Curley fletcher biography

“Curley” Fletcher was an American cowboy poet and song writer but, as one would expect, he had a number of other occupations at various times, if for no other reason than to ensure that he had a reasonable income.

These included prospecting for minerals, appearing at rodeos as a champion rider and, of course, he was often just an ordinary, run-of-the-mill cowboy/cow hand. As his writing came to prominence he was noticed by the film industry moguls in Hollywood and he both appeared in and advised on a number of cowboy-themed movies.

Curley fletcher biography

While the imagery in his poetry was much admired and respected in its own right, many of his pieces were set to music and turned into popular songs. The best known of these was a classic of the cowboy genre called The Strawberry Roan. The original poem was included in a 1915 collection called Ballads of the Badlands.

He was born Carmen William Fletcher on the 22^nd September 1892 in San Francisco.

His mother was an Italian immigrant and