Jimmy Abegg (born December 29, 1954), also known as Jimmy A, is an American musician who grew up in

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and is currently living in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1985, Abegg was a founding member of the progressive rock band Vector from Sacramento, California, which included Steve Griffith, Charlie Peacock, Aaron Smith (drums 1985) and Bruce Spencer (drums 1985–89). In the 1990s, he played as a solo musician, then joined

Rich Mullins Richard Wayne Mullins (October 21, 1955 – September 19, 1997) was an American contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter best known for his worship songs " Awesome God" and "Sometimes by Step". Some of his albums were listed by ''CC ...

' A Ragamuffin Band and was also a member of Charlie Peacock's Acoustic Trio. He has created a variety of album artwork for artists such as

Phil Keaggy Philip Tyler Keaggy (born March 23, 1951) is an American acoustic and electric guitarist and vocalist who has released more than 55 albums and contributed to many more recordings in both the contemporary Christian music and mainstream markets. H ...

, Michael W. Smith, and Chris Taylor among others. Abegg has written or co-written songs for

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and Ji Lim. He completed a series for Vanderbilt Children's Hospital. Abegg also collaborated with Kevin Max on a collection of illustrated poems entitled ''At the Foot of Heaven'' in 1995. Abegg suffers from macular degeneration, but continues to paint.

Books

Discography

With Vector * 1983 ''Mannequin Virtue'' * 1985 ''Please Stand By'' * 1989 ''Simple Experience'' * 1995 ''Temptation'' Solo * 1991 ''Entertaining Angels'' * 1994 ''Secrets'' With Charlie Peacock * 1984 ''Lie Down in the Grass'' * 1987 ''West Coast Diaries: Vol. 1'' * 1988 ''West Coast Diaries: Vol. 2'' * 1989 ''West Coast Diaries: Vol. 3'' * 1990 ''Secret of Time'' * 1991 ''Love Life'' As part of

& A Ragamuffin Band * 1993 '' A Liturgy, a Legacy & a Ragamuffin Band'' * 1995 '' Brother's Keeper'' * 1996 '' Songs'' * 1998 '' The Jesus Record'' * 2000 ''Prayers of a Ragamuffin'' A Ragamuffin Band only Collaborative works * 1998 ''Demonstrations of Love'' * 1999 '' When Worlds Collide: A Tribute to Daniel Amos'' a tribute to Daniel Amos * 2002 '' Making God Smile: An Artists' Tribute to the Songs of Beach Boy Brian Wilson'' a tribute to

Brian Wilson Brian Douglas Wilson (born June 20, 1942) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer who co-founded the Beach Boys. Often called a genius for his novel approaches to pop composition, extraordinary musical aptitude, and m ...

As part of

Steve Taylor & The Perfect Foil Steve Taylor & The Perfect Foil is an American alternative rock supergroup (music), supergroup formed in 2010 by singer Steve Taylor with drummer Peter Furler (Newsboys, Peter Furler Band), guitarist Jimmy Abegg (Vector (band), Vector, A Ragamuff ...

* 2014 ''

Goliath Goliath ( ) ''Goləyāṯ''; ar, جُليات ''Ǧulyāt'' (Christian term) or (Quranic term). is a character in the Book of Samuel, described as a Philistine giant In folklore, giants (from Ancient Greek: ''gigas'', cognate giga-) a ...

'' * 2016 '' Wow to the Deadness'' ( EP; as Steve Taylor & the Danielson Foil)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Abegg, Jimmy 1954 births Living people American male musicians American photographers Musicians from Nashville, Tennessee People from Box Butte County, Nebraska A Ragamuffin Band members Vector (band) members Steve Taylor & The Perfect Foil members