"Smilin" JIM - DRUMS

"Smilin" Jim was born and raised right in the heart of Detroit Michigan. He grew up on Motown and Bob Seger music.  He started playing drums at 11 years old and was in his first rock band at 13, that was now 55 years ago and he still loves playing music as much today as he did when he first started. 

"Smilin" Jim has been in a number of popular local bands in both Detroit and Phoenix area over the years.  He has been involved in past recording projects, and most enjoys backing various Elvis Tribute Artists in the Phoenix area! Besides being the drummer for Bret Kaiser's "The ‘56tees", he is also currently playing percussion (congas, shakers, tambourine and various percussion instruments) for Peter Rivera, the Original Lead Singer/Drummer of Rare Earth (Get Ready, Celebrate, Big Brother, Losing You) 

Jim’s smile on stage is contagious for everyone in the room, and it is a sincere smile based on the fun he enjoys every time he sits down behind his drum kit to play music!  And why he is known by his moniker "Smilin Jim"...

 

 

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The 56Tees - five amazing musicians, individually accomplished in other genres, come together to ask this question: What if all those legends from Sun Records and the Louisiana Hayride never went to Hollywood, never made TV shows and movies but, were still just playin’? What if Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Gene Vincent, The Beatles, The Stones, The Byrds, Eddie Cochran, Carl Perkins, Buddy Holly, The Monkees, Ricky Nelson and even Elvis were going to be playin’ this Saturday night downtown at the civic auditorium in your town? "The '56tees", bring back to life, one of the purest forms of American Roots music and lays it down with style. From blues-tinged, hip-shakin’ rockers like “Johnny B. Goode” and “Shake, Rattle & Roll” to the sultry, starlight ballads of “Love Me” or “Unchained Melody”, Bret’s silky-smooth, powerful vocals make every female swoon and the fellas want to run out and race with their buddies for pinks! – Just wait ‘til you see the boys rockin out to the fun filled tunes of yesteryear "the best of years" – unbelievable! So, put your glad-rags on and grab your best gal or guy – Bret Kaiser's "The '56Tees" is Rock & Roll that's here to stay and they’re gonna blow the roof off the joint!

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"The 56TEES" return! Back at the Gaslight Music Hall of Oro Valley. The ’56tees bring back to life one of the purest forms of American Roots music and lays it down with style. From blues-tinged, hip-shakin’ rockers like “Johnny B. Goode” and “Shake, Rattle & Roll” to the sultry, starlight ballads of “Love Me” or “Unchained Melody”, Bret’s silky-smooth, powerful vocals make every female swoon and the fellas want to run out and race with their buddies for pinks!

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The '56tees

Val Vista RV Resort, 233 N Val Vista Dr. , Mesa, AZ 85213

The ’56tees bring back to life one of the purest forms of American Roots music and lays it down with style. From blues-tinged, hip-shakin’ rockers like “Johnny B. Goode” and “Shake, Rattle & Roll” to the sultry, starlight ballads of “Love Me” or “Unchained Melody”, Bret’s silky-smooth, powerful vocals make every female swoon and the fellas want to run out and race with their buddies for pinks!

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