Ed Bruce

Ed Bruce Biography

Ed Bruce is one of the most authoritative balladeers in country music in a career that has spanned more than 50 years. He is probably best-known for penning "Mamma's Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys", a massive hit for Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson and something of an Outlaw Movement anthem. There's no doubt that Ed Bruce is a brilliant singer, a great guitarist and a writer of powerful songs. With his rugged build he looks like a real cowboy. In his denim shirt and Levis, and his Stetson. His country music is rootsy, genuine, real and highly distinctive He deserves to be regarded as a true country icon along with Willie, Waylon, Merle, Buck, Johnny and Marty.