Jim Wilson
Western Music & Cowboy Songs

You know how it is when you go to your stack of CD's and you flip through them to find the one you want to listen to. Isn't it often the same CD that turns out to be your first choice, day after day? Well, this is one of those CD's.
There's nothing flashy or spectacular about Border Bravo. It's just a selection of good cowboy and western songs that have strong messages, memorable lyrics, and catchy tunes. And there's nothing spectacular or flashy about Jim Wilson or his delivery. But he's got an excellent singing voice, and he has a special, natural feel for these kinds of songs, songs he delivers with feeling and sensitivity.
Jim Wilson is a former Texas lawman who always had an inkling that he might like to be a full-time cowboy singer. A few years ago, he started performing at cowboy gatherings, and he's been so successful that he hasn't even looked back. This is Wilson's first album, and, like so many first albums by new western singers, it is a successful labor of love.
Wilson quotes a border saying, "mis raices son aqui," in describing his feeling about these songs. It means, "my roots are here."
Included here are several tried-and-true contemporary cowboy favorites, including Gil Prather's "Seven Days From Musquiz," Tom Russell and Ian Tyson's "Heartaches Come Stealing," Tyson's "Blue Mountains of Mexico," Hoyt Axton's "Evangelina," and Bob Campbell's West Texas classic, "Old Borunda Cafe." And Wilson has collaborated with other successful contemporary singers to three additional good songs, including "Agua Verde Crossing" with Ed Stabler, "Mountain Home" with Jean Prescott, and "The Road To Sonora," with Rick Ferguson.
Wilson did himself a favor, too, when he asked Andy Wilkinson to produce this album. There are some absolutely wonderful musical arrangements here, especially in Tina Carraway's fabulous fiddle runs in "Old Borunda Cafe" and "Heartaches Come Stealing."
According to Wilson, "It's all about story telling. I wanted an acoustic sound and, sometimes, I wanted a lonesome sound. I wanted to make sure we didn't box in a musician; instead I wanted them to feel free to express the music. Of course, from the beginning, Andy had a complete understanding of the sound that I was wanting...he accomplished what I was hearing in my head."
Border Bravo will float near the top of your favorite CD stack for a long time to come.

-Cowboy Magazine Review - Fall 2002

Border Bravo ~ Western Music: by Jim Wilson

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Songs include:

1. Mountain Home
2. Seven Days From Musquiz
3. The Pistol
4. Come To The Bower
5. Agua Verde Crossing
6. Heartaches Come Stealing
7. Across The Great Divide
8. Blue Mountains Of Mexico
9. The Road To Sonora
10. Borderline
11. Evangelina
12. Old Borunda Cafe

CD: $11.95