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= Jim Salestrom = James Kevin "Jim" Salestrom (born February 20, 1956) is an American singer/songwriter. Was lead singer of the band Timberline from 1971 to 1977. Performed in Dolly Parton's band from 1979 to 1991 and 2011. As a solo artist, he has performed around the world.

Biography
Born in Omaha, Nebraska. Jim, co-founded the country-folk-rock band, Timberline in 1971, featuring Jim as lead singer and primary songwriter, with co-founder Chuck Salestrom, Dugg Duggan, Craig Link, and Bill Howland,

His song, "It's Too Soon To Let Our Love End", was included on Mary McGreggor's Gold Album, Torn Between Two Lovers in 1977.

Starting in 1979, Jim was a member of Dolly Parton's band as a singer and musician, playing acoustic, electric and high-string guitars and banjo. As part of the band, Jim toured the world and appeared on two HBO TV specials, The Tonight Show, the Academy Awards show, The Country Music Association Awards show and the Grand Old Opry. Jim sang the opening song for the movie "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.

In 2007, he appeared in the two hour award-winning TNN TV special "Music of the Wild West" based on the mini-series and sang on the TV mini-series and the album "The Wild West".

Awards include three Colorado Broadcast Awards, Regional EMMY's for "The Library Song" (1995) and for the "Broncos Bandwagon" TV commercial (1997), a Silver Cindy, and a Cleo Award. All The Colors, was nominated for a Grammy for Outstanding Children's Album (1997).

Jim is one of the Jims in the Wild Jimbos, with Jimmy Ibbotson of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Jim Ratts of Runaway Express. The Wild Jimbos have recorded two albums: Wild Jimbo s on MCA Records and Wild Jimbos Two on Resounding Records.

Discography

 * Timberline - The Great Timber Rush (1977)
 * Limited Edition (1981)
 * Blue River Dreamin' (1983)
 * Genuine Colorado (1984)
 * Look Through Any Window (1986)
 * Dollywood Kids (1988)
 * Step In Time (1990)
 * Wild Jimbos with Jim Ratts and Jimmy Ibbotson (1991)
 * Grateful (1992)
 * A Collection (1992)
 * Wild Jimbos Two with Jim Ratts and Jimmy Ibbotson (1993)
 * The Christmas Tree (1993)
 * The Great Adventure (1994)
 * Colorado Collection (1995)
 * A Collection For Children (1995)
 * So Far So Good (1996)
 * The Messenger (1996)
 * All The Colors (1996)
 * Western Winds (1997)
 * Welcome to Garden Street (1997)
 * The Colorado Crossroads (1998)
 * Distant Eyes (1999)
 * Safe Home (2001)
 * Music From The Mountains (2003)
 * Music From The Grand Canyon (2003)
 * Fresh Tracks (2004)
 * A Colorado Christmas (2004)
 * Two Friends with Pete Huttlinger (2005)
 * Open Spaces (2006)
 * Beneath The Big Sky (2008)
 * Music For The Heart, From The Broadmoor with Ken Miller (2008)
 * Life's Good (2010)
 * Nautilus (2012)
 * Sweet Doin' Nothing (2013)
 * Jim & James Salestrom | Live In Kearney (2017)
 * Crossroads (2017)
 * Shady Pine (2017)

Appeared on other recordings

 * Children of the Universe - Jim Horn
 * Country Suite - Dave Loggins
 * Different Directions - John Denver
 * Dolly In London - Dolly Parton
 * Dolly, Dolly, Dolly - Dolly Parton
 * Folks Live! - Various
 * Heartbreak Express - Dolly Parton
 * Radio AAHS - Various
 * The 1992 Telluride Bluegrass Festival
 * The Wild West

Honors

 * Emmy Awards 1993 Nominee
 * Emmy Awards 1997 Winner
 * Grammy Awards 1997 Nominee