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Jimbo Whaley Jimbo Whaley Named Winner of The Mountain Press Readers Choice Award as "The Best Local Entertainer"  Singer and songwriter, Jimbo
Whaley grew up
in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, at the foothills of the Great Smoky
Mountains with music always being a part of his life.
Whaley has pulled so many memories reflecting that upbringing and
written numerous songs including: The
Foundation, M.R.s Rolling Store, The Legend of Jack Huff, and the
fan favorite, The Kings of Orebank.
Whaley currently performs with the bluegrass band Greenbrier. Some might remember him for his time with the band Pine Mountain Railroad which he co-founded in 1998. Whaley helped lead this band to become an International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Emerging Artist of the Year nominee for two years in a row. He wrote and performed numerous songs on the band's chart- topping album including the title cut, The Old Radio, co-written by Roscoe Morgan. The CD, produced by multi-Grammy winner Bil VornDick, stayed on the Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine’s Top 15 Album Chart for eight months and the single on the Top 30 Single Chart for twelve consecutive months. Whaley’s songwriting has garnered him well-deserved recognition including being chosen to perform at the prestigious International Bluegrass Music Association’s Songwriter Showcase at the 2002 and 2003 IBMA convention. Add film to his credit as well, with four original tunes appearing on the soundtrack of “Bell Witch: the Movie” where he also made his film debut. The film’s premier was a red-carpet event held at the famous Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee in September 2005. Whaley was the featured performer at this sold out concert movie premier which also included performances by the other artists on the movie soundtrack. Quotes "Jimbo is one of my favorite Songwriters. I feel he will be a leading force for the future of Bluegrass Music Songs.' - Bil VornDick, Multi-Grammy Award Winning Producer "I first met Jimbo Whaley when he was with Pine Mountain Railroad Band. My first impression of Jimbo was " man what a showman" he has a magnetism that I think is similar to Jimmy Martin, "The King of Bluegrass". Jimbo a great lead singer and writer knows how to connect with an audience, he holds them in his palm, working with the band and the audience to "entertain". There are many great singers on the Bluegrass circuit today, but I don't think there are many super entertainers, those that know what to do to make the audience and the band feed off each other. Jimbo has that rare talent, and it comes across at each of his performances. And what a talented writer also, many of the songs performed by Jimbo are his, or he was co-writer. Bluegrass is fortunate to have an entertainer such as Jimbo."~- Sam Jackson
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