Jimmy D. Lane

 

Jimmy D. Lane

Inducted into Chicago Blues Hall of Fame April 28th 2013


Jimmy D. Lane - Guitar and Vocal

(Jimmy D. Lane's Instruments are Guitar, Bass, Drums and Vocals)




HISTORY OF BANDS: 

                Jimmy D. Lane and The Hurricane - Performed 1986-89

                Blue Earth Band: Formed 1989 - Present 

                Jimmy Rogers Band: Lead from 1988 until Mr. Rogers’ death in 1997


MUSIC DIRECTOR: 

                Blue Heaven Studios: 1999 - 2005



TOURS: National and international: USA, Norway, Sweden, England, Scotland, Belgium, France, Italy, Germany, Canada, 

               South America, Russia, Czech Republic, etc…




RECORDED WITH:  Jimmy Rogers, B.B. King, Van Morrison, Jonny Lang, Gary Moore, Kim Wilson, Pinetop Perkins, Hubert  Sumlin, Johnny ‘Big                                         Moose’ Walker, Johnnie Johnson, Dave Myers, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Jim  Keltner, Stephen Stilles, Jeff Healy, Taj                                               Mahal,  Eric Clapton, Double Trouble, Robert Plant, Jimmy  Page, Harry Hypolite, George ‘Wild Child’ Butler, Lowell Fulson,                                           Carey Bell, Sam Lay, David ‘HoneyBoy’ Edwards, Weepin’ Willie Robinson, Little Hatch, Nancy Bryan, Jimmie Lee Robinson,                                         Willie Kent,  Henry Gray, Lazy Lester, Eomot RaSun, Snooky Pryor, and others...

                   

 

INFLUENCED BY:  Jimmy Rogers, Muddy Waters, Little Walter, Robert Jr. Lockwood, Robert Johnson, Hubert Sumlin, Dave and Louis Myers,                                            Freddie King, Earl Hooker, Lefty Dizz,  Left Hand Frank Craig, Howlin' Wolf, Sunnyland Slim, Sam Lay, Albert King, Freddie King,                                  B.B. King, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Eddie Hazel, Stevie Wonder, Billy Preston, Raymond "Boz" Burrell,  Jim Wydra, Eric Clapton,                                  Verdine White, Jimmie Lee  Vaughan, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Tommy Shannon, Derek O' Brien, Robin Trower, Reg Isidore, James                                  Dewar, Bill Lordan, Aynsley Dunbar, Leon Wilkinson, Artimus Pyle.

               


PERFORMANCES INCLUDE:

TELEVISION:

                The Conan O’Brien Show Feb. 1995.

                Austin Music Network 

                MUTV in Chicago (live performance video for public access TV).

                Brazilian TV performance with Jimmy Rogers Band.

                CNN – News spotlight on Blue Heaven Studio

                USA Network - "In Plain Sight" 2008- (Reruns) (Cable Television Series Episode “The Trojan Horst”)

                                           Jimmy’s song “Tears Without A Shoulder” is played 10 minutes into the episode




RADIO INTERVIEWS:

                WLUP – Chicago

                WBEZ – Chicago

                NPR - National

                BBC - Canada



(SPECIAL PERFORMANCES):     

                Performance for President Bill Clinton and  Hillary Rodham Clinton – Chicago, 1998 

                Jimmy D. Lane was Musical Director of Blue Heaven Studios in Salina, Kansas from 1999 through 2005. The studio received world                                wide attention and was featured on CBS Sunday Morning, FOX News and NPR  Radio's "All Things Considered" with host Linda                                    Westheimer. 

                In 2013, Jimmy appeared on Canada's Global BC News...doing an in-depth interview with anchorman Steve Darling


   


CD RELEASES:

                “Sir Real” – Blue Seal, 1995

                “Long Gone” – APO, 1997

                “Legacy” – APO, 1998

                “It’s Time” – APO, 2004   


APPEARS ON:


                Jimmy Rogers - Blues, Blues, Blues (Atlantic Records Corp. 1999)  

                Jimmy Rogers - Blue Bird (APO Records)   

                Jimmy Rogers / Big Moose Walker  

                Blues Masters At The Crossroads – APO, 1998-2002 (24/96 DVD)

                Jimmie Lee Robinson – All My Life  

                Jimmie Lee Robinson - Remember Me

                Rock With Me Baby (with Little Hatch)

                Nancy Bryan - Neon Angel

                Wild Child Butler – D2D

                Harry "Big Daddy" Hypolite - Louisiana Country Boy  

                Eomot RaSun - Three Days Walkin'  

                Weepin' Willie - At Last On Time

                Honeyboy Edwards - Shake 'Em On Down  

                Wild Child Butler - Sho' 'Nuff

                Henry Gray – D2D

                Hubert Sumlin - I Know You

                Pinetop Perkins - Pinetop Perkins (D2D)  

                Henry Townsend - My Story

                Lazy Lester - Lazy Lester (D2D)

                B.B. King in Montreux Switzerland 1999

                Experience Hendrix Live at The Paramount Theatre DVD 2008



(note: D2D is Direct to Disc live recording)

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