User:Rimbender

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Rimbender was formed when three musicians decided to take their music hobby one step further and move on up to another level. I (Jimi Sellars) have been playing in bands since the beginning of dirt and have played almost every style of music as well as sporting every style of hair. Another member and best friend James Kamanski was with me through all the trials and tribulations from 1978 to present. We played some great gigs and were fired from some bad ones as well. About six years ago James and I were backing up a very talented performer by the name of Tamara Pierce. We played lots of good gigs in Chicago and southeastern Wisconsin. Then we met Jim Russell (notice a pattern here) Jim was a breath of fresh air for us and brought a new sound as well as the ability to make any song his own. I had been writing for years and Jim was the vocalist I had been looking for forever. A talented song smith in his own right we just clicked. We started doing some small shows and were writing together until we completed our debut CD Rimbender, Acoustic Harmonies. But what is a Rimbender???? Well besides being musicians were were crazy triathletes too. One time during a race Greg hit a pothole and said to me " that was a rim bender" and the rest is history. By the way Greg is the only member not named James at birth but we let him play anyways when we do any party gigs were we need to play lots of covers. He started out as a student and graduated to rhythm and vocals.