(Translated from Italian to English via 'Google Translator') Jimmy Joe Destradi born May 24, 1969 in Trieste (Italy), the day he was born 27 years before Bob Dylan. From childhood will become familiar with the music and musical instruments preferring the chitarra.Le learns the basics from the master G. Vattovani, continuing his studies on texts from the U.S. He formed his first band in 1982 with rock influences, continued in 1987 with the birth of-JIMMY JOE & THE YOUNGS-together with Giuseppe Montalto with which in 1989 participated in the first exhibition " WELCOME ROCK & ROLL "enjoying an exciting success. They record their first MC "ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR" a cocktail of American music years 50/60 presented to the press in 1990, and in various radio networks Tele4 televisive.Sciolto the group in 1992 as a trio inspired by the blues Stevie Ray Vaughan blues festivals and participates in the " BLUESTAR "the Castle of S. Just with James Cotton.Nel 1994 and in 1995 took part in the MUSIC REVIEW Go to Lubijana (SLO) and the ROCK FESTIVAL Zgaga (SLO) USA Dead Moon with the group, continues to Vo PORDENONE BLUES FESTIVAL together with Billy Branch and Otis Grand.Anno 1996, key for Jimmy Joe and his band that sees the CD "Blues FEW MINUTES" with considerable feedback from the trade press that defines a bluesman with black soul. From that moment Jimmy Joe intends to participate in all the major blues festivals in Italy, where industry and domineering American artists with bands of accomagnamento local, so you deal directly with them without being subalterni.Si begins with the most important blues festivals, namely the Pistoia Blues Festival , where she shares the stage with Santana, Robben Ford, Poppa Chubby and the myth of all time, Bob Dylan. The upcoming year sees the protagonist on the success of the CD-to-few minutes blues festival TORANO CASTLE IN BLUES and BLUES SUMMERTIME ALCAMO with Vas-Tie together with Jackson, and Trieste to VIO. WELCOME Blues with Nick Becattini and Bobby T. Continue at the same time many concerts ranging from Sicily to Piedmont, from Slovenia to Croatia to Switzerland. Continue unabated even appearances at various festivals such as: all editions of WELCOME BLUES with Giancarlo Create and Post Blue Band, the '8.o with Herbie Goins PORDENONE BLUES, BLUES IN ORLANDO CHAPTER with Doctor Feelgood, SAN THURSDAY. BLUES IN GEMINI with Andy J. Forrest, SUMMER FESTIVAL XI.A with Tolo Marton, TRESCORE IN BLUES with Fabio Treves, VILLANOVA BLUES , JAZZ Venetia , SUMMERTIME BLUES ALCAMO with Duke Robillard, VILLA IN BLUES , BLUES FESTIVAL ARCON with Armando Battiston, Poggio Murella BLUES, and Finally FRIULI JAZZ considered the greatest jazz scene in Italy and XV.o PORDENONE BLUES . and not least the CASTELFRANCO BLUES FESTIVAL in the province of Modena: For the chapter we can say that after recording the first CD that brought them in Pistoia, in 2000 we see the release of MAYBE MORE THAN ONE ... with which we have landed in the U.S. where it is still sold by the DWM JOWA ​​in the same year is sponsored by the city of Trieste, the output of the CD "LIVE TRIESTE" with 12 bands in the city. We come to the collections of the rattlesnake in Ravenna in 2002 SOUNDS GOOD! and 2003 GROVIN 'IN THE BLUES . In 2003, the rattlesnake RECORDS produces the band in their first live, ie LIVE AT Oxis , the press calls "the hoarse voice of Jimmy Joe White blues", and the U.S. get a great review by Bruce Iglauer of Alligators RECORD . Separate chapter is working with John Harp Massarutto participating and winning for the north of Italy duo acoustic guitar, dobro, vocals and harmonica for commitments fail to realize in the final battle to represent Italy at Memphis. Actually, the sale of three pieces of CD-FEW-MINUTES BLUES, MAYBE MORE THAN ONE-LIVE AT ,,,-- and Oxis-on I-TUNES . The promotion of the group has now crossed the Italian border with Radio Capris in Slovenia., Radio Blues Germans in Germany, and Argentina with the National Radio of Buenos Aires. On 14 April 2007 recorded the CD "LIVE BLUES JAM AT POINT" with original songs and covers that was released in December 2007. The American magazine Guitar PLAYER_ awarded in July 2008 along with seven other guitarists as one of the best in the world. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Jimmy+Joe+Band">Read more on Last.fm</a>. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.