James (Jimmy) Fox

JAMES (JIMMY) FOX

James Kent “Jim” Fox (born August 24, 1947) is a musician best known as the drummer and organist of the James Gang, as well as the band’s founder and its namesake. He is the only member of the group to appear in every incarnation of the band. He joined a mostly instrumental Cleveland rock and R&B band called the Starfires while in high school and also remained as a member of its successor band, the Outsiders. (More from Wikipedia)

James (Jimmy) Fox was brought in as the drummer for the last several sessions for the Outsiders’ first album, Time Won’t Let Me. Fox then dropped out of college and formed the James Gang in 1966, a band that enjoyed considerable success over the coming decade and, with songs like “Walk Away” and “Funk #49”, were tailor-made for the “album rock” era that was just starting to emerge in the very early 1970’s on FM radio. One of their later bandmembers, Joe Walsh became a bonafide superstar and joined the Eagles for a time.

(February 2010)