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Jimmy LaFave was born in Wills Point, Texas, a small town 30 miles east of Dallas. He began school down the road in Mesquite and by Junior High was making music perched behind his Sears & Roebuck drum kit. It wasn't long before his mother traded a drawer full of green stamps for his first guitar and the switch to singer-songwriter was in progress. His family later moved to Stillwater, Oklahoma, where he finished High School. Although he has lived in Austin for nearly 20 years, many people think of him as being from Oklahoma, because of his strong musical ties to the state and what he often refers to as its 'red dirt music.' It was in this landscape that he began to define his sound and soak up a combination of his experiences among authentic songwriters from the tradition of Woody Guthrie.

He moved to Austin in 1986, where he continued to write songs and to develop his musical ideas. After releasing several albums, the grass roots demand and critical acclaim for Jimmy's music, which led to extensive touring in the United States and Europe, was recognized in 1996 when he was asked to tape a performance for the PBS musical series Austin City Limits, and was invited by Nora Guthrie to appear in Cleveland at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame tribute to Woody Guthrie. That same year won LaFave won his second consecutive Austin Music Award for Best singer-songwriter.

LaFave�s latest CD Blue Nightfall has won him him accolades from Billboard and No Depression. The stunningly soulful album was LaFave�s first in 4 years and his first album on St. Paul, Minnesota based Red House Records. Since its release, LaFave has toured across the country, solo and with the Woody Guthrie tribute tour titled �The Ribbon of Highway � Endless Skyway.� In 2007, LaFave looks forward to releasing his second album on Red House.