The Unauthorized Biography Of Screaming Jimmy
Screaming Jimmy was born in the Black Mountain Hills of Dakota, the product of an educated woman and a traveling salesman. As a baby he was abandoned at a Grateful Dead concert where he was adopted for a short period of time by the band. He was not a quiet baby and it was during this time that he got the name that would follow him for his entire life.
After a very short period of time he was put into an orphanage and at the age of seven, ran away and joined a musical circus where he was adopted by an armless lady who played the piano with her toes and her husband, a man with only one implant who played the slide guitar. Together, they taught Screaming Jimmy how to sing and strum.
At the age of nineteen, Screaming Jimmy and his fiance’ the bearded lady cellist were both struck by lightning during a circus show. Only Screaming Jimmy survived. In a confused state, he left the circus that very night taking only the singed clothing on his back and leaving his charred guitar behind. Details of the next twenty years are sketchy. He lived by his wits, vaguely within the law. He played no music and never saw his circus folks again.
One day, Screaming Jimmy saw a guitar in the window of a New York pawn shop. Something clicked and Screaming Jimmy went right in to get the guitar. Unfortunately he had no money at the time. When he was released from jail he vowed to change his ways. He got a loan, bought a guitar and moved to a commune in Northern California. It was here that he began to write of his past experiences and off beat insights into life and existence. Screaming Jimmy has since learned to play the piano. His unusual life experience has furnished him with a vast repertoire of original songs. It is during his beautiful, haunting love songs that one hears reference to those early painful days in the circus.
Today , when not recording or touring, Screaming Jimmy lives alone, spending time with his seven turtles, three cats, and one dog.
Screaming Jimmy was born in the Black Mountain Hills of Dakota, the product of an educated woman and a traveling salesman. As a baby he was abandoned at a Grateful Dead concert where he was adopted for a short period of time by the band. He was not a quiet baby and it was during this time that he got the name that would follow him for his entire life.
After a very short period of time he was put into an orphanage and at the age of seven, ran away and joined a musical circus where he was adopted by an armless lady who played the piano with her toes and her husband, a man with only one implant who played the slide guitar. Together, they taught Screaming Jimmy how to sing and strum.
At the age of nineteen, Screaming Jimmy and his fiance’ the bearded lady cellist were both struck by lightning during a circus show. Only Screaming Jimmy survived. In a confused state, he left the circus that very night taking only the singed clothing on his back and leaving his charred guitar behind. Details of the next twenty years are sketchy. He lived by his wits, vaguely within the law. He played no music and never saw his circus folks again.
One day, Screaming Jimmy saw a guitar in the window of a New York pawn shop. Something clicked and Screaming Jimmy went right in to get the guitar. Unfortunately he had no money at the time. When he was released from jail he vowed to change his ways. He got a loan, bought a guitar and moved to a commune in Northern California. It was here that he began to write of his past experiences and off beat insights into life and existence. Screaming Jimmy has since learned to play the piano. His unusual life experience has furnished him with a vast repertoire of original songs. It is during his beautiful, haunting love songs that one hears reference to those early painful days in the circus.
Today , when not recording or touring, Screaming Jimmy lives alone, spending time with his seven turtles, three cats, and one dog.
1 comment:
Hahahaha, What a fine story to sing. Keep on rockin' Screaming Jimmy. If they haven't heard you, it's their own ding dang fault. (pats heart and points to you)
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