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Jimi”s first solo album in nearly 15 years

Name: Jimi ''Prime Time'' Smith - It''s My Time (LP)
SKU: WEEC660108
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Jimi was born in Chicago into a musical family. His mother, Johnnie Mae Dunson (AKA ”The Big Boss Lady”), was a pioneer in the industry as one of the first female drummers and songwriters. She played with legends like Albert King, JB Hutto, and Jimmy Reed, and was also Reed”s manager. This led to Jimi having some impressive mentors, and he recorded his first song (on a 45-rpm record) at the age of eight. His first professional show, which was with Jimmy Reed at the Ann Arbor Blues Festival, was at the age of fourteen, where he played in a slot between Charles Mingus and Ray Charles. By the age of seventeen he was playing in the blues clubs in Chicago alongside Big Walter Horton, Sunnyland Slim, Jimmie Johnson, Eddie Taylor and Fenton Robertson. During the late 1980s, Jimi toured Germany with Luther Allison”s former drummer Donald ”Hye Pockets” Robertson, and then joined Big Walter Smith and the Groove Merchants. Big Walter Smith became a father figure to him, and since Big Walter often referred to him as his son, and because they both had the name last name, people often thought Big Walter was Jimi”s actual father. After Big Walter”s death, Jimi took over the band. Also, during that time, Jimi made an album with Hyepockets on Ruf Records called Not 4 Sale. It was while he was living in Minnesota that he adopted the nickname ”Primetime”.