# Royal Wade Kimes

Royal Wade Kimes (born March 3, 1951) is an American country music singer.

## Biography

Kimes was the last cowboy to ride the Ark/Ok. border country, running cattle on the open range. He and his father ran a sawmill until he moved to Nashville, Tennessee, in 1983. He also worked at Loretta Lynn's dude ranch and later began recording demos through the encouragement of Eddy Arnold. Kimes also wrote the cut "We Bury the Hatchet" on Garth Brooks' album Ropin' the Wind, and signed with Asylum Records in 1996. The label released the single "Leave My Mama Out Of This", followed by his debut album Another Man's Sky.
Following Leave My Mama Out Of This was the album's title track, which was made into a music video. The album's third single, "Guardian Angel", received a positive review in Billboard, which called it "country to the core" and praised Kimes as a "talented songwriter". After Kimes left Asylum, he began recording for Wonderment Records. Kimes charted at number 60 on the Hot Country Songs chart dated January 3, 2004 with "Mile High Honey". Following the song Mile High Honey Kimes began having hits abroad on Hot Disc Top 40/1st release On The Border topped the chart at no.1 followed by Ride at no.1 His song Cut The Line top out at no 2 and more followed.

## Discography
### Albums

| Title | Album details |
| Another Man's Sky | Release date: 1996 Label: Asylum Records |
| A Dyin' Breed | Release date: 2002 Label: Wonderment Records |
| Cowboy Cool | Release date: 2004 Label: Wonderment Records |
| Snow | Release date: 2005 Label: Wonderment Records |
| Snow | Release Date: 2000 Label: Wonderment Records |
| Hangin' Around the Moon | Release date: 2005 Label: Wonderment Records |
| Strikin' Matches | Release date: 2006 Label: Wonderment Records |
| How the West Was Sung | Release date: 2008 Label: Wonderment Records |
| White Light | Release date: 2009 Label: Wonderment Records |
| Crossing the Roads | Release date: 2011 Label: Wonderment Records |
| A Proud Land | Release date: 2012 Label: Wonderment Records Release Date: 2015 Label: Wonderment Records |
| Shadows Of Time | Release date: 2017 Label: Wonderment Records |
| Love Of A Cowboy | |

### Singles

| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Year | Single | US Country | Album |
| 1996 | "Leave My Mama Out of This" | — | Another Man's Sky |
| 1997 | "Another Man's Sky" | — | Another Man's Sky |
| 1997 | "Guardian Angel" | — | Another Man's Sky |
| 2002 | "There Ain't Enough Miles" | — | A Dyin' Breed |
| 2003 | "Night Birds" (with Garth Brooks) | — | A Dyin' Breed |
| 2003 | "Mile High Honey" | 60 | A Dyin' Breed |
| 2004 | "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" | — | Cowboy Cool |
| 2004 | "Feelin' Stud" | — | Cowboy Cool |
| 2006 | "I've Got Your Back" | — | Strikin' Matches |
| 2011 | "I'm an Ole Song" | — | Crossing the Roads |
| 2011 | "500 Miles Away from Home" | — | Crossing the Roads |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart ||||

### Music videos

| Year | Title | Director |
| 1997 | "Another Man's Sky" | Norry Niven |
| 2000 | "On The Border" | |
| 2002 | "There Ain't Enough Miles" | |
| 2002 | "In My Land" | |
| 2006 | "Strikin' Matches In The Rain" | |
| 2011 | "Cold Country" | |