From Jim: I think these are a treasure. These are a few home recordings from the last couple years. Normally Jinx wouldn't let me record him, but agreed when we started to work up some of his tunes together. Then once he had the mike in front of him, it was All Jinx. Audience or no, when he played it was all the way.
He left longer spaces in the tunes for me to eventually record solos etc. I have some longer versions recorded, and it would be great to get musicians together to overdub tracks onto it -- make a Jinx band memorial. RSVP if you're interested. There's more, but myspace.com only allows 4 tunes................................................................................
This is a copy of a posting I wrote onto another Portland swing music website this week --
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Jinx was well-known and loved through the acoustic community of the
Northwest for over 30 years. He could carry a party and he could
swing it! He had the shine and presence of a true performer, a gifted
entertainer. But he shunned any actual stage or limelite. He stayed
close to home and friends, behind the scenes.
He loved swing, but he played all styles, and wrote everything. He
wrote a collection of folk tunes about Oregon history that illustrated
famous tales (you should hear "The D'Autremont Brothers.")
Any big acoustic gathering or festival, you would find Jinx, grinning,
doing his hunched swagger and wearing the trade mark Hawaiian shirt
-- no matter the season. He was a low key activist. He was at Weiser
every year, and helped save it. When the owner of the "stickerville"
camping area announced he was done and was going to sell the property,
it looked like Weiser might be done. Until Jinx organized a group,
incorporated, and bought Stickerville. For everyone.
Even if you had never met Jinx, you've been affected by him and the
way jams are celebrated. This is a very big loss, and I'm really
going to miss him. Jim
