About the Band
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JimBo Trout and the Fishpeople are a true San Francisco musical experience. Headed by hirsute humorist, singer, yodeler, and player of the guitar, banjo, harmonica and kazoo JimBo Trout seeks to entertain one and all. He is known for his passionate and energetic approach to performance. JimBo is sometimes referred to as “the Victor Borge of bluegrass.”
They have performed at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, High Sierra Festival, and The Oregon Country Fair and have opened club dates for Dr. John, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Johnny Winter, David Bromberg, The Squirrel Nut Zippers, Hot Club of Cowtown, Dale Watson, Wayne Hancock, The Gourds, Riders in the Sky, The Iguanas, The Subdudes, Cake, Jonathon Richman, Big Sandy, Deke Dickerson, Dave Alvin, and too many to list!
They regularly perform under the influence of Louis Armstrong, Blind Blake, Uncle Dave Macon, Tommy Jarrell, The Mississippi Sheiks, Oscar Aleman, Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys, Milton Brown and his Musical Brownies, The Carter Family, Scotty Stoneman, Charlie Parker, Django Reinhardt, Vassar Clements, Memphis Minnie, Robert Nighthawk, Dr. John, Huey “Piano” Smith and the Clowns, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, George Jones, Willie Nelson, Andy Statman, Mose Allison, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Dock Boggs, Doc Watson, Harvey Sampson, Junior Parker, Big Maybelle, Big Bill Broonzy, Billie Holiday, Louis Jordan, Ray Charles, The Five Royales, and James Reese Europe, among many others!
