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Jimmy Winchell

About Me

I used to mean something to a lot of people. All those gold records in the 80's didn't seem to add up to much, when I sued my management, label and publisher simultaneously. I lost everything. Legally, I can no longer write music, perform music professionally, or release albums. I spent most of the 90's coked, pilled and drunk on whatever couch I could secure for the night. On good nights, that couch would belong to a woman who could remember who I was. Couple years back, a friend of mine forced me into his home studio to record a few cover songs. Naturally, I picked a few songs that spoke to the horrors of the music industry, and this snowballed and became "Jimmy Winchell Gives You The Business" on Priapus records. While I'm still usually coked, pilled, drunk and couch-ridden, I have made it a point to continue to work my musical muscles in the only way that the lawyers can't deny me. Cover songs that are given away free. I hope you enjoy these samples here.. There's a buttload more at screwmusicforever.com. I take requests.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 09/04/2005
Band Website: http://screwmusicforever.com/music/artists/jimmywinchell
Band Members:
Influences: Cocaine and women who understand that I have to leave before sun up.
Sounds Like:
Record Label: I've have my fill of labels.

My Blog

Tour Diary Entry

I have no idea how many days I've been sitting on this back stoop.   More than a handful, for sure.    Settling into a slow rhythmic pattern of shifting my weight from side to...
Posted by on Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:54:00 GMT

if you love cocaine....

...then I am giving you special permission to download my new album for free.    It is for cocaine-lovers, only.    The honor system is in effect.   http://www. arch...
Posted by on Wed, 13 Sep 2006 09:35:00 GMT

Video - Angel of the Morning

This is me playing "Angel of the Morning" at the Trash Bar with an all-hottie band...   http://www.screwmusicforever.com/jimmywinchell/media/jimmywi nchellaotm.wmv
Posted by on Tue, 16 May 2006 09:40:00 GMT

Live video!

Jimmy Live at Pete's Candy Store This is a clip of me performing at Pete's Candy Store with the amazing guest rhythm section of Aaron Burtch of Grandaddy and Brad Truax of Home. I actually don't ...
Posted by on Wed, 30 Nov 2005 08:26:00 GMT

Recent Press

&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&. Jimmy Winchell says he used to think that it was so easy. In fact, Jimmy says this twice, sitting on a musty couch in a dank, dingy friend-of-a-friend-of-a-friends...
Posted by on Mon, 23 May 2005 08:48:00 GMT