Jimmy Hall

Jimmy Hall first rose to prominence as the lead singer and harmonica player for Wet Willie, the band he helped establish in 1970 after growing up in Mobile, Alabama. His performing career stretches back to the earliest years of Capricorn Records in the 1970s, when he and his bandmates spent the ensuing decade sharing stages with Aerosmith, the Allman Brothers Band, Grand Funk Railroad, and the Grateful Dead. Hall earned a Grammy nomination in the Best Male Rock Vocalist category for his contribution to Jeff Beck’s 1985 album Flash. Following the group’s dissolution, he relocated to Nashville for a solo recording deal with Epic Records and has remained there, drawn to the city’s thriving blues community despite its country-music reputation. The 1996 release Rendezvous With The Blues found him supported by pianist Clayton Ivey, former Capricorn session drummer Bill Stewart, and Hammond B-3 player Dr. Dan Matrazzo, while veteran producer Johnny Sandlin—who had previously helmed Wet Willie’s 1973 live album Drippin’ Wet—returned to the control room. More recently, Hall has toured as a saxophonist and harmonica player in Hank Williams Jr.’s band.