T-Bone Walker, Freddie King ,Freddie King, Freddie King, Guitar Slim, Buddy Guy, B.B. King, Magic Sam, Otis Rush, Jimmy Vaughan, Django, Lightnin' Hopkins,Slim Harpo,Albert King, Frannie Beecher, Albert Collins, Nick Curran, Scotty Moore, Stevie Lynnworth, Eddie Dunlap, Roy Orbison,Sue Foley, John Prine, Big Jack Johnson, Otis Rush, Danny Jones, Steve Goodman, Steve Jones, Steve Cawley, Joe Ely,Robert Cray, Raul Malo, Eric Clapton, Ricky Ricardo, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Jimi Hendrix, Anson Funderburgh, ANSON FUNDERBURGH, Frankie Lee, Sam Cooke, Fats Domino, Johnny Taylor, Humphrey Bogart, A.P. Carter, Johnny Cash, Luther Tucker, Louis Armstrong, that Robert Johnson guy, Little Milton, Pete Anderson, Jason Ricci, Johnny Mercier, Merle Hallett, Frank Bama, Joshua Slocum, Vinnie "The Shoe", my dad : Albert "Buddy" Junkins (U.S. 5th Army 6 Corps 3rd Division "Rock of the Marne") WWII 1942-1947 never played an instrument but he sure could sing.
style>Twenty years at the top of New Englands' music scene, Jimmy Junkins and the Soulcats are just one ass kicking American blues band..........an authentic music entity. This is one powerful and original band, but don't ever mistake them for "just another blues band" because you'd be wrong. These guys play music with a "take no prisoners" approach for sure!! Twelve years ago Boston's Blues Magazine "Blueswire" said......."At a time when blues stringers are a dime a dozen, this guy shines like a silver dollar", and the Soulcats are still shinin'! With a serious road history performing throughout the U.S. and Canada, two internationally distributed CD releases and performances with B.B. King, Buddy Guy,The Robert Cray Band, Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters, The Eddie Burks Band, Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers, Zora Young, Asleep at the Wheel, Roomful of Blues, Monster Mike Welch, Big Jack Johnson, Matt "Guitar" Murphy, Anson Funderburgh, at the 2006 Boston Blues Festival, and most recently with (W.C. Handy award recipient) Nick Curran (Nick and the Nitelifes, The Fabulous Thunderbirds and the all new DEGUELLO!) just to name a few, this band is sheer roots and blues enjoyment with a sound that speaks in world class tones!!!
Jimmy has been called a "master of tonality", and has been written about in some of the top blues publications worldwide.
It's been said that he was "born in New England but his soul was raised up in Louisiana"
Bennie Green (Face Magazine) said, "when he plays a note you feel it, Jimmy plays guitar without alot of pyrotechnic nonsense, if you've seen Jimmy Junkins play, you've seen something of a rarity, someone who plays for the sheer love of music"
Born the year that Chevrolet dropped the tailfins off of the Bel Air, Jimmy grew up in a working class town in the northeast. Shortly after high school he began performing blues, rock and country in solo and duo formats. After a stint with his first rock band Atlantic Jam, he began his pilgrimage to the heart of the blues
In the early nineties when status quo for most New England based blues bands was to release albums of traditional covers, Jimmy released his first totally original CD, "Things Have Gotta Change" to much acclaim from all corners of the globe. This CD put him on top ten blues charts in Europe, and received extensive airplay on college and AOR stations across the U.S., and opened the doors to some of the countrys' top blues joints.
Powerful Love (Blu Rocket) followed in 1998 again to great reviews.
The Soulcats are currently working on their third release that promises a cruise down a different highway while remaining true to the blues that they are known for!!!!!
We've got a whole albums worth of bootleg tunes from the gigs at Higher Grounds in Hallowell for download. Click the "Songs" tab on the widget below and grab 'em while they last!! .. Feliz Navidad, .. JC and the Pickups ..
Stopping by to wish you a fantastic week!!! Hope all is going great with you!!! Check my schedule to see if I am coming to your town on the 2nd leg of my radio tour!!! Check out my newest single Whipping Post on Texas radio NOW!!! I also hope to see you out at Rowdy Bucks in Crosby Texas Saturday November 28th 2009 9:30 The show will also be streamed live from www.susanhickman.com Check it out if you cant make it!!! Hope to see you there!!! Love, ~Susan Hickman www.susanhickman.com www.reverbnation.com/susanhickman www.twitter.com/susanhickman
Happy Friday!!! Thanks for being such a great friend!!! YOU ROCK!!! Have a great week!!!!!
The big show at Tumbleweed Texas is tonight Friday August 28th with the Spiffingtons in Houston Texas I really hope to see you there!!! Love ~Susan www.susanhickman.com
Hi everybody, just here to say our new RORY GALLAGHER HAWK BOOSTER is ready for shipping. Have a listen if you get a chance, All the best, Stevie Flynn.
You are AWESOME!!! Thank you so much for being a friend!!! Hope you are having a great summer!!! I sure am, Hope to hear from you soon!!!
Wrapped Up In Me is #31 on the New Music Weekly Country Main Chart!!!! I am also #12 on the top 30 Indie Chart this week!!! It is on radio stations across the nation, you can request it now!!!!! Also, If you are around Friday August 28th I'll be having a big show at Tumbleweed Texas with the Spiffingtons in Houston Texas I really hope to see you there!!! Love ~Susan www.susanhickman.com
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