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NEW RELEASES
It's been a busy and productive year at Front Room, with the recent release of COMPOSURE and the official kick-off of our
Kokobilly Music recording division (and Kokobilly Music Channel on You Tube)! This summer, we're proudly presenting the new
JACOB'S LADDER GOSPEL SONGBOOK. It contains lyrics and quality transcriptions (music scores)
of Jim's ten best gospel songs, including "Sweet Redeemer." JACOB'S LADDER is a beautiful addition to the UNIVERSAL SIGH and
DAYDREAMER songbooks! Click on BOOKS to order.
In the last half of this year, we're wrapping up three momentus studio CDs. The first, COOL SAINT NICK (A Christmas & Winter collection)
will be available in late October, in time for the holiday season. It includes Jim's best Christmas songs and features live tracks from a bunch
of our talented freinds...David Romero, Sally Townes, Phil Jones, Eric Amelang, Doug Taylor, and Kyle Pratt. Please add it to your holiday shopping
list this year, and consider other products from the Front Room Music website. Click the MUSIC and STORE buttons for ideas!
In 2011-12 we plan to release Jim's last studio albums: BLUES for STEPHEN FOSTER (due next spring) is a stunning collection of new
Stricklan songs, with surprise covers of a few timeless classics from Jim's live show repertoire. Included is a beautifully produced
cover of Larry Rothwell's "Stained Glass Heart" (never before recorded)! Guests on this album include Sara Hickman, Sally Townes,
Butch Hause, and Acoustic Eidolon, with an impressive cast of singers and players. It was recorded in Texas and Colorado.
The 1977 ASPEN SESSION, showcasing Jim with his Martin D-35, was recorded up in Aspen so very long ago...with many songs you
won't find on any other CDs. This rare session was produced by Steve "stereo" Naumburg and John B. Ryland for the FRM Archives.
STRAIGHT UP (The Whiskey Demos), also from the FRM Archives, is now available as a bonus gift with two or more regular
purchases from Front Room Music!
JUST CUZ SESSIONS - No project I've done gives me greater pleasure than the 2010 recording sessions with my cousin Rick Stricklan,
a talented guitarist, banjo picker, and photographer. The combination of Rick's gentle countenance (grace), strong religious faith,
and deep appreciation of music, make him someone I would want as a friend if I weren't already blessed to have him as a cuz.
Rick's dad, Uncle Leon (also a fine musician) and my dad Clarence were brothers...both gone but not forgotten.
Many years of jamming at family reunions have honed our homemade musical skills to the point that we've long dreamed about recording a
few favorites. And, with the help of our pals Doug Taylor and Greg Lowry, we've made that wish a reality. JUST CUZ is a cherished family
CD featuring our versions of "Nine Pound Hammer," "John Henry," "I'll Fly Away," "Canaan's Land," "Wayfaring Stranger," and others.
It's still a work in progress and hopefully will be available in the coming months!
JIM
SPECIAL EVENTS
BUGLE BOY SUNDAY SHOWCASE - Jim (with "tortuga brother" Doug Taylor) were among ten songwriters to grace the stage at
the Bugle Boy's superb listening room on Sunday, July 18th between 1pm - 5pm...in La Grange, Texas. To see a video clip
of their two-song set (courtesy of Sally Townes)
click here or go the YouTube and KokobillyMusicChannel . You'll find other videos to view there too!
JIM'S 60TH BIRTHDAY @ Brook Forest Inn on August 11, 2007 in Evergreen -
click here for story and photos..
SWALLOW HILL CAFE SHOW on May 3, 2007 in Denver -
click here for story and photos..
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BOOKINGS
Contact us at
jim@frontroommusic.com
Booking information on JIM STRICKLAN (solo) or JIM STRICKLAN & THE DAYDREAMERS.
We specialize in festivals and private events, including house concerts. Benefits are also considered.
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PRESS
TEXAS MUSIC MAGAZINE TEX-MIX 2007, 2008, 2009 COMPILIATIONS Jim's songs "Texas Has It All" and "Song of the Big Bend" were included on Texas Music Magazine compilation CDs
"Tex-Mix 2007" and "Tex-Mix 2008", sponsored by Chevrolet. These collections feature a George Jones-Merle Haggard duet, Billy Joe Shaver,
Derailers, Two Tons of Steel and many more. Jim's lovely composition "Port Aransas Samba" is featured on the 2009 Spring TEX-MIX
disc, sponsored by Verizon. The special multi-artist CDs can be obtained by ordering back copies of the Spring issues (for each year)
from www.txmusic.com for $5 each, including tax & shipping.
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FEATURED PROJECTS
Go to the MUSIC Page where you can order on-line by credit card using Paypal shopping cart!!
Selected Jim Stricklan songs and CD's are also available for download sales, through your favorite download sources,
such as iTunes.
For more info just click on the album covers.
CD "VINTAGE '47 - The Best of Jim Stricklan"
A sixteen-song compilation featuring Jim's most popular tunes and five previously unrelased songs.
Jim easily roams the Americana range-serving up a tasty gumbo of
jazzy pop, country, swing, blues and folk ballads in this sizzling adult contemporary collection.
Melody and lyric have found a new champion!
COMPOSURE CD
A superb collection of original instrumentals
cool sambas, jazzy swing, romantic ballads
perfect for relaxing or special gatherings
STAY TUNED CD
"Reflective and sentimental journey...
through life’s exhilarating and meaningful moments...
from the joys of individualism...to appreciating life’s small offerings...
framed in an aural tapestry of Texas that reminds you
jazz is really just country music with a few extra chords..."
AN AMERICAN FAMILY ALBUM CD
Reflects the folk tradition of simple story telling
preserving memories of people, places and times gone by
through which the commonplace is rendered timeless and universal
"UNIVERSAL SIGH SONGBOOK"
21 of Jim's best songs, delightfully transcribed by Elbereth Howard.
Wonderful cover design by Katherine Robinson Coleman.
Autographed copies of this limited edition are still available.
JIM'S NOVEL "MUSIC MOUNTAIN"
Songwriter Justin Locke has all the talent to make it big, yet
can't seem to catch a break until a mysterious angel waltzes
into his life in a notorious mountain saloon in Evergreen, Colorado.
When a powerful music critic tries to destroy Justin's blossoming
career, a turbulent chain of events is unleashed. Driven by his
passion for music, Justin risks losing the love of his life,
his friends, and even his amazing band - on a wild, treacherous
journey to the top of Music Mountain.
THANKS RADIO FOR 30 GOOD YEARS:
From 1967 to 2007, "radio man" Jim (Love) a.k.a.
"Too Tall" Stricklan broadcasted his magic for
seven great country and three great rock stations
in Texas, Colorado, and Louisiana!!
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