Jim Yates comes from a musical family.
His father was a singer, he is married to a musician, his four
siblings all play music, his two sons and most of his nephews and
nieces are involved in music. Even the family sewing machine was a
'Singer'**. He started playing music on a ukulele that a cousin
forgot at his home and bought his first guitar circa 1960. Over the
years he has added banjo, mandolin, Autoharp, accordion, concertina,
bouzouki, mountain dulcimer and mouth harp to his arsenal. He also
owns a fiddle, but plays it only in the privacy of his own home when
his wife is at work and the cats are both outside.
During the sixties he played folk
music at hootenanies in school gyms and church basements in the
Hamilton area. His introduction to bluegrass was seeing the York
County Boys at the 1961 Mariposa Folk Festival in Orillia.
In the wilder days of the sixties Jim
also played with the fledgling Velvet Underground when they came to
Hamilton's McMaster University as part of Andy Warhol's Exploding
Plastic Inevitable.*
After moving to the Port Hope/Cobourg
area in the early seventies, he played in several folk, bluegrass
and Celtic groups and became involved with promoting acoustic music
through Folk At The Forum and the Waterfront Festival. Jim teaches
guitar, banjo and mandolin and has had articles and arrangements
published in the Banjo Newsletter and the Autoharpoholic Magazine.
His tune Robbie Burns' Day has been recorded by the Peterborough
folk group Freshwater Trade.
As well as playing with McCormick, Jim enjoys performing eclectic
acoustic music with Al Kirby as part of the duo Kirby & Yates.
Kirby & Yates have recently released a CD titled Sittin' In the
Kitchen which will be available at both Kirby and Yates and
McCormick gigs.
* There were no musical instruments
involved. He was helping out McMaster's Arts Festival Commitee and
after the concert Jim and his brother played frisbee with the band
members while the stage was struck. Jim says,"At least it makes
a great story."
View more about Jim Yates at www.myspace.com/jimyates
JIM YATES HAS GUESTED WITH:
Bernie
Martin, Allan
Kirby,
Dennis
Delorme, Josh
McCallen, Clayton
Yates, Bruce MacPherson, Dickson Raynard
PETERBOROUGH
Venues
that JIM YATES has PERFORMED in:
Cinema
379, The
Red Dog, Peterborough
Folk Festival, The
Peterborough Zoo Gazebo, The
Rock Haven, Del
Crary Park, Cosmic
Charlie's, Alan
Nunn Theatre, Lang
Pioneer Village
Contact
Information FOR JIM YATES:
E-Mail: jim14076@hotmail.com
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