Jim Schwall

Jim Schwall is a guitarist, mandolin player and singer-songwriter, probably best known as the co-leader of the Siegel-Schwall Band. Schwall's own extensive list of influences are Blues, Folk and Country artists, including Scrapper Blackwell, Chuck Brodsky, Big Bill Broonzy, Guy Clark, Honeyboy Edwards, Robbie Fulks, Lowell George, Merle Haggard, Lightnin' Hopkins, Christine Kane, Huddy Ledbetter, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Joni Mitchell, Bill Morrissey, John Prine, Townes Van Zandt, Loudon Wainwright and Robert Pete Williams.

Schwall's own extensive list of influences are Blues, Folk and Country artists, including Scrapper Blackwell, Chuck Brodsky, Big Bill Broonzy, Guy Clark, Honeyboy Edwards, Robbie Fulks, Lowell George, Merle Haggard, Lightnin' Hopkins, Christine Kane, Huddy Ledbetter, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Joni Mitchell, Bill Morrissey, John Prine, Townes Van Zandt, Loudon Wainwright and Robert Pete Williams.

After playing drums and accordion in elementary school, Jim Schwall found the guitar in high school and has never put it down for long. In college, Jim met piano/harmonica player Corky Siegel and formed the Siegel-Schwall Band. Siegel-Schwall toured full-time for about ten years, releasing over a dozen albums on Vanguard and Wooden Nickel Records. Siegel-Schwall starting playing occasional reunion gigs in 1987 and currently have two recent CD's in the Alligator Records catalog.

For well over 40 years, Jim has also played with various other bands, releasing recordings with many of these, including two versions of the Jim Schwall Band. He has also played solo acoustic gigs for over 40 years but, aside from acetates cut in high school, never made a solo acoustic recording until 2007's "Getting Old," on Madison WI's Uvulittle Records. Currently he lives in Madison, is a member of SoDangYang along with singer/songwriter Marques Bovre, plays solo, works in visual arts, and is recently retired from social service work.

Schwall maintains a MySpace page at http://www.myspace.com/jimschwall