What do you get when you mix two pastors, a church musician and a kindergarten teacher together? JimJim and the FatBoys and a rolicking good time.
Begun as a pick-up band at the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, Kansas, this quartet identifies [+]What do you get when you mix two pastors, a church musician and a kindergarten teacher together? JimJim and the FatBoys and a rolicking good time.
Begun as a pick-up band at the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, Kansas, this quartet identifies a wide variety of musical influences including: Taj Mahal, Pete Seeger, Jim Croce, Tom Paxton, Eric Clapton, early jug bands from the 20's & 30's, Elton John and John McCutcheon.
JimJim and the FatBoys is composed of: Jim Pierce (St. Joseph, Missouri) Bass, Guitar, Mountain Dulcimer & Vocals; Jim Babcock (Robinson, Kansas) Box set (percussion) National Guitar, Mountain Dulcimer & Vocals; Jeff Lilley (Lawrence, Kanasas) Guitar, Mandolin, Mountain Dulcimer & Vocals; Steve Eulberg (Fort Collins, Colorado) Guitar, Mountain & Hammered Dulcimers, Mandolin & Vocals.
Recorded over three days time at Kiva Studios in Fort Collins, Colorado, Bottle Up & Go brings together the varied musical interests of these talented musicians in an "olio of original and traditional songs of the spirit" pleasing to varied musical palates. "What the Hell (The Winfield Song)" won the New Song Showcase at the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, KS 2001 and the group performed it on Stage III and Stage V.
Enthusiastic radio play in Europe echoes the applause of audiences and fellow jam-mates. Wherever they play live there is intoxicating music and folks who jump in and play along.
REVIEWS:
"Bottle Up and Go CD is filled with 14 hits for the "Royal Pub" Group. Aleady we are getting rave reviews and lots of airplay on radio oversease while listeners hollar for MORE!!!! Grab some beer, get the food, the gang and your instruments and join this party...." -EH King, Country Western Corner
Owl Mountain Music is celebrating its tenth anniversary with their debut release from JimJim & the FatBoys. It was recorded in Colorado and in it they've got a mixed bag of tricks. These boys like their music, and they like their instruments. I never heard of so many ways to make a dulcimer.
There are no limits to the music they present on this CD, all of it great music. I thought it full of imagination and inspiration, much of it straight from life experiences. The whole thing feels like, "Let's sit on the back porch boys, and s
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