Performance
Dates
A 1978
Kerrville New Folk Award Winner, Jon Ims has been
writing and performing his songs for over thirty
years. He is the writer of Reba McEntire’s #1 hit
"Fallin’ Out Of Love" and Trisha
Yearwood’s #1 hit "She’s In Love With The
Boy", which was named BMI’s Song Of The Year
in 1992. He is a past recipient of BMI’s Robert J.
Burton Award, Music Row Magazine’s Breakthrough
Writer Award. His songs have also been
recorded by the Dixie Chicks, Confederate Railroad,
Gary P. Nunn, Emilio, Chuck Pyle, The Seldom Scene,
Hillman, Peterson & Rice, Bill and Bonnie
Hearne, and Steve & Cindy Gillette, among
others.
Jon is also a teacher who conducts songwriting
seminars across the country. He has been a faculty
member of Kerrville’s Songwriting School, The
Telluride Bluegrass Festival’s Songwriting School,
the Nash Camp School, and the Nashville Songwriters
Association International Song Camps.
