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“The Jimmys are one hard act to follow at a blues festival...they've got it all: songs, musicianship and showmanship. Great guys. Great Sounds!” - - Tinsley Ellis, recording artist

The Jimmys

The Jimmys is an award-winning festival favorite bringing people together from coast to coast, Canada, Europe, and the Caribbean for over twelve years. The Jimmys feature band leader Jimmy Voegeli phenomenal Hammond B-3 keyboardist, singer and songwriter; an experienced killer rhythm section steeped in blues with Perry Weber on guitar, Chris Sandoval on drums and John Wartenwieler on bass and the icing on the cake is the best horn section in the Midwest—Pete Ross on saxophone, Mike Boman on trumpet and Joe Goltz on trombone. It doesn’t get any better than this – The Jimmys will deliver!Add text

Performances

Discography

  • Gotta Have It (2019)
  • Hot Dish (2015)
  • Live From Transylvania at Sighisoara Blues Festival (2016)
  • Gimme the Jimmys (2011)
  • Hadaya Do That Thing :  Live!  (2013)

 

 

Some Festivals Performed 

Bradenton (FL) Blues Fest 
Bonita (FL) Blues Fest 
Sighisoara (Romania) Blues Fest 
Brasov (Romania) Blues Fest 
American Fest (Norway) 
Big Bull Falls Blues Fest-Wisconsin (headliners) 
BluesFest Windsor (Ontario) 
Monroe (WI) Balloon and Blues Fest 
New Glarus (WI) Blues Brews and Food Truck Fest 
Mississippi Valley Blues Fest (IA) 
Marquette (MI) Area Blues Fest (headliners) 
Fargo (ND) Blues Fest 
Blues On Belgrade (MN) 
Kalamazoo (MI) Blues Fest 
LaSalle (IL) Blues Fest (headliner) 
Dixon (IL) Blues Fest

AWARDS

2021 Independent Blues Award Winner - Best Contemporary Blues Song "Write a Hit" 
2020, 2019,2016 Blues Band, Local Blues Band, Local R&B Band; Best of Madison, Madison Magazine 
2019, Hall of Fame inductees: Blues Band, Keyboardist; MAMA Awards 
2016 and 2017 Blues Blast Nominees
2015-2018 Keyboardist of the Year, WAMI (2015) & MAMA Awards 
2014-2018 Blues Performer of the Year, MAMA Awards 
2018 Brass - Trumpet of the Year, MAMA Award 
2016, 2017 Blues Album of the Year, MAMA Awards 
2014, 2016, 2017 Blues Song of the Year,  MAMA Awards 
2014, 2015, 2017 Brass Instrumentalist of the Year, MAMA Awards 
2016 Best Albums of 2016, Downbeat Magazine 
2016 Blues Band, Gold Winner, Best of Madison 
2016 Best Swing Band of the Year, WAMI Award 
2015, 2016 Woodwind Instrumentalist of the Year, MAMA Awards 
2015 Blues Band, Gold Winner, Best of Madison 
2014 Artist of the Year, MAMA Award 
2014 Bassist of the Year, MAMA Award

“Killer horns, greasy guitars, funky keys, and a rhythm section with a heart and soul the size of Brazil. This is a great band that plays blues and everything else in between. Get ready for The Jimmys!"” - Bryan Lee, Braille Blues Daddy

— Musician

“I’d never heard of Madison, WI’s The Jimmys before I saw them at Bluesfest. Led by Jimmy Voegeli on keyboards and vocals, they upstaged Dave Mason and blew the crowd away with their swing blues (Voegeli also got up to jam with Tinsley Ellis). Watch out for the Jimmys, a band on the move” - Arnold Goodman

— Elmore Magazine.