Montana Cowboy Poet Wally McRae Dead at 89

'The best of us': Montana cowboy poet Wally McRae dead at 89

Songwriter Stephanie Davis says McRae was “just the best of us: the best of Montana, the best poet.”

Montana cowboy poet Wally McRae dead at 89

McRae gained notoriety in Montana — and across the country — for the resonance of his voice and the causes he furthered with it.

Montana Cowboy Poet Wally McRae Passes at 89

Wallace McRae of Rosebud County died this past week. One of Montana’s great cowboy poets, McRae has received the Montana Book of the Year award, the Montana Governor’s Award for the Arts, was nominated by President Clinton to serve on the National Council of the Arts, was listed by the Missoulian in 1999 as number 42 in the Most Influential Montanans of the Century, and was Inducted into the Monta...