Jim Owen

Who is Jim Owen?

Jim Owen is an American singer-songwriter. When he was eight years old, Owen saw Hank Williams Sr sing and from that time he became completely fascinated by the star and his music. After completing his education, he worked variously as a journalist and as a golf coach until 1969 when, with Mel Tillis’ help, he relocated to Nashville Tennessee to work as a songwriter.

Over the next few years, several artists had chart hits with his songs. These included ‘Too Lonely Too Long’ and ‘One More Drink’, ‘Little Boy’s Prayer’, ‘Sweet Baby On My Mind’, ‘Southern Loving’ and ‘Broad Minded Man’, ‘The Telephone’ and arguably the best-known of all, ‘Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man’. He never lost his obsession with Hank Williams and encouraged by his wife, who once dreamed that she saw Owen onstage at the Grand Ole Opry but that it was Williams’ voice that she heard coming from him, he began to recreate his idol as an impressionist or impersonator. He talked with people that had known or worked with Williams and practiced his mannerisms and stage presentation.