Two songs from our latest album "Doin' What We Do" have received special recognition! "El Caballo del Fuego" written by Doug Figgs, Floyd Beard, and Mariam received the "Wrangler Award" from the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum for Outstanding Western Composition! Also, "Don't Say Goodbye to the Cowboy Way" written by Randy Huston and Jim Jones received the "Spur Award" from the Western Writers of America for Best Western Song! We are very honored to have received these prestigious awards!!
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Thanks for visiting our web site. We are "The Cowboy Way"!!! A Western music trio combining the talents of Jim Jones, Doug Figgs, and Mariam Funke. Both Jim and Doug are multiple award winning singer/songwriters (Mariam co-writing on many of their songs) and Mariam is the master musician that ties it all together. We hope you'll join us as we "Race With the Wind".
2022 was another good year for "The Cowboy Way"!
Great news! "The Cowboy Way" was named International Western Music Association's Group of the Year for the 5th time in 2022! Band Member Mariam was named the IWMA Instrumentalist of the Year and band member Doug Figgs was awarded the IWMA Traditional Album of the Year for his solo project "Yellow Horse! Band member Jim Jones, along with Deanna and Dave McCall received the prestigious "Wrangler Award" from the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum for their song "Old Horses and Old Men"!
2021 was a good year for "The Cowboy Way"!
In 2021 "The Cowboy Way" received the IWMA Group of the Year award for the fourth time! We are truly honored! Also, member Doug Figgs received the IWMA Male Performer of the Year award. The song "Don't Say Goodbye to the Cowboy Way" (written by Randy Huston and Jim Jones) received the "Spur Award" from the Western Writers of America! And the song "El Caballo del Fuego", from the album "Doin' What We Do", (written by Doug Figgs, Floyd Beard, and Mariam) received the prestigious "Wrangler Award" from the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum! The song "Ghost Riders/Pipeline", from the same album, was awarded NMMA Best Cover Song!