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ALBUM: RIGHT PLACE, RIGHT TIME

Our new CD, “Right Place – Right Time” is out now!

Hear it on Apple Music, Spotify, etc.

You can buy or download a copy on CD Baby or at our shows.

And, use "contact us" to request an autographed copy for only $12.00 including shipping. We will send you a PayPal invoice. Please allow one week for shipping.

Our album features five great originals and three nice cover tunes recorded in North Austin, TX at Ben Blank's legendary recording studio. 

Legacy Reviews

Dos Sirenos Brewing Company, San Antonio, TX, Feb, 2020 - "Excellent job from Jimmy T and Sidetracked.
Jimmy and the rest of the band did a great job! Very professional and interactive with the audience! We will definitely have them back!!!!"New Paragraph

LIVE at The Tavern "Jimmy T and his new band sidetracked have been traveling around Austin,TX and people are raving about their new music and album,"Right Place Right Time". With their perfect combination of lowdown blues music they bring great energy and fun time to every place they perform!"

The Rooftop at URBAN "Yeah Jimmy T❣ best bluesman I know!  Y’all are one of our favorite bands! I will definitely reach out as soon as I know our booking schedule and give you the choice pick of dates! We loooove you guys!!"

Wanda Wallace "He's so talented!!!"

Ed Kliman "A good man playing good music."

Hilary Haney "The Music was Great!!!"

Shirley Leal-Murphy "I had a great time and awesome music!"

PRESS Review By Peter "Blewzzman" Lauro © July 2019

Jimmy T is Jimmy Talbot, but if you're familiar with the Austin, Texas blues scene - where he's played every major blues venue - you already knew that. His new band is called Jimmy T & Sidetracked and they consist of: Jimmy on lead guitar and vocals; Richard Radbil on rhythm guitar; Jason Blank on drums and Dean Keller on bass. Their debut release is titled "Right Place, Right Time" and its eight tracks include five Jimmy T originals and three covers.

On the opening track, Jimmy addresses his displeasure with some of life's occurrences that take place in a "Big City". Two things in particular that give him the big city blues are: seeing limos driving the road, while just around the corner homeless are raiding dumpsters for food; and the fact that some have plenty and plenty have not. Sadly, these are valid concerns but also sadly, they happen in small cities as well. Musically, it's a rhythm-driven track with Jason and Dean pounding out a beat as compelling as the lyrics of the track.

Creating a perfect segue, the next track opens with the line "This world's gone crazy, just watch the news. I think I'm just gonna kick back and play some ‘Low Down Blues"'. Backing up that statement, with the guys in a tight rhythm groove behind him, Jimmy T does just that. With equally scorching vocals and guitar licks, he plays the hell out of some low down blues.

The next one's titled "Sweet Tooth" and what I found to be really sweet about it was the way Dean - possibly at disc's best on bass - went toe to toe with Jimmy - possibly at disc's best on the lead guitar. Definitely one for the movers and shakers.

Not to be confused with the disc's title - "Right Place, Right Time" - which doesn't happen very often, this track is titled "Right Place, Wrong Time" (Otis Rush) - which seems to happen much more often. It's a melancholy tale of loneliness and musically, it's got perfect slow blues accompaniment for the lyrics: a relaxed yet rich rhythm groove; pain exuding vocals; and chill-inducing blues guitar licks.

Yes, "Sidetracked" is indeed the band's name but it's also the title of this track. Paying tribute to another famous bluesman from the Lone Star State - the "Texas Cannonball" himself - Jimmy T & Sidetracked do a hell of a job on this Freddy King instrumental. This time, stepping out from the rhythm to the lead guitar, it's Richard Radbil laying down the fierce and aggressive guitar licks.

Yes, it's nice to have new things, but Jimmy loves things "Tried and True". Doing some acoustic style pickin' on his “lectric” guitar, this: feel good, smile encouragingly, cleverly written, wonderfully folksy track - which even features a bit of skat, is all Jimmy. Well done, sir!

Other tracks on "Right Place, Right Time" - which I'm feeling like I am right now - are:"Leaving on A Jet Plane"(John Denver); and another original titled"Southside".

Peter "Blewzzman" Lauro
Blues Editor  www.Mary4Music.com

Awesome and Engaging Performers
"We booked Jimmy T and Sidetracked to play at a dinner we held at the winery. If you have an event and are considering booking them for it, just do it. I can't say enough about these guys. They were on time, professional, engaging and talented. They had 100 people tapping their feet and listening intently. They played a wide variety of music from Ray Charles to The Doors to Bob Marley. Book Jimmy T and Sidetracked, you deserve it."
Reviewer: Jared Hunsaker
Event Date: September 28th, 2019
Services Provided: Blues Band, Party Band

"So years ago in the late 80s when I was underage, I used to sneak into various blues clubs on Sixth St. and farther north like Pearl's Oyster Bar at 183 and Burnett to check out amazing musicians like Jim Talbot and WC Clark among others... I first saw Jim Talbot was maybe 1988? at Joe's Generic Bar and I've bought every CD he's put out... Here is his latest and it is simply fantastic if you like blues done right."
Tom Strubbe