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Jim Neversink (born Michael James Whitehead, 16 June 1969 in Durban) is a South African musician, singer and songwriter. He was the co-founder and lead guitarist of “Famous Curtain Trick”, a country/pop/rock band which rose to mainstream popularity in South Africa in the 1990s and was nominated for a SAMA Award.
He is, however, best known as a solo artist who performs with changing line-ups. As such, he has released two albums to critical acclaim; both have been included in best-album lists in South African magazines as well as in Billboard Magazine.
His most notable instrument is the guitar, including a home-built lap steel guitar. His musical style spans over indie rock, country, americana and punk.
In 2001, Neversink moved to Johannesburg and began using the artists´ name Jim Neversink. Having suffered a nervous breakdown, he chose the name as an allusion to overcoming psychological trauma. The crisis was triggered by claustrophobia when he was being locked in a toilet cabin in a prison where he worked as a music teacher; an underlying factor seems to have been his adopted father’s death by suicide in 1994, an incidence which features directly and indirectly in the lyrics of his epnoymous debut album.
Neversink’s debut album was produced by Matthew Fink. Recorded partly under primitive circumstances in Neversink´s bedroom, it was nominated “Album of the Year” by The Star, pronouncing it “a masterpiece that will no doubt stand the test of time”; Beeld included it in its “Top-Ten Albums” list. Channel24.co.
He is, however, best known as a solo artist who performs with changing line-ups. As such, he has released two albums to critical acclaim; both have been included in best-album lists in South African magazines as well as in Billboard Magazine.
His most notable instrument is the guitar, including a home-built lap steel guitar. His musical style spans over indie rock, country, americana and punk.
In 2001, Neversink moved to Johannesburg and began using the artists´ name Jim Neversink. Having suffered a nervous breakdown, he chose the name as an allusion to overcoming psychological trauma. The crisis was triggered by claustrophobia when he was being locked in a toilet cabin in a prison where he worked as a music teacher; an underlying factor seems to have been his adopted father’s death by suicide in 1994, an incidence which features directly and indirectly in the lyrics of his epnoymous debut album.
Neversink’s debut album was produced by Matthew Fink. Recorded partly under primitive circumstances in Neversink´s bedroom, it was nominated “Album of the Year” by The Star, pronouncing it “a masterpiece that will no doubt stand the test of time”; Beeld included it in its “Top-Ten Albums” list. Channel24.co.
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Skinny Girls Sessions, Days 10 & 11
14 Mar 2009 | from jimneversink.wordpress.com
It is done. Recording of the third Jim Neversink album,
provisionally titled Skinny Girls Are Trouble, is complete.
Producer Richard Lloyd leaves for New York City on Sunday, where he
will mix the album in his own studio. We’re looking at a June
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