Curly Putman

Claude “Curly” Putman Jr. (November 20, 1930 – October 30, 2016) was an American songwriter.

Born in Princeton, Alabama, his greatest success was “Green, Green Grass of Home” (1964, sung by Porter Wagoner), which was covered by Roger Miller, Elvis Presley, Kenny Rogers, Don Williams, Burl Ives, Johnny Darrell, Gram Parsons, Joan Baez, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Grateful Dead, Johnny Cash, Roberto Leal, Dean Martin, Merle Haggard, Bobby Bare, Joe Tex, Nana Mouskouri, and Tom Jones.

The Paul McCartney & Wings hit “Junior’s Farm” was inspired by their short stay at Putman’s farm in rural Wilson County, Tennessee in 1974