Adrian Lopez was born in Alice, Texas in 1951. His family roots can be traced back to the Spanish Land Grant in South Texas.
Lopez describes himself as a "cowboy, hunter, scout trail blazer, bar-b-q'er, beer drinker and good ol' boy. He started cowboying at an early age when he tied his mother to her bed as she slept. He worked in Jim Wells County for six years as a cowboy during the screw worm eradication and the tick fever quarantine.
And it was during those years that he learned the art of storytelling around the campfires. He has since recited his poetry and told his stories at such places as the Texas Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Alpine, Texas; the National Cowboy Symposium in Lubbock, Texas; the Texas Cowboy Poets Gathering at the State Fair of Texas in Dallas; the All American Cowboy Get Together in Bandera, Texas; the South Texas Ranching Heritage Festival in Kingsville, Texas; the George West Story Fest in George West, Texas; The Corpus Christi Folklife Festival in Corpus Christi, Texas; the Texas A&M Conner Museum in Kingsville, Texas; the Red Steagall Cowboy Celebration in Houston, Texas; and the first Hispanic Storytelling Concert in Austin, Texas; and many more.
He now has a 45-acre horse farm where he works and trains horses for ranch use. He is a member of the Working Ranch Cowboy Association; the Texas Cowboy Poet Association; the Cowboy Heritage Association; the South Texas Ranching Heritage Association; the Kleberg County Trail Riders Association; and the Jim Wells County Fair Association.