Jim Stringer

Artist Information

Biography

With a history of almost fifty years as a performing musician, since 1994, Jim Stringer has been living, working and, as always, honing his craft as guitarist, producer, and singer-songwriter, in the competitive but nurturing environment of Austin, Texas. During that time, his guitar has been heard with dozens of Austin artists, live or on record, including Ted Roddy, Wayne Hancock, Roger Wallace, Marti Brom, Susanna Van Tassel, Karen Poston and many others. His own AM Band has toured widely, twice as a featured act at Twangfest, and at festivals in Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Sweden and Norway.

A busy producer for Austin artists, Jim produced the now legendary "Travis County Pickin'" for HighTone. TCP has become a standard in the libraries of guitar enthusiasts.

In 2007, he and his late 60's band, Tide, were inducted into the Kansas/Greater Kansas City Music Hall of Fame alongside such music giants as Big Joe Turner, Big Al Downing, and Marilyn Maye.

Stringer has been featured in articles in No Depression, The Austin Chronicle, Third Coast Music, Country Standard Time, The Kansas City Star, and many other domestic and international publications. Most recently, his CD, "Triskaidekaphilia" was spotlighted in the November 2008 issue of Vintage Guitar Magazine. This CD was also voted #1 by the widely respected FAR Chart reporters.

The AM Band has an immense repertoire of nearly 500 songs and can handle any sort of performance from showcase sets, club appearances, and festival shows to private parties, weddings, and other "casuals".

Instrumentation

James Shelton - Pedal Steel
T Jarrod Bonta - Piano
Carl Keesee - Bass Guitar
Johnny Mack - Drums

Discography

2008 - "Triskaidekaphilia" CD, Jim Stringer & the AM Band -- #1 on the June 2008 Far List.
2004 - "In My Hand" CD, Jim Stringer & the AM Band
The title track, "In My Hand" has been downloaded more than 16,000 times from Napster, iTunes, and download.com.
2000 - "On the Radio", CD Jim Stringer & the AM Band
1998 - "Swang", CD Jim Stringer & the AM Band
1996 - "Gone Rockin'" CD, Git Gone
1996 - "Travis County Pickin'", CD

Links

• The Music Room - Record Label
• Jim Stringer Home Page
• Jim Stringer & the AM Band

Audio

• I Feel Better (Since You're Gone)
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• Chevy Headed West
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• In My Hand
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• I'll Give You Miles
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Lyrics

• In My Hand
• I Feel Better (Since You're Gone)
• I'll Give You Miles
• Chevy Headed West

Video

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Press

• Scope of Press Coverage [+ Show ]
  

  Jim Stringer has received press coverage from: No Depression (feature article) Blue Suede News (re...Jim Stringer has received press coverage from:
  No Depression (feature article)
  Blue Suede News (reviews)
  Third Coast Music (feature and reviews)
  Time Out Magazine (reviews)
  Country Standard Time (reviews)
  The Austin Chronicle (feature article and reviews)
  Guitar Player Magazine (feature article)
  Vintage Guitar Magazine (feature articles in 1996 and 2008)
  Lonesome Highway (Ireland, feature article)
  Roots Town Review (Neatherlands)
  Country Store (Italy, feature),
  The KC Pitch (features)
  The Kansas City Star (features)
  

• Compiled Press Quotes [+ Show ]
  

  NO DEPRESSION - "...mining the mother lode of the Texas honky-tonk tradition." THIRD COAST MUSIC...NO DEPRESSION - "...mining the mother lode of the Texas honky-tonk tradition."
  
  THIRD COAST MUSIC - "...you’d have a hard time putting together a band this good anywhere else."
  
  ST. LOUIS PLAYBACK - "...unassailable talent as guitarist and bandleader both, and often breathtaking skill as a lyricist."
  
  FREIGHT TRAIN BOOGIE - "...This CD (In My Hand) is a 38 minute clinic on how to write, perform, and engineer a real country CD."
  
  ROADHOUSE REVIEW - "Jim Stringer is one amazing guitarist."
  
  TIMEOUT MAGAZINE - "...On the Radio is a record with a most definite pulse readymade for shaking and baking the night away."
  
  LONE STAR TIME - "File Under: Genuine Lone Star Music."
  
  CTRL ALT COUNTRY - "Stringer flikt het hem weer maar eens. En ook z’n volgende zullen wij derhalve alvast weer met genoegen tegemoet zien."
  

• John Conquest on the AM Band
  

  ..you’d have a hard time putting together a band this good anywhere else. --John Conquest

• Clint Weathers on "In My Hand" [+ Show ]
  

  "...This CD (In My Hand) is a 38 minute clinic on how to write, perform, and engineer a real country..."...This CD (In My Hand) is a 38 minute clinic on how to write, perform, and engineer a real country CD."

• John Conquest [+ Show ]
  

  "...I personally know people who put Jim Stringer at the top of their list of reasons for coming to ..."...I personally know people who put Jim Stringer at the top of their list of reasons for coming to Austin."
  
  June 2008

• Bryan Hollerbach on "In My Hand" [+ Show ]
  

  "Stringer, a fiftysomething transplant from Kansas, boasts a timeless tenor, unassailable talent as ..."Stringer, a fiftysomething transplant from Kansas, boasts a timeless tenor, unassailable talent as guitarist and bandleader both, and often breathtaking skill as a lyricist."
  
  2004

Setlist

Set list from recent two hour club performance
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"Little Longhorn Polka"
-Original country instrumental
"No Love Have I"
-Country shuffle from "Swang" CD
"Write About Stars"
-Original country two beat from "Tris..." CD
---Elvis Birthday tribute
"Treat Me Nice"
"Love Me"
"His Latest Flame"
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"Kisses Sweeter Than Wine"
-Arrangement of traditional tune
"Bye Bye Bayou"
-Original from "Swang" CD
"Run Red Run"
-Cover of The Coasters 50's hit
"Roly Poly"
-Bob Wills western swing standard
"We Ran Out of Love, Baby Blue"
-Original from "Swang" CD
"I'll Give You Miles"
-Original from "In My Hand" CD
---40th anniversary of Beatle's "Rubber Soul" tribute
"I've Just Seen a Face"
"I'll Cry Instead"
"Eight Day of the Week"
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"Here's The River"
-Original from "Triskaidekaphilia" CD
"Rebel Rouser"
-Original instrumental arrangment of Duane Eddy standard
"That's All I Need"
-Original from "Swang" CD
"In My Hand"
-Original title track from "In My Hand" CD
--- Elvis birthday salute (part 2)
Jailhouse Rock
Money Honey
Little Sister
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"Mr. Blue"
-Fleetwoods 50's hit
"Chevy Headed West"
-Original from "Triskaidekaphilia" CD
"The Truth, As We Know It"
-Original
"Long Time Comin'"
-Original from "Swang" CD
"Lonesome Fugitive"
-Merle Haggard cover, two beat
"It Keeps Right On Hurting"
-Country standard shuffle
"All of Me"
-Original arrangment of swing standard
"Earthquake"
-Original from "Swang" CD
"Mountain of Love"
-Cover of Harold Dorman 50's hit
"Sweet Dreams/Steel Guitar Rag"
-Original arrangment of country standards

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