Jimmy Westra

Born in Berkely, Michigan, guitar/vocals released his first album as a single in 2007 "Caffeine" and a second album as a single, named "Secular Motion" in 2008. You can find “Jimmy Westra” at your favorite media provider. Jimmy started playing guitar and keys at 10. Jimmy performed professionally, from 1972 with Fire and Ice, folk and contemporary music. Through 1983 in the mid-west, Jimmy debuted Weat Music Productions, copyright services, attended OCC classes, Music Sight Singing and Reading, Music Theory, Piano101, 201, History of Rock Music, and Ear Training and studied many guitar techniques from slide to flamenco. Jimmy's portfolio includes studio musician for RIA (Recording Institute of America) @ Ardie Fields Productions (Motown Studios Detroit). Jimmy débuted the power trio Wheat, guitarist for Donny Odd and The Swift (originals). The cover and original band AVITAR 1982, The Sweet cover band, and participated in running sound in the Midwest and Canada for the cover band Scandal, lights and sound for the band ENERGEE on their opening US tour. Jimmy’s influences include: rock, classic, punk, jazz, fusion, progressive, tribute bands, and experimental music. Jimmy moved to Seattle in 1983. Former guitarist, 2nd string of INERGROOVE from 2000 and opened for "Franky goes To Hollywood" 2004. Resides in Seattle and working on a brand new release of his very different tracks, most unmixed and very raw. One of the few that dare to let the music roll without any dressing on it in this day and age of disco mixes in million dollar studio productions and marketing campains. "A good song is all that really matters". (Alice Cooper 2011) That is what it all boils down to, Jimmy has a backlog of 300 songs and is on a new one before he finishes the other. Just a song machine and they're all different. Check him out. No two are even close to the other. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.