Jimmy "Flim" Johnson

[goran]

I watched that video so many time! Jimmy you are so musical...

[JimmyJ]

Thanks my Alembic pals, I appreciate the support.  I've had a LOT of great opportunities to make music with a lot of great musicians - and with my small collection of fine Series basses.   
I've been super lucky!

Jimmy J

[rv_bass]

The Gary Husband tune is cool, kind of like modern world music. I’ve gotten a few of his releases off of Bandcamp, quite a variety of styles in a way.  Love listening to your work on his tunes, also on the Steve Gadd albums.   

[JimmyJ]

Yeah Rob, Husband is a rare and deep talent on both drums and keys.  I love playing with him in any musical situation.  That 2nd track above is actually a Steve Hunt piece that Gary and I were invited to play on.  Hunt played keys with the two of us in Allan Holdsworth's band back in the day so it was fun to revive that combination, sadly too late for Allan to join us.

Jimmy J

[pauldo]

More Jimmy clips brings bass players out of hibernation!
Thanks Jazzy for finding these videos, and thanks again Jimmy for every note you show us!

It just keeps getting better!  😃. Hi Mike!  Long time friend.
 

If Keavin (#12] shows up I will be beyond words.

[dadabass2001]

The Chicago crowd! A little pandemic doesn’t stop us, it just slows things down. A love of music, artistry, talent and creativity binds us together and “Keeps Me Hanging On” (a quick Motown/ Vanilla Fudge reference).
I’m still practicing, recording, playing occasionally and enjoying the passage of time.

[keith_h]

I posted the Pan Fried Chicken clip here last year after finding it. My granddaughter loves that one. I don't recall seeing the Gary Husband - Steve Hunt clip but sounds great. It's sad Allan couldn't be there to complete the quartet.

[keith_h]

This pretty song was posted by Chris Wabich on his Youtube page a couple of weeks ago.

[pauldo]

Hold up… my ears hear fretless yet my eyes see frets.   Jimmy, any answers?

[goran]

I thing that his lines fretless, sorry for answering it for you

[JimmyJ]

Yes, Goran is correct, they are inlaid lines.  Hey, lines, side LEDs, floodlights, I'll take whatever I can get to play the fretless in tune.  (Not to mention a ton of punching in and editing - remember none of these project videos of mine are actually "live".) 

Jimmy J

[eddievig]

That's just gorgeous in every way.

[Stumblecat]

Hey Jimmy! I caught the James Taylor Calgary show this evening and was surprised to not see you there. Is everything OK with you? Wish you the best, and I hope everything is alright:)

[JimmyJ]

Thanks for asking.  We had a problem on this tour leg with Covid sneaking into our "bubble".  Almost everybody on the singer's bus tested positive at some point over the last 10 days causing us to postpone (again!) last week's Winnipeg show.  And despite my best efforts to avoid it, the last touring member to test positive was ME... 

Luckily most of our cases have been mild and everybody (except the tour accountant and I, plus two crew members) recovered quickly enough to travel to and play the Calgary show.  Jackson Browne's bassist Bob Glaub was gracious enough to jump in and sub for me on JT's set.  He's one of the greatest pop bass players of all time, in my opinion, and a super-nice fella.  I'm sure he put all the low notes right where they needed to be.

Pending a negative test for me tonight I plan to travel to Edmonton tomorrow and get there in time for soundcheck.  This has probably been the most chaotic tour experience any of us have ever had.  Things looked pretty good before we started but Canada experienced a spike in cases just as we got up here and this sneaky, extremely virulent bug found its way in and threw a wrench into our machine.  Hopefully we're done dealing with it now and can finish this last week and get home safely.

Sorry to miss you Stumblecat but I hope you enjoyed the show.

Jimmy J

[David Houck]

Sorry to hear that you tested positive and that your recovery wasn't quick enough to avoid missing a show.  Hope you're feeling better today.