Jim McCarty (guitarist) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

For the songwriter, drummer of The Yardbirds
The Yardbirds
- Current :* Chris Dreja - rhythm guitar, backing vocals * Jim McCarty - drums, backing vocals * Ben King - lead guitar * David Smale - bass, backing vocals...

, Renaissance (band)
Renaissance (band)
Renaissance are an English progressive rock band, most notable for their 1978 UK top 10 hit "Northern Lights" and progressive rock classics like "Carpet of the Sun", "Mother Russia" and "Ashes Are Burning".-Original incarnation :...

, Illusion (UK band)
Illusion (UK band)
Illusion were a British band formed in 1977. They released two albums, Out of the Mist and Illusion on Island Records. Their music was classically-inspired, sophisticated, and polished...

, see Jim McCarty
Jim McCarty
Jim McCarty is an English musician, best known as the drummer for The Yardbirds and Renaissance.-Early life:...

.

James William McCarty (born June 1, 1945) is an American blues rock guitarist from Detroit, Michigan

Detroit, Michigan

Detroit is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people. As the seat of Wayne County, the city of Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and serves as a major port on the Detroit River...

. He has performed with Mitch Ryder

Mitch Ryder

William S. Levise, Jr , better known by his stage name Mitch Ryder, is an American musician who has recorded over two dozen albums in more than four decades.-Career:...

and The Detroit Wheels

The Detroit Wheels

The Detroit Wheels were an American rock group from Detroit, Michigan. They served as Mitch Ryder's backup band from 1964–1967, and played on all his most successful records.Their original members were:* Jim McCarty...

, the Buddy Miles

Buddy Miles

George Allen Miles, Jr. , known as Buddy Miles, was an American rock and funk drummer, most known as a founding member of The Electric Flag in 1967, then as a member of Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys from 1969 through to January 1970.-Early life:George Allen Miles was born in Omaha, Nebraska on...

Express, Cactus

Cactus (band)

Cactus is an American hard rock supergroup, formed in 1970.-Biography:Cactus was initially conceived as early as late 1969 by the Vanilla Fudge rhythm section of bassist Tim Bogert and drummer Carmine Appice with guitarist Jeff Beck and Xylophone player Adele Smitchell acted as the counterpart and...

, the popular Detroit rock band The Rockets

The Rockets (band)

The Rockets are an American rock band from Detroit, Michigan founded by guitarist Jimmy McCarty and drummer Johnny “Bee” Badanjek, both former members of the group Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels....

, the Detroit Blues Band, and more recently, Mystery Train.

He also recorded with Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix

James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter...

and Bob Seger

Bob Seger

Robert Clark "Bob" Seger is an American rock and roll singer-songwriter, guitarist and pianist.As a locally successful Detroit-area artist, he performed and recorded as Bob Seger and the Last Heard and Bob Seger System throughout the 1960s...

. He plays in a heavy blues-rock

Blues-rock

Blues rock is a hybrid musical genre combining bluesy improvisations over the 12-bar blues and extended boogie jams with rock and roll styles. The core of the blues rock sound is created by the electric guitar, piano, bass guitar and drum kit, with the electric guitar usually amplified through a...

style that has inspired fledgling guitar players for more than 40 years.

In 2006, he participated in a Cactus

Cactus (band)

reunion, performing in New York City

New York City

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, Sweden

Sweden

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, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

It coincided with the release of a new Cactus

Cactus (band)

album, Cactus V. In 2007, Cactus

Cactus

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played a Detroit date, a McCarty homecoming, to a sold-out, standing room only house.

In an August 2006 interview on VH1 Classic

VH1 Classic

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, Ted Nugent

Ted Nugent

Theodore Anthony "Ted" Nugent is an American guitarist, musician, singer, author, reserve police officer, and activist. From Detroit, Michigan, he originally gained fame as the lead guitarist of The Amboy Dukes, before embarking on a lengthy solo career...

remarked "I'm the only guy in rock'n'roll that plays that hollow body jazz guitar and it's because in 1960 I saw Jimmy McCarty creating those big fat full chords like I do on "Stranglehold"; I learned that from Jimmy McCarty. Remember the name Jimmy McCarty. He is as important as Bo Diddley

Bo Diddley

Ellas Otha Bates , known by his stage name Bo Diddley, was an American rhythm and blues vocalist, guitarist, songwriter , and inventor...

and Chuck Berry

Chuck Berry

Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. With songs such as "Maybellene" , "Roll Over Beethoven" , "Rock and Roll Music" and "Johnny B...

and Les Paul

Les Paul

Lester William Polsfuss —known as Les Paul—was an American jazz and country guitarist, songwriter and inventor. He was a pioneer in the development of the solid-body electric guitar which made the sound of rock and roll possible. He is credited with many recording innovations...

...a god on guitar." Guitar-maker Paul Reed Smith

Paul Reed Smith

Paul Reed Smith , is a luthier and the founder and owner of PRS Guitars.Smith is originally from Bowie, Maryland. He made his first guitar while at St. Mary's College of Maryland, and continued to build guitars after he finished college, making them one at a time, one a month...

is among McCarty's admirers.

In 2005, Les Paul

Les Paul

recorded Les Paul and Friends: American Made, World Played, with an all-star band. He covered 69 Freedom Special, an instrumental tune co-written by McCarty and recorded while in the Buddy Miles Express. In February 2006, Les Paul

Les Paul

won a Grammy for his cover of the song, thus propelling McCarty into another award-winning arena as songwriter.

In 2009, a new band, the Hell Drivers were created. The members are Jim McCarty

Jim McCarty

Jim McCarty is an English musician, best known as the drummer for The Yardbirds and Renaissance.-Early life:...

