Jimmy Gilmer

Jimmy Gilmer
Born: Sep 15, 1940 in Chicago, IL
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Styles: Rock & Roll, Instrumental Rock
Biography: The story of Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs is somewhat confusing, in that the Gilmer-fronted lineup was identical to the one that played on records simply credited to the Fireballs (see separate entry). The New Mexico band had several instrumental hits in the late '50s and early '60s in a slick Tex-Mex ...Read full biography
Lucky 'Leven
Released: 1965
Label: Dot
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With covers of early rock/R&B staples by Little Richard, John Lee Hooker, and Carl Perkins as well as somewhat poppier but still fairly rocking Tex-Mex-flavored material, Gilmer did at least prove that ...Read full review
Folkbeat
Released: 1965
Label: Dot
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With an album dominated by folk material from the likes of Bob Dylan, Buffy Sainte-Marie, and Tom Paxton -- at a point where rock treatments of such writers were still fairly unusual -- Gilmer proved that ...Read full review
More Jimmy Gilmer albums: Main Albums (11), Compilations (4)
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