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James William McCarty (born June 1, 1945) is an American blues rock guitarist from Detroit, Michigan. He has performed with Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels, the Buddy Miles Express, Cactus, The Rockets, the Detroit Blues Band, and more recently, Mystery Train. Since about 2014 Jim McCarty has joined forces with Detroit blues guitarist/songwriter Kenny Parker in The Kenny Parker Band along with several other veteran Detroit blues/rock musicians. He also makes guest appearances with other Detroit bands.
He also recorded with Jimi Hendrix and Bob Seger. He plays in a heavy blues-rock style that has inspired fledgling guitar players for more than 40 years.
In an August 2006 interview on VH1 Classic, Ted Nugent remarked "I'm the only guy in rock'n'roll that plays that hollow body jazz guitar (a Gibson Byrdland) and it's because in 1960 I saw Jimmy McCarty creating those big fat full chords like I do on "Stranglehold"; I learned that from Jimmy McCarty. Remember the name Jimmy McCarty. He is as important as Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry and Les Paul...a god on guitar."




Biography 2006 – present


In 2005, Les Paul recorded Les Paul and Friends: American Made, World Played, with an all-star band. He covered "69 Freedom Special", an instrumental tune co-written by McCarty and recorded while in the Buddy Miles Express. In February 2006, Les Paul won a Grammy for his cover of the song, thus propelling McCarty into another award-winning arena as songwriter.
In 2006, he participated in a Cactus reunion, performing in New York City, Sweden, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. It coincided with the release of a new Cactus album, Cactus V. In 2007, Cactus played a Detroit date, a McCarty homecoming, to a sold-out, standing-room-only house. After two years in Cactus he left the band: "There were some great moments, but then there was a lot of banging heads together. Eventually I left because it was a frustrating experience for me"
In 2009, a new band, the Hell Drivers, was created. The members are Jim McCarty, Johnny "Bee" Badanjek, Marvin Conrad (bass), and Jim Edwards (vocals). A high-energy band, they play a variety of Detroit rock and roll from Iggy Pop, The Rockets, Mitch Ryder, Alice Cooper, Bob Seger and more to great critical acclaim.
On September 25, 2010, Jim McCarty was inducted into the Canada South Blues Society "Living Blues Museum" located in Windsor, Ontario.
Jim McCarty and Carmine Appice reunited Cactus once again in 2011. This line up included singer Jimmy Kunes, bassist Pete Bremy from Vanilla Fudge, and Randy Pratt on harmonica. This incarnation lasted five years producing two live albums, TKO Tokyo: Live in Japan, An Evening in Tokyo, and a studio album, Black Dawn. They toured the United States, Europe and Japan. McCarty and Bremy left the band in late 2016.




Selective discography






= Buddy Miles Express

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• Expressway to Your Skull (1968)
Tracks:

Train
Let Your Love Light Shine
Don't Mess With Cupid
Funky Mule
You're the One (That I Adore)
I Can't Get Satisfied
Spot on the Wall
• Electric Church (1969)
Tracks:

Miss Lady
69 Freedom Special
Cigarettes & Coffee
Destructive Love
Texas
My Chant
Wrap It Up
Several tracks of Electric Church were produced by Jimi Hendrix including McCarty's Grammy Winning song, "69 Freedom Special".




= Freedom Express

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. Easy Ridin' (1969) [Mercury Records]
Tracks:

Got to Get Your Lovin'
Who Can We Depend On?
7-1/2
I Just Started Livin'
I Just Want to Be Me
You Never Get Too Big
Born to Be Wild
Tomorrow is Promised (To No One)
Don't Bogart Me
The Pusher




= Cactus

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• Cactus (1970) [Wounded Bird Records]
Tracks:

Parchman Farm
My Lady from South of Detroit
Bro. Bill
You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover
Let Me Swim
No Need to Worry
Oleo
Feel So Good
• One Way... Or Another (1971) [Wounded Bird Records]
Tracks:

Long Tall Sally
Rockout, Whatever You Feel Like
Rock 'N' Roll Children
Big Mama Boogie, Pt. 1 & 2
Feel So Bad
Song for Aries
Hometown Bust
One Way... Or Another
• Restrictions (1972) [Wounded Bird Records]
Tracks:

