Jim Eannelli Musical Bio 1966 – 1970 Played bass guitar for rhythm and blues band The Soul Sensations Played bass guitar for rockin’ soul band The Blu Twill 1975-1979 Played lead guitar for the theatrical punk rock band The Blackholes Played bass for Minnesota guitar champion Pat Donohue, who went on to play in the house band for “A Prairie Home Companion” Opened a show for the Nils Lofgren Band and Atlanta Rhythm Section at Denver’s Ebbets Field. (Nils went on to play lead guitar for Bruce Springsteen) Played lead guitar on Blackholes single “Warren Spahn,” a tribute to Milwaukee Braves baseball pitching great Produced single for Milwaukee punk/ska band XCleavers Played bass guitar for hard rock band Blackjack Opened show for Leslie West and Mountain Played bass in disco band Montreal for 9 months straight, 6 nights a week on the road traveling around the Midwest Played lead guitar for punk band The American Bombs Recorded single “Let’s Go to Guyana” 1980-1994 Played lead guitar in new wave band The Shivvers The Shivvers won Best Rock Band of The Year at first ever WAMI awards show Produced Shivvers single: “Teen Line / When I Was Younger,” currently a pop collector’s item The Shivvers go on to play shows with: Iggy Pop, The Romantics, Cheap Trick, The Guess Who, The Shoes, Phil n’ The Blanks and many more Played bass guitar in techno pop band Colour Radio Colour Radio wins “Best New Rock Band” at WAMI awards show Colour Radio signs major label record deal with Gold Mountain / A&M records and records a Colour Radio album, produced by Rick Derringer (The McCoys) at The Record Plant in Hollywood, California Played show with Rick Derringer in New York City Played lead guitar and produced rock/punk/wave/grunge band Locate Your Lips with drumming great Kenny Baldwin, released double album For Kenny Played guitar and bass for rockin’ blues band The Shuffleaires with “Big” Al Ek; opened shows for Johnny Winter Played lead guitar for Peggy James Band which led to opening for The Bodeans Frontman for power trio Milktrain; recorded Don’t Get Nervous album 2004-2022 Played guitar for rockin’ bluegrass band Salt Creek; which won the 2006 WAMI for “Best Bluegrass Band of the Year” Produced and recorded four albums for singer-songwriter Peggy James Also: Played lead guitar on two albums by Violent Femmes’s Victor DeLorenzo Played lead guitar and Bass on The Bodeans’ Sam Llanas’ album A Good Day To Die Plays lead guitar on Martin Jack Rosenblum album The Holy Ranger’s Free Hand Album