NEW: ORDER NOW AND GET A FREE POSTER SIGNED BY JIMI! limited time only! "He is one of the best damn drummers I've ever worked with. He knows how to fit in a situation, add to it and never take from it. One of [+]NEW: ORDER NOW AND GET A FREE POSTER SIGNED BY JIMI! limited time only! "He is one of the best damn drummers I've ever worked with. He knows how to fit in a situation, add to it and never take from it. One of my favorites, and I don't have many." -- Doug MacLeod
"Jimi is one of the top drummer's in the world. He's worth twice what I pay him and it's an honor to work with him!" -Kim Wilson of The Fabulous Thunderbirds
Jimi's legendary, outrageous, dare-devil behavior and stunts range from: trying to play a drum solo three hundred feet underwater while holding his breath to.... jumping off his drum throne in the middle of a performance, attempting to fly around the room with a red cape, goggles and nothing else on, cannot detract from the fact that he is a...
Six-time W.C. Handy nominee for blues drummer of the year...
Three time winner of the Northwest Muddy Award for blues drummer of the year, and...
Is one of the most recorded and respected blues drummers in the world.
While still in high school Jimi started his professional career at the tender age of 17 with well-known Bay Area blues men, Paul Durkett and Byrd Hale. At 19 he joined Mark Hummel and the Blues Survivors, starting what would be the beginning of a perpetual life on the road. On his 21st birthday he auditioned for and won the gig of his dreams with Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers, the very same band that had inspired him to become a professional drummer. He is currently the backbeat and backbone of The Fabulous Thunderbirds. His discography boasts impressive credits to over 60 CD's and countless live performances with other blues greats such as:
Earl King, Joe Houston, Snooks Eaglin, Jimmy Rogers, Katie Webster, Mickey Champion, Floyd Dixon, Little Charlie, Johnny Dyer, Little Willie Littlefield, Duke Robillard, Robert Ward, Rick Holmstrom, James Cotton, Joe Hughes, Rick Estrin, Charlie Musselwhite, Roy Rogers, Norton Buffalo, Brownie McGhee, Jerry Portnoy, Carey Bell, Larry "Arkansas" Davis, Bill Campbell, John "Juke" Logan, Brenda Burns, Lowell Fulson, Albert Collins, Guitar Gable, Louis & Dave Myers, Luther Tucker, Bonnie Bramlet, Clarence Fountain & The Five Blind Boys of Alabama, William Clarke, Junior Watson, Bob Jone
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