jimmy Valentine is from Chicago..you can really hear the influence of the city in his guitar playing... jimmy got his first music lesson at the age of seven years old from rock and roll legend Jerry Lee Lewis... when jimmy was 13 years old he got a couple intense music theory lessons from jazz legend Maynord Fergeson.. jimmy studied music with legendary chicago saxaphonist Ivan Lasso for 15 years.. jimmy was lucky to have grown up in studios and theaters in chicago, where he got to learn music from many legendary and world class artists. jimmy records his music spot on live first take...improvised from beginning to end his songs do not exist before he records them... since 2006 jimmy has recorded 3 full length cd's and 8 ep's for the virtually unknown Strange Measure Music... in 2007 jimmy played the world famous Rainbow bar and grill in hollywood 2 times!!! * jimmy was hired as musical director and guitar player by the legendary Sky Saxon of the SEEDS to headline the GOODSTOCK 2007 music festival..Sky also produced jimmy's two latest cds.. three time olympic gold medalist Aaron Piersol used the song "brenda" by jimmy for his new dvd.... ***