| Jimmy and the Mustangs | |
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| Genres | Rockabilly |
| Years active | 1979–present |
| Labels | Vanity Records, Nervie Record, Curb Records |
| Website | [1] |
| Members | |
| Jimmy Haddox Danny B. Harvey Vance Hazen Paul Soliz |
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| Past members | |
| Marshall Rohner Jeff Cranford Troy Mack Spyder Middleman Pat Woodward Bryan Spainhower Mark Youngersmith Jeff Brown Mike Lewis Howard Parker Johnny Bartel Dave Bartel Jerry Sikorski Charlie Quintana Gene Taylor Mark Walsdorf Jon Nicoles John Kelly |
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Jimmy and the Mustangs is an American rockabilly band fronted by Jimmy Haddox (sometimes credited as Jimmy Silvers). Emerging from the Punk Scene in Southern California during the 80’s, Jimmy and the Mustangs played their first live show to a sold out audience opening for the renowned all girl band, The Go-Go’s. At the time, the band’s “root’s music” was fueled by fury driven; gut wrenching guitars, not unlike their punk contenders of that era. As the band progressed, a more definitive sound began to evolve and Jimmy and the Mustangs carved out a style of Rockabilly and Swing unlike any other band in Los Angeles at the time. World famous Hollywood Nightclubs like The Whiskey, The Roxy and The Starwood began booking Jimmy and the Mustangs as an opening act for L.A. bands such as X, The Blasters and Los Lobos as well as touring bands such as Chuck Berry, The Stray Cats and Joe Ely, just to name a few. It wasn’t long before Jimmy and the Mustangs were headlining the same clubs with sold out shows of their own. Not long after being hired by Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin fame to perform at his own private party, the band was sought out by Bruce Springsteen who joined them onstage. An East Coast Tour followed. Upon returning home to L.A., the band received its first record deal with Vanity Records, which sold an excess of 40,000 copies. Television and Movie appearances followed. A self-titled E.P. was released on the Curb/MCA label and included the song “Justine” which was made into a video and received play on MTV (back when it was cool). Since relocating to Austin Texas, Jimmy has recorded a BRAND NEW self titled CD and has put together an ALL NEW Mustangs line-up, playing kick-ass shows that make you remember what rock n’ roll actually tastes like!
Read more: http://www.myspace.com/jimmyandthemustangs#ixzz10F5ZHkcm