Jim Wilson is a native Texas who was born in Austin and raised in San Antonio.  For nearly 30 years, he served as a Texas Peace Officer in Denton and Crockett Counties.  In 1988, he was elected Sheriff of Crockett County (Ozona), Texas, and served in that capacity until his retirement from law enforcement in 1996.
Wilson began playing folk and country music while he attended Texas Christian University, in the 1960s.  However, his earliest musical recollections were of his father singing the old cowboy songs, such as "Leaving Cheyenne" and "Streets of Laredo."  With the emergence of contemporary cowboy music, in the 1980s, Wilson naturally returned to his musical roots.
In May of 2002, Jim Wilson released his first album, BORDER BRAVO.  Recorded in Lubbock, Texas, and produced by Andy Wilkinson, BORDER BRAVO is a collection of cowboy songs and border ballads that focus on the American Southwest and the changing frontier.  Wilson co-wrote three of the albumís songs, and carefully selected the rest to tell some tales of the border country, on of the last frontiers.  In November 2003, BORDER BRAVO received the award for "Best Traditional Album" from the Western Music Association.
Jim Wilson performs across the country at western music festivals, house concerts, and ranch barbecues.  He is an active supporter of the Western Music Association and has served on the board for several years, holding the position of vice-president when his tewma expired in 2003.
In addition to his music, Wilson is the handgun editor for Shooting Times magazine and regularly appears on the Guns & Ammo television show, on the Outdoor Channel.  In 2005, he will also be appearing on the Guns & Ammo Hunting show, also on the Outdoor Channel.  Jim is also in demand for speaking engagements and has been the featured speaker at the Hubbard Museum of the West, in Ruidoso, New Mexico; the Texas Concealed/Carry Instructors convention; and the National Festival of the West, in Scottsdale, Arizona.  He keeps a couple of good horses and does is riding, writing, and guitar picking in the southernmost tip of the Rockies, at Alpine, Texas.

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