Emerging from ranching and cowboy traditions, cowboy music and cowboy poetry are quintessential components to an authentic Western experience. Cowboy poetry is realistic, often romantic, and paints a picture of real-life events, experiences and lessons learned through the Western way of life. Though open to preferences of the artist, poems usually rhyme and feature metered stanzas. Sometimes humorous, sometimes factual, it’s pure storytelling and an artform all its own.

Likewise, cowboy music share many of the same principles, just in a different artform. Cowboys often spent evenings gathered around the campfire, plucking guitar strings and softly crooning ballads inspired by real life. Both cowboy music and cowboy poetry are unique ways to showcase cowboys’ daily routines and challenges, the relationships they hold dear, partnership shared with their animals and the land, and preservation of the authentic Western lifestyle and its values.