Jimmy Herring Band

1962- Born in Fayetteville, North Carolina
1975-Started playing guitar at age 13: first guitar was a Fender Bronco
1980-Attended Berklee College of Music Summer Session
1980-Graduated from high school
1984-85-Attended Guitar Institute of Technology (GIT) in Hollywood, California
1986-Moved to Atlanta to teach at Atlanta Institute of Music; meets drummer Jeff Sipe
1986-88- plays with musicians such as Oteil Burbridge, Jeff Sipe, who introduce him to Col. Bruce Hampton. Later meets and plays with Kofi Burbridge, Count Mbutu, and Matt Mundy.
1989- Asked to join Bruce, Oteil, and Jeff to form Aquarium Rescue Unit.
1989-1995- Aquarium Rescue Unit with Col. Bruce Hampton.
1995- Col. Hampton leaves ARU. Singer Paul Henson joins.
1997-Frogwings with Butch Trucks, Derek Trucks, John Popper, Kofi Burbridge, Oteil Burbridge, Marc Quinones
1998-99 – Jazz Is Dead with Billy Cobham, Alphonso Johnson, T Lavitz. After Billy Cobham departed in 1999, Rod Morgenstein and Jeff Sipe took over the drum chair.
2000-Project Z with Ricky Keller and Jeff Sipe . Begins recording Project Z’s Debut Album
2000-January-Auditions for Phil Lesh and does Spring Tour
2000 with Phil Lesh and Friends
2000 May- joins Allman Brothers from May to late September for ABB Summer 2000 Tour
2000 October- becomes full time member of Phil Lesh and Friends
2002- (March) Recorded Project Z’s second album (to be released in Aug/ Sept. 2005)
2002 Fall-joins original members of the Grateful Dead when they reunite as the Other Ones
2003 and 2004 – The Dead Summer Tours
2004 Fall- works on Mahavishnu (Meeting of the Spirits) and Miles Davis (Black Satin) Tribute Albums
2005- A short hiatus until going to play with The Codetalkers featuring Col. Bruce Hampton. Continues to play with Phil Lesh.
2006- Spring-Herring, Rodgers, Sipe, Fountain and Van Allen
2006- Summer- Herring, Rodgers, Sipe and Fountain
2006- Fall-Joins Widespread Panic for Fall Tour
2007- Continues to play with ARU, WP and some close friends
for now
2008- (October) Releases first solo album, Lifeboat, on Abstractlogix, Continues with Widespread Panic
2009- Takes Jimmy Herring Band on the road for Spring and Summer Tours, Continues with Widespread Panic
2010- Widespread Panic releases Dirty Side Down