terry received his degree from Regis College and teaches 8th grade History, and Drama at the Jackson
Hole Middle School in Jackson Wyoming. Terry lives with his sons Miles and Gabriel in Jackson,
Wyoming. He has an older daughter, Hannah, who is currently living in Los Angeles, California.
Terry and Dan continue to play live engagements and collaborate on song writing. Look for more music
from this fabulous duo in the future!