Jimmy Dickinson (musician)

Jim (Jimmy) Dickinson (English Keyboard player) (born 10 March 1970 in Grimsby, England) is a Keyboard player and songwriter,producer, he was a member of the British rock band Little Angels. He was also the founder of the alternative electronic pop act The Younger Younger 28’s (V2 records) and the psychedelic blues combo b.l.o.w.

Career

Dickinson joined Mr Thrud with his brother Bruce Dickinson and school friends Mark Plunkett and Toby Jepson in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, and the band went on to become very popular in their local area. Eventually breaking out and achieving national success, Mr Thrud became Little Angels and went on to release three albums and tour the UK throughout the late 1980's and early 90's.

The band had twelve Top 40 hit singles, including "Too Much, Too Young" and "Womankind" in 1993, and a number one album Jam in 1993. They toured with Bon Jovi, Bryan Adams and Van Halen, and performed their own headlining tours taking in venues such as Hammersmith Apollo and The Royal Albert Hall. They were arguably one of the most successful and popular British rock bands of the early 90’s.

Dickinson signed to Sony ATV music publishing and went on to write music for computer games under the moniker of Younger, Younger 28’s such as the award winning Test Drive 4 (E3 best in show 1997). He would later use this name for his next band project signing them to V2 records in 1998. This band would have success in Japan with the single ‘Going out’ and play the Pyramid stage Glastonbury, T in the Park, Reading, Leeds and V festivals in 1999.

Dickinson moved into music education in 2004 - teaching and designing course materials for his brother’s new venture 'The Brighton Institute of Modern Music'. He currently runs the Commercial Music course at Bathspa University. Dr. Dickinson gained his PhD in 2016 and currently divides his time between teaching, research into art and music and developing new music projects.

Dickinson has a large collection of vintage analogue and early digital keyboard equipment most notably his heavily modified Roland SH101’s for which he developed a unique soloing style. His solo playing was heavily influenced by rock guitar players such as Eddie Van Halen and his extravagant live keytar solos would often include playing with his head. The front cover of the Little Angles E.P Too Posh to Mosh features an image of Dickinson using this technique (taken from the legendary 1987 Marquee performance, supporting Guns and Roses).

References

Little Angles Discography https://www.discogs.com/artist/300601-Little-Angels?page=1

b.l.o.w Discography https://www.discogs.com/artist/760715-BLOW

Younger Younger 28's https://www.discogs.com/artist/451339-Younger-Younger-28s

External links

http://www.littleangelsofficial.com/site/index.php/the-band https://www.facebook.com/littleangelsofficial/ http://www.shroomin.co.uk/ http://www.electricityclub.co.uk/younger-younger-28s/ http://nfssoundtrack.com/testdrive4/ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC2E67C1A427A412D

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