, Johnny "Bee" Badanjek, Marvin Conrad (bass), and Jim Edwards (vocals). A high-energy band, they play a variety of Dertoit rock'n'roll from Iggy

Iggy Pop

Iggy Pop is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Though considered an innovator of punk rock, Pop's music has encompassed a number of styles over the years, including pop, metal, jazz and blues...

, The Rockets, Mitch Ryder

Mitch Ryder

William S. Levise, Jr , better known by his stage name Mitch Ryder, is an American musician who has recorded over two dozen albums in more than four decades.-Career:...

, Bob Seger

Bob Seger

and more to great critical acclaim.

On September 25, 2010, Jim McCarty was inducted into the Canada South Blues Society "Living Blues Museum" located in Windsor, Ontario.

Buddy Miles Express

• Expressway to Your Skull (1968)

Tracks:

Train
Let Your Love Light Shine
Don't Mess With Cupid
Funky Mule
You're the One (That I Adore)
I Can't Get Satisfied
Spot on the Wall

• Electric Church (1969)

Tracks:

Miss Lady
69 Freedom Special
Cigarettes & Coffee
Distructive Love
Texas
My Chant
Wrap ItUp

Also played with off-shoot of Buddy Miles (freedom express) and recorded an album called Ridin Easy or Easy Ridin"

Cactus

• Cactus (1970) [Wounded Bird Records]

Tracks:

Parchman Farm
My Lady from South of Detroit
Bro. Bill
You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover
Let Me Swim
No Need to Worry
Oleo
Feel So Good

• One Way... Or Another (1971) [Wounded Bird Records]

Tracks:

Long Tall Sally
Rockout, Whatever You Feel Like
Rock 'N' Roll Children
Big Mama Boogie, Pt. 1 & 2
Feel So Bad
Song for Aries
Hometown Bust
One Way... Or Another

• Restrictions (1972) [Wounded Bird Records]

Tracks:

Restrictions
Token Chokin'
Guiltless Glider
Evil
Alaska
Sweet Sixteen
Bag Drag
Mean Night in Cleveland

• Cactus V (2006) [Escapi]
Tracks:

Doing Time
Muscle and Soul
Cactus Music
The Groover
High in the City
Day for Night
Living for Today
Shine
Electric Blue
Your Brother's Keeper
Blues for Mr. Day [Instrumental]
Part of the Game
Gone Train Gone
Jazzed [Instrumental]

The Rockets

• Love Transfusion 1977 RCA Records

RCA Records

RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. The RCA initials stand for Radio Corporation of America , which was the parent corporation from 1929 to 1985 and a partner from 1985 to 1986.RCA's Canadian unit is Sony's oldest label...

Tracks:

Fast Thing In "D"etroit
Fell Out Of Love
My Heart Needs You
Lookin' For Love
I Got To Move
Ramona
Fly Little Bird
Love Transfusion
She's A Pretty One

• Rockets (Turn Up the Radio) 1979 RSO Records

RSO Records

RSO Records was a record label, formed by rock and roll and musical theatre impresario Robert Stigwood in 1973. The "RSO" stands for the Robert Stigwood Organisation. The company's main headquarters were at 67 Brook Street, in London's Mayfair...

Tracks:

Can't Sleep
Turn Up The Radio
Oh Well
Lost Forever, Left For Dreaming
Long Long Gone
Love Me Once Again
Something Ain't Right
Lucille
Feel Alright

• No Ballads 1980 RSO Records

RSO Records

Tracks

Desire
Don't Hold On
Restless
Sally Can't Dance
Takin' It Back
Time After Time
Sad Songs
I Want You To Love Me
Is It True
Troublemaker

• Back Talk 1981 Elektra Records

Elektra Records

Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group. After five years of dormancy, the label was revived by Atlantic in 2009....

Tracks:

Back Talk
Jealous
Lift You Up
Shanghaied
Love For Hire
I Can't Get Satisfied
Tired Of Wearing Black
I'll Be Your Lover
American Dreams
Lie To Me

• Rocket Roll 1982 Elektra Records

Elektra Records

Tracks:

Rollin' By The Record Machine
Rock 'N Roll Girl
Gonna Crash
(I Wanna) Testify
Gimme Your Love
Born In Detroit
All Night Long
Kid With The Heart
Rollin' And Tumblin'
Mean Streets

• Live Rockets 1983 Capitol records

Capitol Records

Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...

Tracks:

Rollin' By The Record Machine
Desire
Can't Sleep
Sally Can't Dance
Takin' It Back
Open The Door To Your Heart
Oh Well
Turn Up The Radio
Born In Detroit

Detroit Blues Band

• Real Life (1990) [Blues Factory]

Tracks:

Back On my Feet Again
My Life Is Ruined
Luann
Go Downtown
She Knows It
Goin' back to Memphis
Scandalous Behavior
Walkin Out The Door
Treat Me Right

• Can't Get You Off My Mind (1995) [No Cover Productions]

Tracks:

Sister's Got a Lover
Tell Me
Every Day I Have the Blues
Won't You Consider
Missing You
She Winked Her Eye
Too Close for Comfort
East Side Gal
Tears from My Eyes
Can't Get You off My Mind

Mystery Train

• Love Lost (2001)

Tracks:

I Need You
Your Loss Now
I'm all alone
Where were you baby?
Allman Joy
Hold it right there
Love is a Rough Business
Come back to me
I'll never turn my back on you
Cold wind

• Lexus - Live at the Detroit International Auto Show (2002)

Tracks:

Rock with Me
Honey Hush
Need Your Love So Bad
Need Your Love So Bad
"Need Your Love So Bad" sometimes known as "I Need Your Love So Bad", is a blues song first published in 1955 and written by Mertis John Jr....
T-Bone shuffle
As the years go passing by
Help Me
Standing on shaky ground
Oh Well

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