James Robert Murphy is an award winning author and musician. This book may, one day, ruin his career. James Robert Murphy is an award-winning author and musician (performing under the name Austin Jimmy Murphy). He earned a B.S. from the State University of New York with a concentration in Arts Management, and an M.A. from the University of Oklahoma in Administrative Leadership. He is the principle founding member of the New York State Blues Festival, serving as festival director from 1992-2003, and 2014-2015, and co-founded the Syracuse Guinness Irish Festival, serving as its festival director from 1999-2003. Both of these community events continue to be popular in Syracuse, NY. He and his family moved to El Paso, TX in 2004 where he first worked as managing director for El Paso Opera. He has been serving the City of El Paso as the director of development for the El Paso Museum of History since 2006. Learn more at www.jamesrobertmurphy.com. Accomplishments / Awards 2015 Released My Favorite El Pasoans: Past and Present, released The Right to Kill, and released 2nd edition of My Life Before I Decided To Commit Suicide - A Love Story, all for BLBM Publishing 2015 to present, President/Festival Director, El Paso Music Society, Inc. 2013-2014, President/Festival Director, New York State Blues Festival 2014, 1st Place, Worthy of Being Called Excellent, from the Book Publishers of El Paso for my embellished memoir, My Life Before I Decided To Commit Suicide, BLBM Publishing 2014, 1st Place, Most Promising, from the Book Publishers of El Paso for, El Paso: 1850 -1950, Arcadia Publishing - Images of America 2013, SAMMY (Syracuse Area Music Award), Best Blues CD, A History of Blues 2010, Co-edited El Hilo de la Memoria, Fresco Fine Arts Publications 2009, Released, El Paso: 1850 -1950, Arcadia Publishing - Images of America 2009, Founding member, El Paso Blues Society 2009-2010, President, Los Paisanos de El Chamizal 2004, Selfless Service to Music and the Arts, NYS Blues Festival 2003, Keeping the Blues Alive – Best Promoter/Festival, the Blues Foundation, Memphis, TN 2001, 1999, 1997, People’s Choice Award, Best Festival, Syracuse New Times 1998-2003, Founding member/Festival Director, Guinness Irish Festival, Syracuse, NY 1996, SAMMY – Syracuse Area Music Award for Best Concert Event or Series, NYS Blues Festival 1995, Service to the Arts, Cultural Resources Council of Syracuse and Onondaga County 1992-2003, Principal founding member/Festival Director, New York State Blues Festival, Syracuse, NY