Jimmy Joansson
Words Don't Say It All
© 2008 Jimmy Joansson (634479797286)
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All electric guitar, a mix between blues and rock. (BB King, Pink Floyd and Joe Satriani)
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At the age of 5, Jimmy would sneak into his brother's room to play on the small unused electric organ, playing kid's tunes and improvising. Thanks to the simple one button chord system, Jimmy soon discovered how the same note can sound different just by changing the chord. Not knowing this was called “harmony”, he found it very magical. He later bought a keyboard of his own, then another one and finally a piano, on which he still continues to improvise. There is even a rumor saying that he might be recording a "piano only" CD one of these days.
Around 12, Jimmy saw BB King doing a special guest appearance on the Bill Cosby show. In that episode, BB King played one of his famous four bar intros. Jimmy instantly felt and said "This is what I want to do !"
He started to take music and trumpet lessons with the local brass band. And quit as soon as his parents let him. He discovered David Gilmour's great guitar sound on various Pink Floyd songs and dreamed that he could do something similar. At age 18, he rented a saxophone to play along with BB King's records as well as Sidney Bechet's. He was getting closer to expressing his soul but still thinking about the guitar. At 20, one of his brother's friends lent him a white Ibanez to see what a guitar feels like. He played it through his keyboard amp and, despite the awful sound, it brought a smile to his face. He bought a fake Les Paul Gibson and a small Peavey amp and started to play with BB King (once again), Carlos Santana, and Gary Moore, (...) records. Despite the crappy mechanics of the guitar, the fake Les Paul had an amazing sound and Jimmy started to play for hours and hours, regretting that he did not start as a kid, believing that because of that he would never be able to really play the guitar.
After a very hurtful break-up, someone suggested Jimmy find an occupation to fill the void left by the separation. One night later, he went to see a friend who was performing a small gig. This friend was accompanied by a great guitar player that had a "I give guitar lessons" sign at his feet. Jimmy thought this would be a good opportunity to fill the void. At the first lesson, Jack, the teacher, asked him "What do you want to play ?" "Blues," Jimmy answered. This is what he learned, along with a few more tricks. After four years, he had enough material in his hands to work on, he stopped taking the lessons and kept practicing on his own.
Occasionally, one of his very good friends and a talented tennis coach, would encourage Jimmy to play for him. Still feeling shy about his guitar skills, Jimmy would always deny the request. However one night, he decided that he could record a song just for his friend. It took him several days to finally come up with "Let Me Introduce Myself" . (the currently available track has been re-recorded). It was the beginning of online music (still a few years before iTunes) and Jimmy decided to post the song on one of those websites. The song ranked quite well and got air time on the famous "Upper Room with Joe Kelley" radio show. Seven years later, thanks to many requests and compliments from various persons (some famous some less) Jimmy decided to finally put everything on an album and this is how the "Words Don't Say It All" CD got released in 2008.