Jim Jones, Consulting Board member
Songwriter, singer, novelist, producer
Jim Jones has won many awards as a performer, songwriter, author, and producer. His songs and books are about the West: cowboys, horses & cattle, cattle rustlers, the coming of the train, people and land, rivers and mountains, and the beauty of the Western sky. Jim has produced ten Western/Folk albums and three award-winning children's character education videos.
Western novels include the Jared Delaney series (Rustler's Moon, Colorado Moon, and Waning Moon), and the spin-off series including The Big Empty (2016) and The Lights of Cimarron (2019), published by Five Star Publishing. Solo albums include Race with the Wind (2015), Headin' Home (2018) and compilation CD, Favorites (2019).
Western Writers of America: Spur Award 2021 Best Song
Western Heritage Wrangler Award: 2021 Outstanding Western Composition, with Deanna and David McCall
International Western Music Association: 2019 Traditional Album of the Year
Western Writers of America: 2017 Spur Award — "Halfway Down the Devil's Road," Western Song of the Year (Jim Jones, Allan Chapman)
Western Heritage Wrangler Award: 2017 Best Traditional Western Album — The Cowboy Way
Western Heritage Wrangler Award: 2017 New Horizon Winner as co-producer of I'll Ride Thru It by Deanna Dickinson McCall
Academy of Western Artists: 2016 Western Song of the Year
Western Music Association: 2014 Male Performer of the Year
Western Writers of America: 2013 Spur for Best Western Song — "Texas is Burnin"
Academy of Western Artists: 2008 Male Vocalist of the Year
Western Music Association: 2011 Outstanding Western Book — Colorado Moon
New Mexico Music Awards: 2009 Best Western Song — "Cowboys of New Mexico"
Website: jimjoneswestern.com