I am an artist and amateur musician, born in 1950, living in Oakland, CA, and raised in Charlotte, North Carolina. I started playing guitar at about age 13, playing the folk and "protest" music of people like Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Gordon Lightfoot, etc. For many years, I have played, for the most part, music of my own creation, inspired by the likes of John Fahey, Tommy Emmanuel, and especially, Leo Kottke.

A few years ago, when I began recording my music for friends, I invented, for reasons obscure even to me, a pseudonym for my musical self, a "nom de strings", as I like to say. "Slim Jimsøhn" is that fellow's name. He even has his own biography, and a home in Yreka, CA, in the shadow of Mt. Shasta.

You may be interested to read Thomas Brunkard's Soundcloud Reviews review of my work."While His Guitar Gently Weeps" (see the link, below).

Thank you for your interest in my music. I do hope you enjoy it!

Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Indie- folk singer songwriter, self harmonizer and violinist extracting inspiration from past lives and ethereal realms, weaving new stories through my songs. All photo rights on song artwork belong to me.

Album coming in 2024. 🌀

Freelance musician with the purpose of spreading unconditional Love through music.  You'll find covers and originals here.

This is a collection of some of my music, past and present. I am grateful to have had the opportunity to play with some incredible musicians.

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