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Paul Collins &
The Beat,
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. Rip began playing guitar at the age of six.
Rip became lead guitarist for
Paul Collins &
The Beat in 1983. He played on their album ''To Beat Or Not To Beat'' and was featured in their music videos.
He worked with Jagger on his solo album ''
Wandering Spirit'' and released his first solo album in 1997, called ''Way Past Blue''.
[Biografía de Jimmy Rip (spanish)]
Retrieved on September 3, 2017
In 2006, Rip worked as a producer and guitarist with Jerry Lee Lewis for his album ''
Last Man Standing''.
Jimmy Rip en Discogs
Retrieved on September 3, 2017 A year later, he joined Television after the departure of their second guitarist Richard Lloyd.
Since then, he has been working on a new album with Television, and on a second solo effort. In 2009, after the South American and European tour he completed work on the debut album of the Croatian rock band, Voodoo Lizards.
He currently plays in Buenos Aires
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, Argentina
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and leads his own band, called ''Jimmy Rip and The Trip''.[Entrevista a Jimmy Rip, guitarrista de Television (spanish)]
Retrieved on September 3, 2017 In this country, he has produced and collaborated with artists of great international recognition, such as Pappo
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, among others.[
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References
External links
1956 births
American rock guitarists
American male guitarists
Living people
American expatriates in Argentina
People from New York (state)
Kid Creole and the Coconuts members
Television (band) members
20th-century American guitarists
20th-century American male musicians
Tav Falco's Panther Burns members
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