Ed Bruce w/ Ron Peterson in Concert

[Randy Wood Presents]

William "Ed" Bruce, Jr. (born December 29, 1939) is an American
country music songwriter and singer. He is known for penning the 1975
song "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" Bruce was
born in Keiser, Arkansas and grew up in Memphis, Tennessee. In 1957,
at the age of 17, he went to see Jack Clement, a recording engineer
for Sun Records. Bruce caught the attention of Sun owner Sam Phillips,
for whom he wrote and recorded "Rock Boppin' Baby" (as "Edwin Bruce").
In 1962, he wrote "Save Your Kisses" for pop star Tommy Roe and in
1963 he reached #109 on the Billboard "Bubbling Under" chart with his
own recording of "See the Big Man Cry" (Wand 140). Charlie Louvin
recorded "See the Big Man Cry" (Capitol 5369) in 1965; Louvin's
version reached #7 on the Billboard "Country Singles" chart.

He signed with United Artists Records in 1973 and released several
singles, but only one single in 1974 became a minor hit. He finally
made the upper regions of the charts when he made the Top 20 on the
country charts with his version of "Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow
Up to Be Cowboys" in 1976. In 1978, "Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow
up to Be Cowboys" was recorded by Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings.
It became a major hit, and put Bruce on an upward swing. Two more Top
40 hits followed for Bruce in 1976, and in 1977, he signed with Epic
Records where he would score minor hits. In 1979, Tanya Tucker took
Bruce's song "Texas (When I Die)" into the country Top 5.

During this time, Bruce began to act and do commercials. One of his
biggest acting roles was as the second lead on the television revival
of 1957's Maverick, called Bret Maverick. Starring James Garner as a
legendary western gambler, the series ran on NBC-TV during the 1981-82
season but was unexpectedly cancelled despite respectable ratings.
Bruce played the irascibly surly town lawman who found himself
reluctantly co-owning a saloon with Maverick, with whom he seemed to
maintain a surreally adversarial relationship more or less throughout
the entire season.

Appearing with Ed will be another Nashville songwriting legend, Ron
Peterson. Ron has a string of great hits to his credit including "
Uptown, Downtown", "The Last Cowboy Song", "Sittin' in Atlanta
Station", "The Whip" and many others. All of the songwriters in this
area need to attend any gathering including Ron Peterson & Ed Bruce.

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