Jimmy "Flim" Johnson

[DistillaMatto]

Somebody already used "Very Tasty". I'll second that. Who's playing the Rhodes?

[David Houck]

Last night I watched Rick Beato's interview with Allen Hinds; thoroughly enjoyed it, and Hinds' playing is wonderful.  The reason I'm posting this here is that several times Rick asked him to play some of his songs, and on two of the songs, Hinds specifically points out that it's Jimmy Johnson playing bass on the recording he's playing over, one time suddenly saying "here's Jimmy!" right before a particularly tasteful bass fill.  Made me smile when he did that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37G7lCgNY5I

[JimmyJ]

Ha!  Thanks for that Dave.  And thanks to Allen for the mid-interview shout-out.  He's a nice fella, a very fluid guitarist, and a great songwriter.  I've had fun playing on several of his tunes over the years.  I think very early on I actually went to his house to overdub but ever since then I've done it all from home.  (Such is the state of playing music "with others" these days.)  I've always enjoyed his writing and his lyrical playing.

Jimmy J

[David Houck]

 

[jazzyvee]

Hi Jimmy, i do have a question, I believe has not been asked here on the forum, though I may be wrong, and I have wondered this about many of my favourite artistes.

1) Do you go to watch many gigs for pleasure, and if so, what kind of gigs/genre?
2) If a passenger in your car on a journey turned on the stereo, what music could they expect to hear coming through the speakers, excluding music you may be working on or prepping for?

👍🏾

[JimmyJ]

Hey Jazzyvee,

I know, it's funny to think about what musicians actually choose to listen to outside of their own work.  Probably different for everybody.  My musical background is fairly wide so my car radio has stations which are classical, jazz, rock, news...  Occasionally I'll find "ethnic" stations which are a treat. There was an African music program which I would sometimes catch in LA. I recently found a station serving the local Hmong population which is pretty wild. Plus, being in California means there are many stations broadcasting banda or norteño music from Mexico - with some incredible accordion and tuba playing.  I never know what's going to happen next in any of that music, probably just because I don't know it well, so it can be fun to listen to.

We used to be season ticket holders for the LA Phil and loved hearing that great orchestra.  I'll still get out to hear friends at clubs.  And we still love great pop music and would likely drag ourselves out to hear Todd Rundgren...

So there you go.  It's all mixed up for me.  I should add that when we're on the road with JT and the band jumps in a van to go to or from the gig, we will almost always ask the driver to turn the radio OFF.   

Cheers everybody,
Jimmy J

[jazzyvee]

Thanks, Jimmy I have often wondered what other musicians listen to. I used to host a jazz radio programme in my city for many years and that question is one of the reqular questions i would ask interviewee's and guests. interestingly, quite a few don't listen to their own music for pleasure after it has been released, or listen to their own choice of music at home.

[edwardofhuncote]

And all this time I had Jimmy J picked for a playlist of EDM or Bro-Country in his spare time. I hope we can still be friends. 😆


Kidding aside, I have discovered some really interesting music I wouldn't otherwise likely have been exposed to by way of my shop of all means. I have picked up a whole customer base of guys who play what they call Mexican Regional music. Think; Mariachi, with 12-string guitars, accordions, fiddles, and horns, and most of them use a bass guitar. The 12-string guitars though, are not strung in octaves, but in unison courses. So when they get one, I have to install a "bridge doctor" so the top can handle the extra tension, and rework the nut. They usually need a larger pickguard installed too, and I've gotten a reputation for making nice custom ones, with flames, and tribal patterns. It's all part of the style... not my thing at all, but bizniss is bizniss, and they're good customers... good buncha' guys. Their guitar playing just blows me away. It's like a cross between Gypsy jazz and Latin swing. The time signatures are Ka-razy. There's a pretty healthy community of these cats playing this music here in Southwest Virginia.

[pauldo]

91.7 WMSE:
“Al son de DJ C-los en Orgullo Latino” is a music show that plays Tropical music including but not limited to salsa, merengue, bachata and reggaeton.

The rhythms and bass lines that are (almost) always moving keeps me tuning in on Sunday afternoon for the Latino Pride…. It makes me dance, which is probably something you do not want to see.

[lbpesq]

If I can navigate a brief detour on this thread, how do you like the Bridge Doctor, Greg?  I installed one a few years ago to make a cheapo playable.  It seemed to work as advertised.  There is a well-known luthier who regularly posts on another forum which I visit, who claims it's a piece of junk that destroys a guitar's tone.  We now return you to your regularly scheduled thread.

Bill, tgo

[edwardofhuncote]

If I can navigate a brief detour on this thread, how do you like the Bridge Doctor, Greg?  I installed one a few years ago to make a cheapo playable.  It seemed to work as advertised.  There is a well-known luthier who regularly posts on another forum which I visit, who claims it's a piece of junk that destroys a guitar's tone.  We now return you to your regularly scheduled thread.

Bill, tgo

Well, it isn't good for resonance, that's for sure. Everything about the Bridge Doctor runs counter to what I know and believe about acoustic guitar construction and function. But for what they are doing, I understand the necessity. Imagine putting two sets of strings on any acoustic guitar, and tuning them to standard pitch. Not many tops could withstand that tension. I get the impression they are plugged-in 99% of the time. They like Dreadnought cutaway guitars with onboard electronics, and most of the ones I've worked on have had solid tops.


They do add rigidity to a compromised top. Or in my clients' cases, keep the top from being compromised.

[edwardofhuncote]

Saw where JT brought the AllStar Band to The Opry for an appearance recently Jimmy... y'all have a good time with that? 😊 Had we known, why Joey an' me coulda' crashed the party. I haven't visited Nashville for a while, coincidentally where I first saw and played the first Alembic 5-string ever. Man, I have got to get me one of these.


Since the sound was near-perfect, I am betting they had done a full check rather than the standard Opry "grab-it-n-growl" style used to be, where you just prayed somebody turned you up in the monitors. When you guys do a special thing like this, does your crew work with the in-house folks to make it work out, or do they just swap seats?

[JimmyJ]

Actually, James played with the house band there at the Opry - no slouches there!  I think our band regular Andrea Zonn was there (she's a local) plus maybe a couple more of our singers, but none of us rhythm section guys.

I'm sure they did a soundcheck and likely a full-scale rehearsal.  That insures things go smoothly in situations like that.  JT's guitar tech is always on the scene and he will work with the in-house crews to prep sound and monitors as much as possible before the boss arrives. 

Jimmy J

[edwardofhuncote]

Aww man, I thought sure that was you back in the shadows there. Well, I hate you didn't get to join in just to say you did.


Hmmm, wonder who it is... ? The guy had the line straight on Fire & Rain, I'll give him that.

[JimmyJ]

I sent bass charts.  ;-)