James Leonard "Jimmi" Accardi is a musician, songwriter, and music producer.

Career

Accardi has been in various bands, including, Mud In Your Eye ("Million"- Mandala Records 1972),

The Laughing Dogs The Laughing Dogs were an American rock band, active in the 1970s and associated with the rock/punk scene of New York's CBGB. They released two albums on Columbia. History The Laughing Dogs first became popular in the New York underground music ...

, and Jimmi Accardi & The Wild Cats. He also toured as lead guitarist for

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. Accardi played lead guitar in the band Foxtrot, which backed up Rupert Holmes on his self-titled album (

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) and Eon on their self-titled album ( Scepter Records 1975). Accardi toured as singer, lead guitarist, and songwriter for

, who recorded two albums on

Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music, Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese Conglomerate (company), conglomerate Sony. It was founded on Janua ...

, later re-released on

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. With The Laughing Dogs, Accardi toured as lead guitarist behind

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and Davy Jones of The Monkees. Accardi also toured as lead guitarist for the Eddy Dixon Band and with Eddy produced and recorded soundtracks for motion pictures

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and The Loveless. He produced three albums for Rockabilly Hall of Fame artist Al Hendrix ( Clyde Allen Hendrix) and co-wrote songs ("Rockabilly Baby", "Never Stop Rockin'") with him. His song "Dance My Blues Awa

was recorded by Rockabilly Hall of Fame legend

Charlie Gracie Charles Anthony Graci (May 14, 1936 – December 16, 2022), known professionally as Charlie Gracie, was an American rock and roll and rhythm and blues singer and guitarist. His biggest hits were "Butterfly" and " Fabulous", both in 1957. Care ...

(on ABKCO CD: "For The Love of Charlie"). At his studio, "The Tone Zone", in Elmhurst, NY (under the name James Leonard), he produced and engineered records for rap artists

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and Boogie Down Productions (including the original versions of "South Bronx", "The P is Free", and "Showtime"), Ultra Magnetic ("Funky Potion", "Hook Me Up"), The Notorious Garter Kids ("Louie"), Miss Melodie ("Melody"), and

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. He is also an artist on paper and canvas. His radio show, "Jimmi Accardi's Rock & Roll Party" is on

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, Nevada City, CA. His original music has been licensed by

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, UBC, CMT,

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, Animal Planet,

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, A&E Channel, WE Channel,

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, Food Network,

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, and others. His song, "Get Outta My Way," cowritten with Ronny Carle, is on the soundtrack of the film

CBGB CBGB was a New York City music club opened in 1973 by Hilly Kristal in Manhattan's East Village. The club was previously a biker bar and before that was a dive bar. The letters ''CBGB'' were for '' Country'', '' BlueGrass'', and '' Blues'', Kri ...

Discography

* Rockin' and Jumpin' (Molehill Records 2005) * Songs Of The Gold Rush (Molehill Records 2006) * Rockabilly Blues (Molehill Records 2007) * Rhythm and Blues (Molehill Records 2007) * On The Gold Rush Trail (Molehill Records 2007) * Thinking of You (James Leonard Accardi) (Molehill Records 2008) * Cry of the Wild Guitar (Molehill Records 2010) * Live Jive! (Molehill Records 2010) * Good Rockin' Tonight (Molehill Records 2011) * Without Words (Molehill Records) * Live at CBGB's: The Home of Underground Rock - The Laughing Dogs "Get 'im Outta Town" and "I Need a Million". (CD Atlantic Records) * The Laughing Dogs (as James Leonard, of The Laughing Dogs) (Columbia Records) * The Laughing Dogs Meet Their Makers (Columbia Records) * Punky But Chic . . . The American New Wave Scene - The Laughing Dogs, "Get 'im Outta Town" CD Risky Business (Sony 1994) * The Laughing Dogs and The Laughing Dogs Meet Their Makers - American Beat (Sony 2009) * CBGB: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack: 2013 release includes Laughing Dogs song "Get Outta My Way" cowritten by James Leonard and Ronny Carle.

References

External links

Review of Charlie Gracie CD

Jimmi Accardi

James Leonard Accardi at CD Baby

James Leonard Accardi at Last.fm
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