we are asking you to remember Jim through his Grateful Music Foundation
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Read MoreJim has been hard at it these last 8 months.
Read MoreRead the interview that Jim did for the Deadwood Oral History Project abut the founding of the Deadwood Jam and Jim’s music career.
Read MoreTo say they brought the house down is an understatement! Fantastic singing, amazing guitar playing, and entertaining stories by Jim kept the crowd engaged and energized the entire time
Read MoreHi Friends,
Great to write to all of you!! I hope you are feeling the dark clouds lift. Pam and I are certainly feeling that way. We’ve both had the 2 shots
We have been in Montana for most of the past year - then Naples Florida for a month around January.
James and I released a new album of songs we wrote last summer- We recorded the tracks at our home then sent them to Nashville where the studio pros added their tracks.
Read MoreFor so many of us born during the “baby boom” era, nothing was more important than making or listening to music, especially when it involved a guitar. All of us were influenced by the early “rock ’n’ roll” songs that had been ushered in by Elvis Presley and his cohorts, and we all wanted to be a part of it. I know I did.It turns out that a young man from the heartland of Nebraska, Jim Salestrom, had that same dream. Born into a family in the mid-1950s as the second of three boys, Jim found his love of music from his parents, his church, and, most definitely, in school, where he learned trombone and piano before getting involved in serious guitar playing.Jim was gifted with an inexpensive Kay f-hole guitar as a seven-year-old, and his love for the instrument caused him to explore what other brands were out there. He soon learned about Martin guitars, and a relationship began that has continued to the present day.
Read MoreWorld-traveled, Grammy-nominated artist Jim Salestrom is set to croon for the crowd at the Lake Wales Arts Center later this month on January 18. “I play songs about places that I’ve been and people that I’ve met,” said Salestrom. “I try to bring some humor. I’m a storyteller and the music is geared for all different ages.”
Read MoreWe are on a rocket ride!
Read MoreKaren Carpenter was almost the nicest superstar I ever met.
Read MoreI have pre-sold quite a few tickets for the Jim and James show in Kearney Nebraska on March 23 and 24th and to have a way to buy tickets on the site is amazing, just go to the Schedule Page We are recording the shows with Butch Hause. James and I will be rehearsing in CA for two weeks.
Read MoreThis is an excerpt from a book I’m writing about my life as a musician - sometimes leading the charge - sometimes as a sideman - sometimes as a mouse in the corner. I’m not sure how interesting it is to anyone but those who know me and maybe my family, but I’m looking out the window at a Montana January day and my knee hurts. No skiing today.
Read MoreIt's been a good year- It's been a hard year- it's going to be a better year
It's funny to let this semi-blog go without adding to it a bit more often.
Read MoreI have been playing the guitar since I was 7 and playing in bands since I was 12. My brother Chuck and I started a band called Timberline in August of 1971. We were scheduled to play in Salina Kansas for four nights beginning June 18th, 1972.
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