Articles: Jim Jones
Living Room Session #4
On Wednesday, April 10th, I’ll be presenting my fourth Living Room Sessions Concert along with my special guest and fellow Cowboy Way Trio pard, Mariam Funke. We’ll be performing in the living room of good friends Scott and Anne in their lovely home in Corrales. I’ve...
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Claudia Nygaard’s New CD
I just had a chance to listen to my friend, Claudia Nygaard's new CD, Lucky Girl, all the way through and I just had to tell folks how impressed I was. I first became aware of Claudia's music at several different Folk Alliance events over the years but I actually got...
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The Big Empty
My newest book, The Lights of Cimarron, will be coming out with Five Star Publishing on April 17th. This gives you right at two months to order the first book in that series, The Big Empty, and get it read before Lights of Cimarron comes out. Roundup Magazine said...
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Texas Cowboy Poetry Gathering
I'm heading out tomorrow morning for Alpine for the Texas Cowboy Poetry Gathering. This is one of my favorite events of the year (it includes a LOT of music but you know how those poets are! 😉 ). I remember a couple of years ago being involved in a conversation...
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Praise for The Lights of Cimarron
Did I mention that my next novel, The Lights of Cimarron, will by published by Five Star Publishing on April 17th? Oh, okay, well, I'm going to mention it again. Here's what award-winning author, W. Michael Farmer has to say about it. “The Lights of Cimarron is a...
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Lights of Cimarron coming soon!
My new book, The Lights of Cimarrón, from Five Star Publishing (Five Star/Cenage), will be coming out on April 17th (that’s a Wednesday in case you were curious!). That means you still have time to read the first book in that spin-off series, The Big Empty. ...
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Living Room Session #3
Thanks to all who came out last night for my third Living Room Session Concert at the home of Jim and Bobbi Jean Bell. I took advantage of the fact that Bobbi Bell is an experienced AND award-winning radio host and we conducted the concert as an interview with...
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Create a Song is a WINNER!
Last Thursday, the Cowboy Way (me, Doug Figgs, Mariam) conducted our first Create a Song event at the Tractor Brewing Company's Four Hills location. We had 15 people registered and 13 made it which worked out to be a manageable group. We had some experienced...
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The GREAT Ian Tyson!
Last Friday, I got up at 3:30 AM and on a shaky four and a half hours of sleep, I drove 13 ½ hours to Elko, Nevada, home of the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. I went to sing one song (Summer Wages) on Friday night backing up RW Hampton on guitar and vocals along...
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All the news that’s fit to tell!
I’ve got a TON of stuff going on right now which is both exciting and a bit stressful. Thursday night, January 31st, The Cowboy Way will be doing our first Create a Song Night at the Tractor Brewery/Four Hills location in Albuquerque. We’ll do a two hour songwriting...
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The Cowboy Way: Create a Song Night
On Thursday, January 31st, the Cowboy Way will be doing our first ever Create a Song Night in partnership with Albuquerque’s Tractor Brewing Company at their Four Hills Location. Based on the Paint Night format that has become so popular in the past couple of years,...
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Cowboy Way Go West CD Celebration
This past fall, The Cowboy Way Trio, the IWMA 2018 Group of the Year (of which I'm a member), released our second album of Western music. We've been so busy that we haven't had a chance to celebrate the event until now but we're going to make up for that this coming...
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Living Room Session #4
On Wednesday, April 10th, I’ll be presenting my fourth Living Room Sessions Concert along with my special guest and fellow Cowboy Way Trio pard, Mariam Funke. We’ll be performing in the living room of good friends Scott and Anne in their lovely home in Corrales. I’ve...
Claudia Nygaard’s New CD
I just had a chance to listen to my friend, Claudia Nygaard's new CD, Lucky Girl, all the way through and I just had to tell folks how impressed I was. I first became aware of Claudia's music at several different Folk Alliance events over the years but I actually got...