Jimmy "Flim" Johnson

[reinier]

Hi Jimmy (or should I say “Mr Johnson” now that you are rightfully dubbed “LA All-star” 😉),
Inspiring to see gigs like these are still happening. Great classic tune performed at the highest of levels by great musicians! Too bad there’s no Baked Patato ‘round the corner here in Europe:

[Quasar1]

Wow, thanks Reinier

I live here in NYC,

waking up with that was amazing

Thanks Jimmy/ Mr. Johnson 

[gearhed289]

Great stuff!

[JimmyJ]

Thanks friends.  We've sure had a lot of fun at that club over the years. 

If I've already told the story bear with me... The club was built by Don Randi who was a member of the "wrecking crew" of studio musicians back in the 60's.  He played keys on most of the Beach Boys albums and a million other things from that time.  He built the club (actually a restaurant serving, wait for it, baked potatoes) so that he and his pals would have a fun place to play.  And that has remained the exact purpose for all these years.  I've heard a wide variety of music there played by many great musicians.  And I've had quite a bit of fun playing there myself in various configurations.  It's a one-of-a-kind place in the world, for sure.

But Reinier, Europe has more jazz going on - especially with your summer festival circuit - than anyplace in the US.  You all are keeping this and many other styles of music alive.  We all appreciate the support shown by EU music fans.

Thanks!
Jimmy J

[edwardofhuncote]

I always wondered why about the name. Kinda' figured a fun play on words, but didn't know the literal backstory. There's this guy, a food vendor who sets up at a festival we play at every year, The CommonTater... he serves these giant potatoes baked in boiling pine rosin. It sounds just awful, but the rosin actually seals in the moisture. Those things are huge... it's all you can do to eat one.


Anyway, cool to have cool places to play. That's a slick pocket you're in there Jimmy J. 

[DistillaMatto]

Great stuff Jimmy. I use to live near Warner Bros in Taluca lake area and sometimes would drive by the Baked Potato but never saw anyone there. My friend saw Dweezil there years back. I did see Chad with Frank in Boston back in 1984 or 85.

[jazzyvee]

This came up on a Steely Dan thread this morning.

[pauldo]

Very nice.   

[eddievig]

Super tasty all the way around! looking forward to exploring more of his catalog.
Thanks for posting jazzyvee, much appreciated.

[jazzyvee]

I’m currently listening to the album. I’ve never heard of Phil Buckle before and the album is really good. Loving the way you play that big bass sound Jimmy!!!

[David Houck]

This came up on a Steely Dan thread this morning.

Nice playing and tone by Buckle, and of course from Jimmy and Donati!

[JimmyJ]

Thanks my friends. 

Phil is a fine singer/songwriter/guitar slinger from Melbourne, Australia.  He was in a popular band there many years ago called Southern Sons with drummer Virgil Donati.  In recent years I worked with Virgil on a various other projects so he was the one who introduced me to Phil. 

During the early Covid lockdown period Phil started sending me songs to play on.  He's a prolific writer so that's continued for the past few years.  He comes up with interesting bass parts and encourages me to build on these with sometimes crazy results.  Great fun!

Thanks,
Jimmy J