Jimmy D. Lane

"Son of the Blues"
"Jimmy D. Lane is an incredible guitarist"....Eric Clapton...1997

At the age of 52, Jimmy D. Lane has already led quite a full life. The musicians he knows makes for an impressive resume. He has worked with Eric Clapton, Mick Jagger, Jim Keltner, Keith Richards, B.B. King, Van Morrison, Jonny Lang, Gary Moore, Double Trouble, Taj Mahal, Stephen Stilles, Jeff Healy, Jimmie Lee Robinson, Lowell Fulson, and Snooky Pryor, Kim Wilson, Pinetop Perkins, Johnny ‘Big Moose’ Walker, Johnnie Johnson, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, Harry Hypolite, George ‘Wild Child’ Butler, David ‘HoneyBoy’ Edwards, Weepin’ Willie Robinson, Little Hatch, Nancy Bryan, Willie Kent, Henry Gray, Lazy Lester and Eomot RaSun. He has also worked with venerable blues greats such as Sam Lay, Hubert Sumlin, Carey Bell, Dave Meyers and his father, the legendary Jimmy Rogers.

Most recently, Jimmy D. Lane made a national Canadian television appearance on Global BC Morning News. He was commissioned by Tourism Burnaby, British Columbia to host an online Twitter video show..."Tweet The Blues"...to help promote the Burnaby Blues Festival. "Tweet The Blues" won three Lotus Awards in November of 2012. He has been included on his father's, Jimmy Roger's Mississippi Blues Trail Historical Landmark in Ruleville, Mississippi. He has two songs on the "Experience Hendrix" DVD...released in 2008. He performed with Mike McCready, Double Trouble and Hubert Sumlin, on the project. Jimmy's song "Tears Without A Shoulder" is featured in an episode of "In Plain Sight" (The Trojan Horst).


Jimmy D. Lane and Jimmy Rogers were inducted into the Chicago Blues Hall of Fame on April 28, 2013 in a JBTV hosted NBC Television ceremony held at Buddy Guy's Legends in Chicago, IL.