Here are four full tracks from the Jumpin' Blue recording sessions:

     I'd always been known as James Christen until...

back in the mid-90s I was playing a gig somewhere in

Santa Barbara when, out of the blue, the club owner gave

me the nickname of JimmyC. Although hesitant about it

at first, I realized there was no turning back. On that

fateful night, James morphed into JimmyC. In my music

world, as well as with friends, I've been known as that

ever since.

     After moving to Santa Barbara in the mid-80s, I entered the scene as a single musician, playing an acoustic guitar and singing at the hot spots back in the day. Through the years my single gig turned into a duo, a trio, a quartet… all the way to a full band with horns, playing electric or acoustic guitar based on whatever was needed for a particular show.

     In the late 90s I formed an original blues band that included many of my favorite local musicians. That band, Jumpin' Blue, recorded just one CD called The World Rolls On. Since then I've played a variety of styles in several bands, mainly on electric guitar, but also classical nylon string and, whenever needed, even da bass.