01 Jun Jimmy Hall | September 19th | 6:30 PM
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BLUES NIGHT | Headliner | September 19th, 2024 | 6:30 PM | The Lucas Theater
Jimmy Hall first gained popularity as the lead vocalist, saxophonist, and harmonica player for the band Wet Willie, emerging from Mobile, Alabama. Wet Willie ‘s singles Street Corner Serenade and Weekend hit the US Top 40 and five other songs were placed in the Billboard Top 100.
Jimmy to recorded two solo albums in the 80s and his songs have been recorded by Gregg Allman, Jason Isbell, The Marshall Tucker Band, Blackberry Smoke, The Amazing Rhythm Aces, Johnny Russell, and many others. Additionally, Jimmy has been a vocalist and bandleader for Hank Williams, Jr. since 1992.
Over the years, Jimmy has been involved in other musical endeavors including The Nighthawks, BHLT (Betts, Hall Leavell, and Trucks), the Gregg Allman Band, and has appeared as a featured guest artist with multiple groups.
A big part of the Jimmy Hall narrative has been his extensive friendship and musical collaboration with Jeff Beck. Beck’s Flash album, recorded in 1985, featured Jimmy Hall on vocals.
From 2014 to 2019, Jimmy was the premier vocalist with Jeff Beck and his band on world tour across Europe and the U.S. In August of 2019, Rolling Stone magazine praised Jimmy as, “one of the few singers who can fill (Rod) Stewart’s shoes.”
Following the 2020 pandemic outbreak, Hall focused on collaborating with other songwriters to prepare songs for his highly anticipated, new album, produced by Blues luminary, Joe Bonamassa.
During this time, Jimmy was featured on harmonica on Cheap Trick’s album, In Another World. In 2021, Jimmy Hall received a Grammy Award as a guest artist on the Fisk Jubilee Singer`s Celebrating Fisk! in the Best Roots Gospel category with his recording of the Hank Williams’ classic I Saw The Light.