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)