Boney James began playing together in 1979. The bassist was heavily influenced by his grandmother's love for music. Boney James started playing at Anyplace, a local club. Music of the 1970s heavily influenced the early work of the band.

The most current project from Boney James is a refinement of their original sound. The group recently completed their most current album, but they are thinking of what is next to come. Boney James hope this next tour brings in more fans than ever.

Critics have generally praised Boney James for their ability to energize the audience during concerts. Champaign music critic Reggie Ellenwood has always praised group’s soul-searching lyrics. Boney James’s most current album has received generally positive reviews from all the critics, including Billy Bierlein from Washington, D.C. and Harry Menchen from San Francisco.

Boney James signed the record deal, but were not expecting the next step to be any easier. The band plays plenty of arenas, but would rather perform in the smaller venues in which they started. submitted their single to Z100.5 and a DJ took a liking to it. The band regularly played at Eyewitness before making it to the big time.

Boney James knew that they were truly working musicians in 1976, when Kim Moran started the band’s first fan club. After playing from coast to coast, the group’s fan club exploded from the handful of fans around Oklahoma City to thousands in every city throughout the country.

Boney James respects the fact that their fans love their past releases, so they go to great effort to incorporate the older hits with the most current ones. The group has all their tour information, from the tour schedule to the latest Boney James tickets released, on TheSeats.com.