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Artist:Jimi Beavis

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  • Indie
  • Roots
Brisbane, QLD

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Track: I Got What I Wanted (But I Lost What I Had) by Jimi Beavis
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    Jimi Beavis is all class. The gentleman giant of the Brisbane Blues scene. Standing at 6'2" he towers over the members of his band, but still stands in the shadows of the blues giants from whom he draws his inspiration. 2011 has been a successful one for the charismatic gent - his EP “No Need to Deny It” (with song “Ain’t Afraid Of Crying” voted #21 in the 2011 Hot 100 song poll for Brisbane’s 4ZzZ FM radio station) was released to a waiting audience, charting in top 5 blues/roots songs on community radio across Australia and triumphant gigs at Blues on Broadbeach and the Queensland Festival of Blues. 2012 will see Jimi writing and recording a full-length album. Jimi’s original songs draw upon the old school rhythms that gave the blues their good time dancibility. After all the blues is the roots. And yet the songs remain relevant, contemporary and irresistible to live audiences when Jimi delivers them in his inimitable charismatic way. “Jimi Beavis delivers a raw, sweaty set that ...

    Members

    Jimi Beavis - harmonica/vocals/songwriting; Dave McGuire - guitar/songwriting; Costas Constantinou - double bass; Joachim Alfheim/Scott Nosworthy - drums

    Sounds Like

    Little Walter, Junior Watson, Tom Waits

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