Jimbo Mathus

Jim “Jimbo” Mathus first gained popularity because the co-founder from the retro-swing clothing the Squirrel Nut Zippers. But following the group’s sloppy breakup, he continued to some prolific career being a guitarist, songwriter, and maker, defining his personal make of revved-up blues and origins music. Utilizing a selection of stage titles, including Wayne Mathus, Jas Mathus, Jimbo “Hambone” Mathus, and Jimbo Mathus, he 1st began stepping from his own like a sideman with one-time Zippers’ violinist Andrew Parrot. Mathus made an appearance on Thrills, the debut recording from Andrew Bird’s Plate of Open fire. In 1997, Mathus, Zippers bassist Stu Cole, maker Mike Napolitano, and pianist Greg Bell created the Knockdown Culture and released Play Tunes for Rosetta, a assortment of bluesman Charley Patton’s tunes that benefited his child Rosetta and her family members. His music required another submit late 2001 using the launch of Country wide Antiseptic, this time around offering tribute towards the electrical juke joint swamp rock and roll from the Deep South. That same 12 months, Mathus made an appearance on blues story Buddy Guy’s recording Nice Tea. Mathus adopted up using the likewise bluesy and eclectic Quit and Allow Devil Trip in 2003, and 2 yrs later on Knockdown South was released. Mathus made a decision to go back to the acoustic origins of Mississippi blues and nation with Aged Scool Sizzling Wings, which arrived in 2006. Also showing up in 2006, this time around beneath the name Jimbo Mathus, was the recording Jimmy a child, released by Artemis Information. (It had been re-released in 2014 on Hill Nation after Artemis folded.) Mathus stuck with the Jimbo moniker for his 2011 full-length Confederate Buddha. Blue Light, a six-song single vinyl EP, found its way to 2012, accompanied by the full-length Light Buffalo in 2013. In Feb of 2014, Mathus and his Tri-State Coalition music group issued the electrical Dark Nights the Spirit. He added to songwriter Ian Siegal’s Picnic Periods exactly the same season. Mathus desired a totally analog audio for his following record. Compared to that end, he documented at Drinking water Valley, Mississippi’s Dial Back again Sound, the house studio of Fats Possum label employer Bruce Watson. He surfaced using the loosely knit idea providing Blue Healer within the springtime of 2015. In 2016, Mathus stepped out with another loose but emphatic work for Fats Possum, Music group of Storms.