Jimmi Accardi
James Leonard "Jimmi" Accardi is a musician, songwriter, and music producer.Career
Accardi has been in various bands, including, Mud In Your Eye, The Laughing Dogs, and Jimmi Accardi & The Wild Cats. He also toured as lead guitarist for Chubby Checker. Accardi played lead guitar in the band Foxtrot, which backed up Rupert Holmes on his self-titled album and Eon on their self-titled album. Accardi toured as singer, lead guitarist, and songwriter for The Laughing Dogs, who recorded two albums on Columbia Records, later re-released on Sony. With The Laughing Dogs, Accardi toured as lead guitarist behind Micky Dolenz and Davy Jones of The Monkees. Accardi also toured as lead guitarist for the Eddy Dixon Band and with Eddy produced and recorded soundtracks for motion pictures The Compleat Beatles and The Loveless. He produced three albums for Rockabilly Hall of Fame artist Al Hendrix and co-wrote songs with him. His song "Dance My Blues Away" was recorded by Rockabilly Hall of Fame legend Charlie Gracie.
At his studio, "The Tone Zone", in Elmhurst, NY, he produced and engineered records for rap artists Scott LaRock and Boogie Down Productions, Ultra Magnetic, The Notorious Garter Kids, Miss Melodie, and KRS-One. He is also an artist on paper and canvas. His radio show, "Jimmi Accardi's Rock & Roll Party" is on KVMR-FM, Nevada City, CA. His original music has been licensed by PBS, MSNBC, UBC, CMT, HGTV, Animal Planet, USA Network, MSG Network, A&E Channel, WE Channel, Green Channel, Food Network, Cartoon Network, and others. His song, "Get Outta My Way," cowritten with Ronny Carle, is on the soundtrack of the film CBGB.Discography
