With tracks from his candid and bountiful new album ‘Not a day goes by’ and electrifying live performances in London , Los Angeles and Las Vegas, singer songwriter Jimmy Golding combines his musical talents and smooth ‘rock crooner’ vocals with cool style and quintessential English attitude.One of London’s few and highly sought after male jazz and pop singer-guitarists, Jimmy’s experience and charisma as a performer (supports include Taj Mahal, Robert Plant, ‘Super lungs’ Terry Reid, Kid Creole, The Stray Cats Slim Jim Phantom) is capturing the hearts of fans and media casters worldwide and set to become a big voice with universal appeal.
Influenced by the fertile ground of great classic jazz, contemporary pop, and rock entertainers from Elvis and Sinatra to the Beatles, Bowie to Bono and the ‘beat’ tradition of intimate singer songwriters, Jimmy Golding has cultivated his own distinctive and infectious music, song writing and performance sensibility.His ‘rock crooner’ style and voice is as sexy, rich and mature as one would expect of a man of experience persevering through life’s uncertainties to find meaning and beauty.He stands tall and open, strumming the heartfelt strings of his trademark left handed guitar as a confident virtuoso, to deliver an evocative and unselfconscious blend of jazz, rock and pop - rich with meaning and value for a new century of humanity and with the fresh spiritual awareness of a man who knows that his time has come………….‘I want to pull at people’s heart strings and engage them to think positively about life and death on the creative journey through fear and darkness to love and hope’.Born in London, Jimmy grew up in the punk rock era on Chelsea’s Kings Road. Influenced from an early age with cool jazz, the rootsy poetic songs of Dylan and Neil Young and soundtracks of the psychedelic generation of Beatles, Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, Cream and The Doors, Jimmy played guitar, jamming ‘good’ with rock casualties and 60s stars popping in and out for sessions at his fashion designer parents home. Enamored by the swagger bluesy rock of the Rolling Stones, the artful David Bowie and the thundering sing-a-long rock and roll of Led Zeppelin and AC/DC, Jimmy grew his hair into an atomic Jimi Hendrix mushroom cloud far longer than school proscribed.By his teens Jimmy was tagging along with various original and covers bands, taking to the road and criss-crossing Europe.
A degree in politics and philosophy may not have stood Jimmy in good stead for a career job, but he managed to use precious debating time at University crafting his musicianship in bands and becoming infamous in the art of playing guitar behind his back.
Back in London, Jimmy was trained to sing by Glyn Jones, the endorsed vocal teacher of Beatles producer George Martin. Following iconic ‘rubber vest’ wearing buzz performances on the live acoustic scene, he released, the album ‘Heart to Heart’ capturing his raw and intimate voice and song writing abilities. The quest to find the heart and soul of his own music led Jimmy to play the Rhythm and Blues cruises in the Caribbean playing and jamming with blues/jazz legends including Taj Mahal. Back in the UK and with the 21st century approaching, Jimmy began promoting and organising entertainment at the prestigious Café De Paris in London, putting together swanky parties and live shows. Prince and Van Morrison were two of his star pulls. He also continued playing, performing alongside the likes of Doris Troy (Just One look/Dark Side of the Moon), Stray Cat - Slim Jim Phantom, natty tropical crooner Kid Creole and recent No1 70s flashback Leo Sayer. Other surreal moments include serenading British film legend John Hurt for his birthday treat and singing and playing ‘Bye Bye Baby’ on stage with Bay City Roller front man and former heart throb Les McKeown.
Never straying too far from his roots, Jimmy branched out to write, record and sing with ‘Happening’, the break-beat-punk outfit and extreme sports favourites on their album ‘The Opening of the Eyes’. He supported his childhood icon, Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant, performing at Hammersmith Apollo playing with Vivid (an Asian gothic and world dub orchestra). Other recent support slots include 60’s icon Terry Reid (‘Superlungs’) and Marcella Detroit (Shakespeare Sister) and Oasis guitarist Andy Bell with impressive live shows in London profile venues including Dingwalls, Café De Paris and the Met Bar
Jimmy also presents the ‘Jimmy Does Jazz’ band - his ‘rock crooner vocals’ being a perfect match for his extensive repertoire and interpretations of jazz, pop and rock classics
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Jimmy Golding's new album - not a day goes by
