Artist Information
Biography
As a child in Oklahoma he was entertained by stories, poems and legends told to him by his Grandmother. This began Gary’s life long love of story telling.
For 25 years, Gary has been writing about the daily trials and tribulations, of the cowboy and rancher. Gary started performing and publishing his poetry in 1994. Recently, one of his poems was chosen to be included in the book Cowboy Poetry: the Reunion. His poetry has appeared in the Chickasaw Times, Capriolas Catalogue, American Cowboy Magazine, and several local newspapers. He has been a featured performer at Colorado Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Arizona Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Cowboy Hall of Fame, Gene Autry Museum, The Conejo Cowboy Poetry Festival, and Big Bear Cowboy Poetry Gathering. While living in Oklahoma, Gary worked the IOA Ranch over seeing the cattle, hay, and grain operations. He taught Blacksmithing and Farrier Science at the Oklahoma Horseshoeing School. Currently, Gary works as Ranch Manager, for Greenfield Ranch, in Thousand Oaks California.
Current Publication:
Cowboy Poetry: the Reunion Gibbs Smith Publishing (2004)
Thanks for the Poems Sharlot Hall Museum (2006)
Gatherings and Festivals:
Arizona Cowboy Poets Gathering
Santa Clarita Cowboy Festival
Colorado Cowboy Poetry and Westen Music Gathering
Monterey Cowboy Poetry & Music Festival
Chochise Cowboy Poetry Festival
complete list on request
Music:
Somewhere West of Laramie co-written with Dave Stamey, Ken Graydon, Richard Eloyan
Current Film/Commercials:
Pace Picante Sauce principal (2005)
Got Milk background (2006)
Honda background (2006)
Mazda background (2007)
Rusty Truck principal, music video (2007)
Budweiser background (2007)
911 Memorial Fund principal (2007)
Ralph Lauren principal (2008)
H&R Block principal (2009)
Current Print/Modeling:
Tracfone national print ad (2007)
Vogue October 2007 Editorial Pictorial
Ralph Lauren national print campaign (2008)
Memberships:
Screen Actors Guild
Westen Music Association
International Dutch Oven Society
Gary Robertson
1482 Hidden Valley Rd
Thousand Oaks Ca 91361
(805)390-2305
Instrumentation
Solo/Spoken Word
Discography
Wordwranglin
Only Cowboy There Was Me
The Nickle
Official Website
http://www.garyscowboypoetry.com
Links
Video
Press
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Review of The Nickle
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This cowboy poetry collection was actually first issued a while ago. But it seems to have been overl...
Setlist
Original Cowboy poetry / classic Cowboy poetry / storytelling. Each set is unique.
