Nice to see folks diggin' Jimmie V! He seems to get bashed a lot around here. I think, if you've listened to the old masters, then you'll understand what Jimmie is trying to do. If you're version of good Blues guitar is Stevie Ray Vaughan, and it ends there - then you may get the impression that Jimmie is an under par player. The fact is that Jimmie can BURN, and I've heard him do it! I've heard Jimmie play some dazzling western swing stuff too, and he's also a great lap steel player.
Jimmie really likes to pay tribute to his heroes, and in doing so - he'll hold back those notes, and also hold back on the vibrato, and he can leave the impression of either being a throwback to a bygone era, or that he simply don't have a lot going on guitar-wise. Jimmie can wail - don't let 'im fool ya!
