Jim Newsom

Jim Newsom's musical career began when he picked up the basics from his sister's piano lesson books. He subsequently drove his parents crazy banging out rock & roll on the family's living room piano. In high school, he bought a flute for 25 dollars from a girlfriend in the marching band, and taught himself to play by listening to the recordings of Herbie Mann and Jethro Tull. He learned guitar from a Bob Dylan songbook. Music has been Newsom 's passion since he was very young. In addition to children's records like "Little Red Caboose," he wore out the grooves on his father'...