Jimmy "Flim" Johnson

[schmaltzman]

Hi Jimmyj,
 
I've been trying to get a hold of you in regards to the Funhouse
 
Paul
Pschmaltz@gmail.com

[JimmyJ]

Hey Paul, welcome to the forum.
 
You mean the BB's song Funhouse?  Are you wondering about the effect on the bass?  It's a delay with only one return - no regeneration - and if I remember correctly it's set for a value of 2-eighth notes even though the song is a shuffle and so based on 3-eighth notes.  Make sense?  It's a fun effect to play around with.
 
... Or maybe you're taking about something completely different?  I'm triple-guessing!
 
Jimmy J

[JimmyJ]

This is pretty funny... The Paul who posted above wanted to know about using that song (which I neither wrote nor hold the publishing for) in some sort of film.  So my guesses about his question were WAY off.  Ha!  Oh well...
 
Jimmy J

[rustyg61]

Jimmy, I'm going to visit my son in Hollywood this weekend who lives right down the street from The Baked Potato, wish you were playing!

[JimmyJ]

Rusty,
 
Have a good visit.  The band playing Saturday at the Spud could be pretty interesting.  Might be worth just seeing the place for the history.  And the potatoes are good too.  Bring ear plugs, it gets loud.
 
So, even sillier about the above exchange with Paul, I wasn't describing the right track...  Hey, it was a long time ago!  The song he's interested in was all the keyboard player and his sequencer, I didn't even play on it.  Complete subject derailment!  Ha!
 
Jimmy J

[rustyg61]

Thanks Jimmy! I told my wife I want to at least go by & take a picture in front, but hopefully I can talk her & my son into eating there & checking out the band.

[jos]

Here is a bass solo by Jimmy Johnson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q47EgY884z0&feature=related the world needs more of Jimmy Johnson! Jimmy can you please put a group together like Flim & BB's? The James Taylor thing is GREAT really great music, but we need more of Jimmy!!  
 
J-O-S

[JimmyJ]

Jan-Olof, thanks for the kind words.  Hearing myself try to solo live (or even worse, seeing myself) always makes me cringe.  Probably because I can tell what I was attempting to play and not quite reaching.  Oh well, it doesn't stop me from trying again the next time.  And the more times I try the more chance that something interesting might happen.  HA!
 
You know, I also really enjoy being support only guy for music that I believe in, like in the James Taylor situation.  That is a different kind of discipline and for me it's equally rewarding work.
 
Now I'd better go practice!
Jimmy J

[klinkepeter]

Hi Jimmy, check out this link, u might know this band, at least the drummer,
   
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2vgh6lxoH8
 
  your bassplaying on the record ( A SPACE ODDITY) is so unbelievable innovativ and tasty,
inspired me a lot for the live performances,
Peter

[JimmyJ]

Hey Peter!
 
Thanks for the kind comment.  Wow, small world huh?  
 
You sound great with this crazy concept of a band: odd meter interpretations of 60's and 70's tunes ... with string quartet?  Sure, why not?!  
 
I know Chris a bit but never actually met Misha, only via email and telephone.  They both seem like very nice cats.  And it must be a fun band to play with - low volume wild grooving.  Good stuff!  Keep up the good work!
 
Jimmy J

[rustyg61]

Hey Jimmy, I did make it to the Baked Potato, but unfortunately didn't have time to catch the band. We spent the whole weekend looking for an apartment in Culver City for my son, & got in late every night. I will make it a point to catch the band on my next visit! It was much smaller than I expected!
 

[JimmyJ]

Rusty,
 
I hope your apartment search was successful.
 
Excellent that you made it by the Spud!  Yes, there it is in all it's glory!  It is a funky little place but has a long history of great music.  It was started as a place for LA's studio musicians to play for fun.  And Don Randi, the original owner, happened to be playing the night you took that photo!  He's a piano player who was part of the wrecking crew with Hal Blaine and all.  Still plays with Nancy Sinatra on the road.  His son Justin runs the club now and has another generation of players passing through, but Don still plays now and again...
 
Next time you'll have to go in and get an earful.
 
All the best,
Jimmy J

[jacko]

I'm hoping to pay the potato a visit towards the end of September.  
 
Graeme

[rustyg61]

Hey Jimmy,
 
Unfortunately our apartment search didn't turn up exactly what my son is looking for. He is holding out for a one bedroom with a washer/dryer hookup, & they are hard to find! He works for Sony Pictures in Culver City, but currently lives a half mile from the Baked Potato, in Hollywood so the drive is pretty rough on him. I tried to go inside the Baked Potato when we took the picture, but they weren't open yet. I will definitely catch a show there sometime, hopefully one you are playing in! With my son living out there, we will be making many trips in the years to come!
 
Thanks for the history lesson on the Baked Potato!
 
Rusty

[jacko]

hey Jimmy.  
I found a mint copy of Tunnel on fleabay last week and I've been listening to it constantly since friday. What a great album. Lots of superb playing from yourself naturally but also from the rest of the band - I love the flute on Momentary truce - and some cool little slices of humour such as the intro to Man overboard. Hopefully more BB's work will surface . Interesting fact in the sleeve notes that the BB's were the first band to work in digital. I didn't know that!
 
Graeme