Ex-SURVIVOR Vocalist Jimi Jamison To Guest All Hail Hair Tonight

May 19, 2011, 13 years ago

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At 8:00pm EST tonight (May 20th), All Hail Hair welcomes former SURVIVOR vocalist Jimi Jamison. The show is hosted by Bob Carroll, and they will talk bout Jamison's music career, his time with Survivor, and his extremely successful solo career. Fan participation is welcome; call in at (347) 202-0832. Tune in to All Hail Hair here.

Jimi Jamison, called “The Voice” by radio icon Casey Casem, started out singing in an R&B; group called THE DEBUTSvout of his hometown of Memphis Tennessee, recording on the ATCO label. From there, Jamison joined the progressive band COMBINATION for two albums. Deciding to get into a heavier sound, Jamison joined Memphis based rock band TARGETwho also released two albums. When they split, Jamison went onto the band COBRA, hitting the main stream and launching Jamison into the video arena of the 80’s and MTV. The band was short lived, but in 1983 Jamison was invited to audition for the band Survivor after vocalist Dave Bickler had problems with his voice and was forced to leave the band. Jamison stepped in and nailed the audition, becoming the new voice behind Survivor.

Already fresh off their hit 'Eye Of The Tiger' from the Rocky III soundtrack, Survivor picked right up from where they left off, releasing their best seller Vital Signs in 1984. That spawned three top ten hits 'Search Is Over', 'High On You' and 'I Can’t Hold Back', vaulting Survivor into stardom. After that, Sylvester Stallone and the Rocky series came calling for another theme song. The group responded with the theme to Rocky IV, 'Burning Heart'. They followed up that album with When Seconds Count which produced another top ten single 'Is This Love'. The next album Too Hot To Sleep was as strong as any other Survivor recording, but was mishandled by the record label and never properly promoted. The band split shortly afterwards.

Jamison then embarked on a solo career, releasing When Love Comes Down in 1991 and Empires in 1999. Survivor reunited in 2000 and released Reach in 2006. Jamison left again in 2006, heading back out solo. He has worked with both former band mates Frankie Sullivan and more recently Jim Peterik, with whom he collaborated to release Crossroad Memories in 2009. Recently Jamison has teamed up with former TOTO front man Bobby Kimball to release a new album. His latest single 'The Restless Kind' is doing well in Europe and will be played during the show Friday night.

All Hail Hair is broadcast every Friday night starting at 8:00pm EST on the Fightin’ Words Radio Network and is the networks highest rated show.


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