by Jim Jones | May 19, 2021 | Articles
I met Kerry Grombacher almost twenty years ago when I joined the WMA (now the IWMA) and over the course of that time, he has become one of my favorite Western songwriters. His songs are authentic, lyrical and literate. It’s a mystery to me as to why he’s never had a...
by Jim Jones | Apr 28, 2021 | Articles
A singer/songwriter for whom I had tremendous respect and admiration was the late Michael Smith from Chicago. He’s probably best known for writing The Dutchman, one of the greatest love songs of all time, but he wrote a whole lot of wonderful music. I had the great...
by Jim Jones | Mar 29, 2021 | Articles
Over my years as a performer, I’ve often been asked by people, “What is Western music?” I’ll just cut to the chase here and tell you; if you’re curious, get a copy of Mary Kaye’s newest album, “Frontier,” and listen to it. There’s your answer. She blends beautiful...
by Jim Jones | Oct 7, 2020 | Articles
They say “good things come in threes” (I don’t know who “they” are and I don’t really know if “they” actually say that; I just basically made it up). If that’s true (or even if it’s not), The Cowboy Way has just released our third album, “Doin’ What We Do,” and we’re...
by Jim Jones | Aug 12, 2020 | Articles
With live performances almost non-existent these days, it’s pretty difficult to sell products. Some folks say the CD is “dead” and yet in the not-so-distant past (as recently as March, 2020), plenty of people were lining up at the merch table to purchase CDs. At...
