Jimmy Capps

Jimmy Capps is listed in the credits for the following albums:

Year Artist Album Role
1973 Pat Boone Born Again Bass Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Gut Guitar, Dobro, Electric Guitar, Banjo
1973 First Nashville Jesus Band Born Again Bass Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Gut Guitar, Dobro, Electric Guitar, Banjo
1980 Amy Grant Never Alone Acoustic Guitars
1987 Gold City Movin' Up Lead Guitar

Jimmy Capps

Jimmy Capps has been a member of:

Born: 
May 25, 1939
Died: 
Jun 01, 2020
Aged: 
81

Over the years, countless guitarists have come to Nashville with as little as $5.00 in their pockets and their guitars slung over their backs hoping to get a job and make their dream a reality. Only a chosen few ever made it; especially those whose 'fingerprints' are left on #1 hit recordings. Guitar great Jimmy Capps is one of those chosen few.

For years now, Jimmy has been involved in turning songs he's never heard before into hits—and, in some cases, even 'classics.' These timeless classics include: Stand By Your Man by Tammy Wynette, He Stopped Loving Her Today by George Jones, The Gambler by Kenny Rogers, The Rose by Conway Twitty, and The Lighthouse by The Hinsons.

As one of Country Music's finest guitar players, Jimmy Capps is a 'master of smoothness.' He is known in the studio for his ability to move flawlessly from 'electric to acoustic' with a polished and refined touch that he brings to every recording or performance he is part of.

At one time, Jimmy averaged 520 recording sessions a year.

In 2014, Jimmy was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and North Carolina's Music Hall of Fame. He was also featured on the August 2019 cover of International Musician magazine, highlighting his 61 years on stage. In May 2019, Jimmy was honored with a memorial marker on the sidewalk in front of his boyhood home at 216 W. Church St., Benson, NC, which is known locally as Jimmy Capps Parkway.

Capps, J. (2019). Jimmy Capps. https://www.jimmycapps.com/

Created by: Yianni D on 26-July-2010 - Last Edited by siremidor on 11-May-2024

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