Jimmie Randall (born February 14, 1949, in

Dallas Dallas () is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of Texas metropolitan areas, most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the Metropolitan statistical area, fourth-most ...

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) is a

bass guitarist A bassist (also known as a bass player or bass guitarist) is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass (upright bass, contrabass, wood bass), bass guitar (electric bass, acoustic bass), keyboard bass (synth bass) or a low bra ...

best known for his work with

Jo Jo Gunne Jo Jo Gunne was an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, United States, in 1971 by Jay Ferguson and Mark Andes after they had left the rock band Spirit. The band was named after the Chuck Berry song " Jo Jo Gunne". The band rel ...

Career

Jimmie Randall had been playing in several Texas bands since the early 1960s when, in 1972, he was invited to join Jo Jo Gunne as bass guitarist. It was a difficult task to replace a someone as highly regarded as

Mark Andes Mark Andes (born February 19, 1948) is an American musician, known for his work as a bassist with Canned Heat, Spirit, Jo Jo Gunne, Firefall, Heart, and Mirabal. Early life Andes was born in Philadelphia, but grew up in Los Angeles, one o ...

, but Randall was a huge success and remained with the band until it folded. His bass-playing was a complete departure from Andes's heavy drive. His jetglo

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4001 produced a brighter sound with more complicated basslines. Randall's influence is also credited with Jo Jo Gunne's hihigher volume at live shows. Big of stature, his presence dominated the stage visually as well as musically. He played on three Jo Jo Gunne albums: ''Bite Down Hard'', ''Jumpin' the Gunne'' and ''So Where's the Show''. Jimmie Randall now plays with fellow Jo Jo Gunne member John Staehely in The Dead Pyrates Society. He currently lives in Alpine, TX.

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External links

The Dead Pyrates Society
{{DEFAULTSORT:Randall, Jimmie Living people Musicians from Dallas 1949 births Musicians from Austin, Texas Guitarists from Texas American male bass guitarists 20th-century American bass guitarists People from Alpine, Texas 20th-century American male musicians