photo: Hazelton Photography
Jim Green will be our featured performer at the Open Mike Stage.
Chicago native Jim Green is a singer-songwriter who decided that the well-worn paths that other musicians adhere to were not the proper routes for his own creativity. His weapon of choice is the acoustic guitar, although at times he is no casual strummer. He attacks his instrument with both hands, drawing forth percussive rhythms, harmonics, and double pull-offs with a piano-like approach that often sounds like one more guitar than is actually playing. This is all done in real time with no sampling or looping devices to be found. The result is not only musical but visually stimulating.
Green has been a full-time musician since 2003, playing venues of all types from libraries to rock clubs. He performs his music so passionately that the Editors of Billboard Magazine chose The Wandering Endorphin as one of the best independent artists in the Midwest. He is also a 2004 “Gand’s Guitar Idol Champion.” He’s been heard on National Public Radio and Chicago’s WXRT (93.1).
Jeff Berry of Rising Music said, “If you think you’ve heard the way an acoustic guitar is to be played, think again. This singer-songwriter is like no other.”
For more information about Jim Green, visit his website at WanderingEndorphin.com.
