In 2003 Jimmy and brother David Lee recorded their debut album Spurlock Road. This album created
a pathway into Texas Music and Americana Music not only in Texas but world wide.
Here in Texas:
Nominated for Rising Star Award for the 2004 Texas Music Awards. Two top 25 songs on the Texas
Music Chart, “Ringo” and “Best Times”
“These guys are truly Blazing a hot Trail in Texas Music. Much like those, that went before them.
Like Robert Earl Keen, Pat Green, Cory Morrow, these guys are definitely on a fast track to the top.”-
Rick Star ~ Texas Rebel Radio
Around the US and other Countries:
Airplay on XM Radio and Sirius which included 5 songs landing them on 16 on X Country Album
Chart. Achieved 19 on the CMA European Chart after being played in Italy, Germany, France,
Sweden, Australia, The Netherlands, Japan and many more. In January, 2005 Jimmy and David Lee
decided to go their separate ways each starting their own bands, this lead to Jimmy releasing his debut
album “I’m Gone” in May of 2005.
I’M GONE:
In 2005 and 2006 Jimmy toured supporting his new release “I’m Gone”. This turned out to be a highly
successful solo project, with Jimmy getting praise from many different audiences. In 2005 “I’m Gone”
CD had two songs listed in the top 100 most requested songs on Radio Free Texas, “Show Me How To
Feel” 23, and “I’m Gone” at 24. Nominated for 2006 Texas Music Awards in these categories: Male
Vocalist of the Year, Entertainer of the Year, Album of the Year and Live Band of the Year and Big
John Mills was also nominated for Musician of the Year for his work on this project. Jimmy was
awarded “Male Vocalist of the Year” at the 2006 Texas Music Awards. Radio Play Continued outside
Texas on Sirius and XM Radio as well as in other countries, including 43 on a Country Music Chart in
Japan.
"I'm Gone is a great project from a great guy, in Jimmy Kaiser. Take it out of your "Maybe Listen To
Later" pile and put it on the air. Down the road."
Justin Frazell ~ 99.5 The Wolf
Host of Live From The Front Porch
2005 Texas Music DJ of The Year - My Texas Music
AirWolf Texas Traffic
LIVE AT ANTONE’S - JIMMY KAISER BAND - JANUARY 2, 2007
In January of 2007 Jimmy released “Live at Antone’s”, which was recorded with his band. This album
made some waves immediately. “Pass Me That Bottle” his first single released in February of 2007 was
11 on the Texas Music Chart. In 2007 Jimmy signed a national sponsorship with Coors Brewing
Company
”Pass Me That Bottle” tested well in a hurry and is quickly on the rise out here in West Texas”.
Richard Ferguson
KXOX Sweetwater
”100 proof kick ass!”
Eric Wayne
Afternoon Drive DJ - Host of the Red Dirt Radio Hour - 98.5 KVOO
Tulsa, Oklahoma
“It makes me want to cut loose, go out and just have a good time! It's the kind of song that you want
to hear 5 o'clock Friday to get your weekend started!”
Lana McCandless,
KFLP Floydada
“Jimmy Kaiser is definitely one of Texas' most prolific young singer songwriters and he has proved
it , but now, with "Pass Me That Bottle" he has come into his own. Don't Pass on this Great Texas
Song!”
Rick Star @ Texas Rebel Radio
Question: What do you do as an artist when you repeatedly hear “Wow! Your live show is so
different from your album!”
Answer: Make a live album.
After the release of I’m Gone it seems that Jimmy Kaiser heard that statement often, and it’s
true. I’m Gone was not indicative of the heart and soul of the band which is best shown at their live
shows. To alleviate this disparity, Jimmy Kaiser brought it home to Antone’s in Beaumont to record a
live album in front of an enthusiastic crowd who had been anxiously awaiting such an event for a
long time.
Live at Antone’s is a great mix of material from the Kaiser brothers’ Spurlock Road album, Jimmy’s
I’m Gone, brand new material and some smoking covers that are not generally heard in the Texas
music scene. From the lead off track, “Best Times,” JKB strikes a pace and runs with it throughout
the whole album.
The older material gets the treatment that it deserves including “Galveston Lights,” which
winds up being paired on the track with the Marshall Tucker Band’s “Can’t You See,” making it one
of the hottest tracks on the album. The new tracks “Pass Me That Bottle” and “Will You Miss Me”
are well written and expertly performed and deserve attention and respect from the Texas music
community at large. The live version of the song “Show Me How To Feel” shows off not only
Jimmy’s songwriting abilities but the band’s ability to pull them off convincingly. Don’t miss the
cover of “Roadhouse Blues” thrown in to throw the critics off.
Bottom line: Southeast Texas artist and band record a live album to prove to the masses that they
have big-league talent and a sound that will send you to rehab or melt your face off like that Nazi at
the end of “Raiders of the Lost Ark.”
Mavrik Magazine – March/April 2007
Reviewed by: Daniel “EL PRESIDENTE” Miller
Radio Free Texas