Restrictions
Token Chokin'
Guiltless Glider
Evil
Alaska
Sweet Sixteen
Bag Drag
Mean Night in Cleveland
• Cactus V (2006) [Escapi]
Tracks:

Doing Time
Muscle and Soul
Cactus Music
The Groover(
High in the City
Day for Night
Living for Today
Shine
Electric Blue
Your Brother's Helper
Blues for Mr. Day
Part of the Game
Gone Train Gone
Jazzed
• Black Dawn (2016) [Sunset Blvd. Records]
Tracks

Black Dawn
Mama Bring It Home
Dynamite
Juggernaut
Headed For a Fall
You Need Love
The Last Goodbye
Walk a Mile
Another Way or Another
C-70 Blues
Jimi Hendrix
• Nine To The Universe (1980) [Reprise Records]
Tracks played on
Jimi/Jimmy Jam




= The Rockets

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• Rockets 1977 Guinness Records
Tracks:

Lufrania
Juke-Box Daddy
Rocket Car Wash Blues
Feel Alright
Rock 'N' Roll
Working Man Blues
Thing In "D"
• Love Transfusion 1977 Tortoise International/RCA Records
Tracks:

Fast Thing In "D"etroit
Fell Out Of Love
My Heart Needs You
Lookin' For Love
I Got To Move
Ramona
Fly Little Bird
Love Transfusion
She's A Pretty One
• Rockets (Turn Up the Radio) 1979 RSO Records
Tracks:

Can't Sleep
Turn Up The Radio
Oh Well
Lost Forever, Left For Dreaming
Long Long Gone
Love Me Once Again
Something Ain't Right
Lucille
Feel Alright
• No Ballads 1980 RSO Records
Tracks

Desire
Don't Hold On
Restless
Sally Can't Dance
Takin' It Back
Time After Time
Sad Songs
I Want You To Love Me
Is It True
Troublemaker
• Back Talk 1981 Elektra Records
Tracks:

Back Talk
Jealous
Lift You Up
Shanghaied
Love For Hire
I Can't Get Satisfied
Tired Of Wearing Black
I'll Be Your Lover
American Dreams
Lie To Me
• Rocket Roll 1982 Elektra Records
Tracks:

Rollin' By The Record Machine
Rock 'N Roll Girl
Gonna Crash
(I Wanna) Testify
Gimme Your Love
Born In Detroit
All Night Long
Kid With The Heart
Rollin' And Tumblin'
Mean Streets
• Live Rockets 1983 Capitol records
Tracks:

Rollin' By The Record Machine
Desire
Can't Sleep
Sally Can't Dance
Takin' It Back
Open The Door To Your Heart
Oh Well
Turn Up The Radio
Born In Detroit




= Detroit Blues Band

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• Real Life (1990) [Blues Factory]
Tracks:

Back On my Feet Again
My Life Is Ruined
Luann
Go Downtown
She Knows It
Goin' back to Memphis
Scandalous Behavior
Walkin Out The Door
Treat Me Right
• Can't Get You Off My Mind (1995) [No Cover Productions]
Tracks:

Sister's Got a Lover
Tell Me
Every Day I Have the Blues
Won't You Consider
Missing You
She Winked Her Eye
Too Close for Comfort
East Side Gal
Tears from My Eyes
Can't Get You off My Mind




= Mystery Train

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• Love Lost (2001)
Tracks:

I Need You
Your Loss Now
I'm all alone
Where were you baby?
Allman Joy
Hold it right there
Love is a Rough Business
Come back to me
I'll never turn my back on you
Cold wind
• Lexus - Live at the Detroit International Auto Show (2002)
Tracks:

Rock with Me
Honey Hush
Need Your Love So Bad
T-Bone shuffle
As the years go passing by
Help Me
Standing on shaky ground
Oh Well

• Kenny Parker - Hellfire - (2019) - Rock-a-While

I've Got My Eye On You
Baby Come Back To Me
Blind And Paralyzed
Bye Bye Baby
Hellfire
Goin In Circles
Dance With Me
I'm Missing You
But Then We Danced
Half Crazy
Back Up Plan
Hard Times In The Land Of Plenty




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Jim McCarty (guitarist)
• McCarthy (surname)
• List of the Yardbirds members
• Ben King (guitarist)
• Joe Walsh
• The Yardbirds
• Birdland (The Yardbirds album)
• Cactus (American band)
• The Rockets (Detroit band)
• Box of Frogs