Bill Jacobson

1957-2010

Bill was a founding member of the Western Music Associaiton. At the initial meeting in Las Vegas in 1988, volunteers were needed to launch a publication that would pick up where the Sons of the Pioneers Newsletter left off. It would broaden the scope of coverage to include new music releases, articles of historical interest and help bring together musicians and fans who were interested in preserving and continuing Western Music. Bill Jacobson and Mary Rogers volunteerd. As Gary McMahan says, Bill fanned the embers when Western Music had started to fade until there was a small flame and Western Music could take hold again.  Until his health forced him to retire from his involvement in Western Music, he was instrumental in spreading the word. With their journal, Song of the West, Bill and Mary set the standard and led the way for the WMA to launch publications that gradually took on a professional look that has helped promote the image of WMA. He was talented and very knowledgeable but, more importantly, he was a good guy.