Jim Byrnes Band feat: Zubot and Dawson April 14, 2005

Juno Award winning artist Jim Byrnes was born in St. Louis Missouri, blues country. He grew up on the city?s north side. One of the neighborhood bars had Ike and Tina Turner as the house band. As a teenager going to music clubs, he and his buddy were often the only white people in the place. ?We never had any problems. We were too na?ve, too innocent, and had too much respect for the music and culture ? they knew it; they could tell.?

Starting piano at age five, by age thirteen, Jim was singing and playing blues guitar. his first professional gig was in the summer of 1964. Over the years, he has had the great good fortune to appear with a virtual who's who of blues history. From Furry Lewis and Henry Townsend to Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Albert Collins, Taj Mahal, Robert Cray and so many others, Jim has been on the blues highway for 40 years. Whether he is working solo or with a band he brings soul, intensity and total commitment to the music he loves.