Western Songs, Western Stories…Jim Jones tells it like it was, is and will be in the great American West. Native Texan, student of the West, he sings and writes about cowboys, horses, cattle rustlers and such but he knows there’s more to the story…how the coming of the train changed the West, how critical water is for survival. Jim’s songwriting, guitar-picking and unique vocal style keeps him in demand on the Western music circuit and at house concerts, coffeehouses, schools and libraries throughout the country. His award-winning Western historical fiction novels are set in northern New Mexico, “loosely based in fact…basically, a pack of lies I made up.” They have educated, informed and entertained readers around the world. With seven Western albums and two Western novels under his belt, he is currently working on his eighth Western Americana album and the third novel in his Jared Delaney trilogy.

“Jim Jones of Corrales, New Mexico loves to tell modern-day stories about the ‘cowboy way’ through his songs. In Still Ridin’, he has released another gem. Jones was named 2008 Western Vocalist of the Year by the Academy of Western Artists of Western Artists and the honor is well-deserved. You’ll appreciate his earnest Western tunes and his warm, commanding voice.” Emily Drabanski, New Mexico, New Mexico Magazine

Academy of Western Artists Will Rogers Cowboy Awards, 2008 Male Vocalist of the Year, Western Category

New Mexico Music Awards Western Song of the Year, 2009- "The Cowboys of New Mexico" from the Still Ridin' CD

New Mexico Book Awards Finalist, Best Historical Novel, Best First Book, 2009, "Rustler’s Moon"

Western Writers of America 2011 Spur Finalist- Western Song of the Year

2011 New Mexico Awards finalist, “King”

Two-time finalist in the Kerrville Folk Festival New Folk Songwriters competition (1984-86)