Click the links above to download the respective promo pieces for Jimmy Ruggiere. The "Nicer Guy" CD has a One Sheet to download.
Also, There's Jimmy Ruggiere Color & Black & White Press Photos. And a bio in pdf format.
Also, There's Jimmy Ruggiere Color & Black & White Press Photos. And a bio in pdf format.
Jimmy Ruggiere Bio
With the release of “Nicer Guy”, his first full-length, self-penned album due for release in October, Jimmy Ruggiere continues to establish himself as both performer and songwriter. Under the direction of Chris Gage, producer/engineer/musician extraordinaire at his MoonHouse Studio in Austin, these ten original, “slice of life” songs import a fresh, yet occasionally retro energy to a classic genre.
An accomplished harmonica player, singer/ songwriter, and fledgling fiddler, his first solo moment came as a singing shepherd in a Christmas pageant in the second grade. Never losing the theater bug entirely, he performed leading roles in many theatrical productions in the years to follow, including Will Parker in Oklahoma and Fagin in Oliver.
After years of working solo and with numerous bands of various styles, Jimmy met up with young, Georgia singer/songwriter Travis Tritt in the spring of 1987. By summertime, Jimmy had become a regular part of the act, singing backup and blowin’ the harp. His harmonica quickly became an integral part of the Tritt “sound”, as well as a key member of Country Club, one of country music’s hottest bands.
Ruggiere continued to record and tour with Tritt throughout the Warner Bros. Records years. He appeared in several music videos, most notably “Put Some Drive in Your Country” shot in Austin and Gruene, Texas. Travis and Country Club were regulars on the Grand Ol’ Opry and the Nashville Network, and made two memorable appearances on Austin City Limits on PBS. In addition to playing sold out arenas, touring Europe, appearing with Tritt in videos and the occasional movie, Jimmy appeared many times on network TV, including multiple appearances on The Tonight Show with both Carson and Leno, and Late Night with David Letterman.
In 1998, Jimmy left Nashville and the band to focus on his writing, and to study Rolfing Structural Integration in Boulder, Colorado. (Rolfing is an alternative method of hands-on, fascia oriented therapy which he continues to practice in Austin.)
Continuing the music career through to the present day, he currently works with a who’s who of the area’s top-flight musicians both on stage and in the studio in Austin and Central Texas.
With the release of “Nicer Guy”, his first full-length, self-penned album due for release in October, Jimmy Ruggiere continues to establish himself as both performer and songwriter. Under the direction of Chris Gage, producer/engineer/musician extraordinaire at his MoonHouse Studio in Austin, these ten original, “slice of life” songs import a fresh, yet occasionally retro energy to a classic genre.
An accomplished harmonica player, singer/ songwriter, and fledgling fiddler, his first solo moment came as a singing shepherd in a Christmas pageant in the second grade. Never losing the theater bug entirely, he performed leading roles in many theatrical productions in the years to follow, including Will Parker in Oklahoma and Fagin in Oliver.
After years of working solo and with numerous bands of various styles, Jimmy met up with young, Georgia singer/songwriter Travis Tritt in the spring of 1987. By summertime, Jimmy had become a regular part of the act, singing backup and blowin’ the harp. His harmonica quickly became an integral part of the Tritt “sound”, as well as a key member of Country Club, one of country music’s hottest bands.
Ruggiere continued to record and tour with Tritt throughout the Warner Bros. Records years. He appeared in several music videos, most notably “Put Some Drive in Your Country” shot in Austin and Gruene, Texas. Travis and Country Club were regulars on the Grand Ol’ Opry and the Nashville Network, and made two memorable appearances on Austin City Limits on PBS. In addition to playing sold out arenas, touring Europe, appearing with Tritt in videos and the occasional movie, Jimmy appeared many times on network TV, including multiple appearances on The Tonight Show with both Carson and Leno, and Late Night with David Letterman.
In 1998, Jimmy left Nashville and the band to focus on his writing, and to study Rolfing Structural Integration in Boulder, Colorado. (Rolfing is an alternative method of hands-on, fascia oriented therapy which he continues to practice in Austin.)
Continuing the music career through to the present day, he currently works with a who’s who of the area’s top-flight musicians both on stage and in the studio in Austin and Central Texas.