Partner Bios

Fletcher Jowers

Singer - Songwriter, Author

Back when cowboy poetry gatherings were getting popular in 1989, Fletcher got together with a friend and recorded a few cowboy songs. Since then, cowboy and gospel music have become his focus. It has been three amazing decades filled with song. If you have only just heard of Fletcher Jowers, you should really come on down and listen to him as he would love to share his music with you!

As a songwriter, his cowboy and gospel music is unique all on its own. His songs are purely acoustic, with no electronics at all. He has released six projects, which include: Church at the Wagon, Still Riding High, Sing Me a Cowboy Song, and Songs of a Texas Cowboy, Trails To Heaven, and At The Cross.

Ed Meyer

Singer - Songwriter

Ed is an old-time country singer, his reminiscent style takes you on a journey back to the days of the great cattle drives. He has a great voice and knows how to write a song.

Charles “Smokey” Culver

Cowboy Poet, Songwriter

Charles “Smokey” Culver writes poems and songs about cowboy life, ranching, horses, trains, law enforcement, the outdoors and the Old West. His words have been heard on stages across Texas, Arizona, New Mexico and various places cowboy poets and fans of the genre gather.

Culver began writing poetry and playing guitar around age 14. But most of his poems have been written in the past few years, he said.

His writing is disciplined, adhering to a strict meter and rhyme.

“I’m somewhat of a perfectionist when it comes to my poetry,” he said. “It has to be a good rhyme — not just close to the right rhyming word but really the perfect word.”

A common conception is that cowboys are stoic and strong, with little to say and not much interest in sharing their feelings, much less their heartfelt poetry. Culver has seen different.

“A lot of these old boys are tough guys — bullfighters, rodeo clowns,” he said. “But they can write a poem that will make you cry. They don’t hold emotion back just because they’re cowboys. They just let it roll.”

Despite the gender specific name of the art form, there are many outstanding female cowboy poets, but very few in Texas, Culver said.

Culver’s appreciation for a simpler time and a slower pace is evident in his poetry and even in the vehicle he drives — a 1950 Chevrolet farm truck with a Texas flag painted on the wood bed rails. He named the truck Jitterbug and has driven it every day for the past 14 years and, of course, wrote a poem about it called “My Old Truck.”

Mat Tindell

Painter and Sculptor

A self-taught artist specializing in Western wildlife and Native American portraits. Working in oils, acrylic, watercolors, pastel, pencil, an sculpting.

Daniel A. Edwards

Writer, Publisher, Documentary Producer

Daniel A. Edwards is the author of Billy the Kid: An Autobiography, which captures the story of William H. "Brushy Bill" Roberts.

Daniel's ancestors left North Carolina in a covered wagon in the early 1800s to become some of the first residents of the newly formed state of Indiana. His great great grandfather was a sergeant with the Union Army and his great great uncle James Dunlavy won the Congressional Medal of Honor for Capturing General John S. Marmaduke at the Battle of Osage, KS.

With extensive graduate training in research methods and a long history of collaborating with people from all walks of life, Daniel brings a fresh eyes approach to understanding and evaluating evidence. He has been featured on nationally syndicated radio programs and has been interviewed on film regarding his discoveries regarding William H. Roberts, who claimed to be Billy the Kid.