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Jimmy Watts is a singer/songwriter/one man band based in Brisbane. He's an explosive and intense performer, known for his hard and fast guitar playing and lung popping harmonica solos while driving a freight train beat on a kick drum and high hats. His performances are simply mesmorising to watch, and are a truly unique, original and memorable experience.Over his professional career Jimmy Watts has collaborated with fiddle players, conga players, singer/songwriters, African drum troupes, and a wide variety of other musicians; and has played solo support shows for the likes of Queensland blues and roots institution '8 Ball Aitken' and Golden Guitar nominee 'Nik Phillips'. At present Jimmy is performing, and recorded the latest album Dig.Dig...Dig, with percussionist Mellissa Hender who has a strong background in traditional West African drumming. She plays the dununba's (a set of three, large cow and goat hide skinned drums) and a djembe and various other bells and shakers. All these drums add another layer of groove to the already pumping live shows.With the ability to transform on stage from a wildly untamed, guitar thrashing and foot stomping maniac to a sweet heartfelt fingerpicking folkster, and everything in between, Jimmy Watts seems to effortlessly move between Dylan style ballads and hillbilly blues to a funked up brand of folk and even catchy surfin' tunes.Performing three to four nights a week in one form or another, Jimmy has taken his music from his home town Toowoomba to Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Far North Qld and can be seen regularly across South East Qld and northern NSW. To book Jimmy Watts feel free to make contact on www.jimmywattsband.com . The debut Album Dig.Dig...Dig is available to buy from www.jimmywattsband.com
