Jerome Kimsey
Inducted in 1998
Jerome Kimsey paid for his first drum set with a paper
route. At his first gig, his dad came in and made him go home for being
underage (16) in the San Francisco club.
Jerome has played T-Bone Walker, Del Shannon, the Resistors, and Roy
Rogers; toured with Gary Lewis & the Playboys, Debbie Davies; and
recorded on the Pointer Sisters' first album, "Wang Dang Doodle", and
on many of Sam Taylor's hits. For most of the 90's, he was with Sam
Taylor's band, including European tours and their 1995 Arizona Blues
Showdown win and subsequent Internatioal Blues Competition runner-up
award in Memphis. He is always in demand for studio recording, and
currently plays with Tony & the Torpedoes.
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