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Jimi Hocking
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Jimi Hocking

Born: 7 June 1963, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia• Australia• Active: 1983–
Blues RockContemporary Blues

Melbourne guitarist, mandolinist and vocalist known for stints in The Angels and The Screaming Jets, and a 2005 International Blues Challenge Solo/Duo win in Memphis.

Instruments
Vocals, Guitar, Mandolin
from
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Born
7 June 1963, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
James Kevin "Jimi" Hocking, born 7 June 1963 in Melbourne, grew up around music — his father Kevin was a pianist and composer, his mother a singer — and taught himself guitar after receiving one as a Christmas present (Source: Wikipedia). Seeing Stevie Ray Vaughan perform in the early 1980s pushed him toward the blues (Source: Wikipedia). He started performing in Melbourne bands in 1983, formed The Astroboys in 1984 and co-founded the hard-rock band The Aströs in 1986, before temporarily stepping in for Bob Spencer in The Angels during their 1988 Live Line Tour (Source: Wikipedia). He formed Jimi the Human and Spectre 7 in 1989, and from 1994 to 1997 was a member of The Screaming Jets, appearing on two of their studio albums, rejoining the band again from 2010 (Source: Wikipedia). Across a discography of more than fifteen releases since 1990, spanning hard rock and blues, he has recorded as guitarist, vocalist and mandolinist, with albums including "Blue Guitar" (1999) and "Blue Mandolin" (2007) reflecting his blues side directly (Source: Wikipedia). In 2004 he won the Melbourne Blues Appreciation Society's Blues Performer of the Year, and in 2005 he won the Solo/Duo category at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis — a rare Australian win on blues' biggest global stage (Source: Wikipedia).

Musical Influence

Moving fluidly between hard rock arenas with The Angels and The Screaming Jets and the intimate blues/mandolin records under his own name, Jimi Hocking has shown Australian blues can thrive alongside a rock career rather than in opposition to it, crowned by his 2005 International Blues Challenge win in Memphis (Source: Wikipedia).

Formative experiences

  • •Early 1980s: Seeing Stevie Ray Vaughan perform pushed him toward the blues (Source: Wikipedia).
  • •1988: Temporarily stepped in for Bob Spencer in The Angels during the Live Line Tour (Source: Wikipedia).
  • •1994-1997: Member of The Screaming Jets, appeared on two studio albums (Source: Wikipedia).
  • •2004: Won the Melbourne Blues Appreciation Society's Blues Performer of the Year (Source: Wikipedia).
  • •2005: Won the Solo/Duo category at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis (Source: Wikipedia).
  • •2010: Rejoined The Screaming Jets (Source: Wikipedia).

Collaborators

The Angels

Temporarily stepped in for Bob Spencer during the Live Line Tour (1988).

The Screaming Jets

Member 1994-1997 and again from 2010.

Bob Spencer

Guitarist he temporarily replaced in The Angels.

Watch & Listen

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Discography

YearTitleProducerStudioLabelChartSalesMusiciansYouTubeNotes
1999Blue Guitar——————Source: Wikipedia.
2007Blue Mandolin——————Source: Wikipedia.
2009Electric Mojo Machine——————Source: Wikipedia.
2011Live in the Moment——————Source: Wikipedia.
2020Blues Roulette——————Source: Wikipedia.
2021To The Moon So Blue——————Source: Wikipedia.

Awards & Recognition

2004
Blues Performer of the Year
Melbourne Blues Appreciation Society
2005
International Blues Challenge
Winner, Solo/Duo category (Memphis)

External links

Official website

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