- Jimmy Abegg
Jimmy Abegg aka Jimmy A, (
December 29 ,1954 ,Alliance, Nebraska , USA) is a guitarist, composer, director, photographer and artist, currently living inNashville, Tennessee .In the early 1980s, Abegg formed the pop-rock band Vector with
Steve Griffith andCharlie Peacock . Vector released their first album in 1983 onExit Records with distribution fromA&M Records . Abegg also toured and worked heavily with Peacock on his solo career. In the early 1990s, Abegg began a solo career of his own, releasing two albums "Entertaining Angels" in 1991 and "Secrets" in 1994. Around the same time, he was also asked to be a part ofRich Mullins ' all-star Ragamuffin Band. In addition to his recording career, Abegg is also an artist and photographer, who has created album covers for a wide range of artists including Vector,Terry Scott Taylor ,Michael W. Smith ,Lost Dogs ,This Train ,Rich Mullins , Steve Scott, and others.Abegg is also an accomplished video director, that has had a long running relationship with director/artist
Steve Taylor and photographerBen Pearson . The trio has created a long list of music videos for artists like Taylor himself,Sixpence None the Richer ,Fleming and John ,Rich Mullins , and others. Abegg's daughter, Jemina Pearl Abegg is the lead singer of the rock band be your own PET.Discography
* Mannequin Virtue (album) (1983), Vector
* Please Stand By (album) (1985), Vector
* Simple Experience (album) (1989), Vector
* Temptation (album) (1995), Vector
* Jimmy A "Entertaining Angels" (1991)
* Jimmy A "Secrets" (1994)
* Various "Demonstrations of Love" (1998)
* "" (1999), a tribute toDaniel Amos
* Various "" (2002), a tribute toBrian Wilson
* Lie Down in the Grass (1984), (with Charlie Peacock)
* West Coast Diaries: Vol. 1 (1987), (with Charlie Peacock)
* West Coast Diaries: Vol. 2 (1988), (with Charlie Peacock)
* West Coast Diaries: Vol. 3 (1989), (with Charlie Peacock))
* Secret of Time (1990), (with Charlie Peacock)
* Love Life (1991), (with Charlie Peacock)
* "A Liturgy, a Legacy & a Ragamuffin Band " – Rich Mullins & A Ragamuffin Band (1993)
* "Brother's Keeper" – Rich Mullins & A Ragamuffin Band (1995)
* Songs – Rich Mullins (1996)
* "The Jesus Record " – Rich Mullins & A Ragamuffin Band (1998)
* Prayers of a Ragamuffin - A Ragamuffin Band (1999)
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