Jim Jones

Jim Jones writes songs and books 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.

His western novels, published by Speaking Volumes Press, include the Jared Delaney series: Rustler's Moon, Colorado Moon, Waning Moon, Halo Moon, and in June 2025, Hunter's Moon, the final book in the series. He also has a spin-off series from the Jared Delaney series that includes The Big Empty (2016) and The Lights of Cimarron (2019). His short story, "Go On," is included in the anthology, Through Western Storms published in 2024, edited by Richard Prosch. Jim also has written a children's series, Bolo the Brave, which includes three separate stories and will be published in the spring of 2025 by Speaking Volumes Press.

His solo albums include Race with the Wind (2015), Headin' Home (2018), compilation CD Favorites (2019), Good Days Are Comin' (2021), Words & Music (2022) and Storyteller: Tales From the West (2024). He also performs as part of the popular trio The Cowboy Way, with Doug Figgs and Mariam Funke.

Jim was the International Western Music Association's 2014 Male Performer of the Year. He's a winner of the 2022 Western Heritage Wrangler Award for Outstanding Original Western Composition, the International Western Music Association 2019 Song of the Year, Academy of Western Artists 2016 Western Song of the Year and Western Writers of America 2013, 2017 and 2021 Spur Awards for Best Western Song.

Website: jimjoneswestern.com

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