Jimmy Dawkins was born October 24, 1936, in Tchula, Mississippi. His family
moved to Pascagoula in the early 1940´s when Jimmy's father got a job there.
Jimmy Dawkins stayed in Pascagoula until he moved to Chicago in 1955. His
mother bought him his first own guitar in 1952. Jimmy Dawkins spent much of
his time practicing and his friends called him
John Lee Hooker or
Muddy Waters.
But Jimmy's favourite artists was the New Orleans bands, e.g. Fats Domino,
Guitar Slim and
Smiley Lewis.
Jimmy Dawkins moved to Chicago in 1955. He got a job at a box factory and he
worked there for two years. The last year at the factory Jimmy started to gig
around the Chicago blues scene. His first musical jobs was as a lead guitarist
for harmonica player
Lester Hinton.
In 1956 Dawkins began his solo career. Through the next three years Jimmy
Dawkins played with
Left Hand Frank,
Eddie King,
Jimmy Rogers,
Smokey Smothers,
Koko Taylor
and many more. In 1969 Jimmy Dawkins made his first solo album,
In Living Blues 108 and won the Grand Prix du Disque of the Hot Club of
France as the best blues album of the year. The first half of the seventies
were good years for Jimmy Dawkins. He toured in Europe and in Japan. In the 198o
Jimmy Dawkins recorded some albums and he started his own record label,
Leric Records. In 1991 Jimmy Dawkins began to tour and record more
regularly. In 1995 he received three nominations for the W.C. Handy Award in
the categories Best Blues Instrumentalist - guitar, Contemporary
Blues Album of the Year (1994's Blues And Pain), and Blues Song of the
Year ("Fool in Heah"). The re-release of Fast Fingers received a W.C.
Handy Award nomination as Best Reissue Blues Album of the Year in 1999.
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Visit also these related Sites:
Jimmy Dawkins Tribute Pages
Jimmy Dawkins fan page by Tommy Jansson.
Biographical Information on Jimmy Dawkins
Jimmy Dawkins biography by Lief Gäverth.
Jimmy Dawkins biography at wikipedia.org.
Jimmy Dawkins biography at joes-corner.
Reviews and Critiques of Jimmy Dawkins Live Performances and Recordings
CD review by Don Fluckinger.
CD review by "Cornbread".
Jimmy Dawkins Lyrics
Lyrics of many Jimmy Dawkins songs.
Lyrics of 25 Jimmy Dawkins songs.
Jimmy Dawkins Discographies
Jimmy Dawkins discography at fyristorg.com.
List of Jimmy Dawkins albums by Curtis A. Rock.
Jimmy Dawkins Photos
Jimmy Dawkins photos at joes-corner.
Several Jimmy Dawkins photos at fireflyclub.com.
Two Jimmy Dawkins photos - 2000.
Jimmy Dawkins photo by Jeff Dunas.
Four Jimmy Dawkins photos by Dragan Tasic.
Jimmy Dawkins photo at blue-suit.com.
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