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For the last thirteen of his forty-seven years as a performing musician, Jim Stringer has been living, working and, as always, honing his craft as guitarist, producer, and singer-songwriter, in the competitive but nurturing environment of Austin, Texas. During that time, his guitar has been heard with more than 30 Austin artists, live or on record, including Ted Roddy, Wayne Hancock, Roger Wallace, Marti Brom, Susanna Van Tassel, Karen Poston and many others. His own AM Band has toured widely, a featured act at Twangfest 8, and at festivals in Europe. A busy producer for Austin artists, Jim produced the now legendary "Travis County Pickin'" for HighTone. TCP has become a standard in the libraries of guitar enthusiasts.

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Member Since: 3/27/2006
Band Website: jimstringer.us
Band Members: For the last eight years, the AM Band has consisted of Jim along with Carl Keesee (bass), T Jarrod Bonta (piano). Ralph Power joined the gang on drums in 2007, along with Roy Glaze alternating with James Shelton on pedal steel. The name, The AM Band, originally derived from "Austin Music Band", because there's just one band in Austin and everyone plays in it! In the past eight years, regular members have included: Lee Potter (drums), Boomer Norman (guitar), "Uptown" Alan Barnette (featured vocalist), Dave Wesselowski (bass), Gene Kurtz (rhythm guitar), Charlie Prichard (rhythm guitar), Jon Hahn (drums), Kevin Hall (drums). Frequent guest performers have included Timmy Campbell (drums), Lisa Pankratz (drums), Ethan Shaw (bass), David Carroll (bass), Dallas Wayne (bass), Vance Hazen (bass), Scott Esbek (bass), Charle Irwin (bass), Brad Fordham (bass), Herb Steiner (pedal steel), Bobby Snell (pedal steel), Andrew Nafziger (guitar), Tommy Detamore (pedal steel on "In My Hand"), Ricky Davis (pedal steel on "In My Hand"), Rufus Otis (11 string quackophone), Mitzi Henry (featured vocalist), L'il Rachel (featured vocalist).
Influences: Guitar influences are numerous: Chet Atkins, James Burton, Hank Garland, Merle Travis... Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass, Larry Coryell, Herb Ellis... Andres Segovia, John Williams... Freddy King, Bo Diddley, Don Everly... The Ventures, Duane Eddy. Songwriting influences: Otis Blackwell, Johnny Mercer, Hoagy Charmichael (sp?), Harlan Howard, Willie Nelson, John Hiatt, Nick Lowe, Bob Wills, Lennon & McCartney, Buck Owens. Band influences: The Fabulous Silvertones, Mike Finnigan & The Serfs, Jerry Hahn Brotherhood, The Beatles, The Billy Spears Band, Elvis Presley.
Sounds Like: B-Hee B-Haw-P
Record Label: The Music Room
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Triskaidekaphilia -- 1 on FAR Chart

Check out the FAR Chart here: http://www.tcmnradio.com/far/ What is the FAR CHART? "FAR charts are compiled from reports sent in by actual DJs with freeform (i.e. no playlists) radio shows on public, ...
Posted by Jim Stringer & the AM Band on Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:03:00 PST

Buy my new CD - a heartfelt plea!!!

All I'm asking is this: buy my new CD! Seriously... go right now to CDBaby.com and buy it... REALLY... Dang it... JUST DO IT! ... please... pretty please... pretty please with sugar... OK... pretty pl...
Posted by Jim Stringer & the AM Band on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:32:00 PST

Vota Obama

I was playing a gig at the Elephant Room on Congress last Friday and finished at 8pm, just in time to walk up the street into the mob of people who had gathered for the Obama for President rally. I'd ...
Posted by Jim Stringer & the AM Band on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:10:00 PST

The Survey

I received this on MySpace. It originated from a 14 year old in California. Here are the instructions which were sent along with the survey:"The longest survey you'll ever fill out! Do the world a fa...
Posted by Jim Stringer & the AM Band on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:52:00 PST

For Whom the Bell Tolls II - Stella Boes

Our beloved Stella Boes passed away this morning. Stella was a dear friend to Dana and me, and to the Austin music community as a whole. To say simply that she'll be missed is a gross understatement. ...
Posted by Jim Stringer & the AM Band on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 03:54:00 PST

For Whom the Bell Tolls

I know it's that time of life. Many of the people I have admired, learned from, performed with... shared the earth with... one day, they're just gone. Tommy Morrell -- I didn't know him well, but we ...
Posted by Jim Stringer & the AM Band on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 09:46:00 PST

Kansas/Kansas City Hall Of Fame

In 1968, I and two other musicians formed a group which we called "Tide". It's very gratifying that the curators of the Kansas/Kansas City Hall of Fame voted to induct this band to the Hall of Fame in...
Posted by Jim Stringer & the AM Band on Sun, 07 Jan 2007 12:19:00 PST

Stringer's Groove 101

I'll add to this from time to time. These are songs that, to my way of thinking, really drive home the concept of "groove", and I think all players, beginner and experienced alike, could learn from st...
Posted by Jim Stringer & the AM Band on Fri, 18 Aug 2006 09:46:00 PST

To Cover or To Copy?

I'm a songwriter, as well as a guitarist and singer. I've written several hundred songs in my career, some of them good, some not so good. The really stinky ones -- or at least the ones I think are st...
Posted by Jim Stringer & the AM Band on Fri, 18 Aug 2006 09:25:00 PST

Pay the Devil? Bribe the Critics?

I just listened to Van Morrison's "Pay the Devil". I'm really not a Van Morrison fan in the first place... oh, I loved "Gloria" -- it has to be one of the greated R&R songs of all time. But after ...
Posted by Jim Stringer & the AM Band on Sun, 25 Jun 2006 10:24:00 PST