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The Too Bad Jims

Unique and unusual combination of dual vocals, dual guitars and rock-solid driving rhythm section delivers the kind of raw, hypnotic and gritty sound you’d expect to only hear in a North Mississippi juke joint.

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The Too Bad Jims got their name after an RL Burnside album on Fat Possum titled "Too Bad Jim", and formed in January 2023 as a collaboration between two veteran and multiple award-winning musicians Little Victor and Son Jack Jr. They play a gritty high-octane mix of North Mississippi Hill Country blues and boogie. After a few months, they decided to add veteran drummer Nick Simonon from The Mighty Lo-Fi Kings to their duo and things started to really get cookin'.
High Octane North Mississippi Hill Country Blues!

Their debut albumr eleased in late 2023 is a tribute to the legendary RL Burnside, who was a massive top-selling artist leading light in the music of the North Mississippi Hill Country that influenced a couple of generations in the past three decades, from Jack White/The White Stripes to Billie Eilish, The Black Keyes and many more in between. 

Free Entry, live bands every Saturday night.

Smok’d is an independent Smokehouse and backstreet boozer, click to view our award winning menu. If you would like to book a table for dining please email britannia@smokd.co.uk or reserve online.

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