It was something inside me. I feel like God definitely created me to do that,” explains Jimmy Dale Richardson about his rockin’ life. “I never really had a desire to do anything other than entertainment and music.” Receiving his earliest musical education from his record-collecting dad, the Oklahoma singer and guitarist can turn his hands and voice to everything from rockabilly and hillbilly to jazz standards and 60s R&B.
The 2019 Ameripolitan Award winner often shares the stage with his wife Lynn, who runs the Oklahoma Showgirls, bringing vintage glamour to the performances. Music runs deep in the family – Richardson’s grandfather Hubert Pearce played the honky-tonk circuit from the 40s until the 60s, and now his dad plays upright bass in his band. Following his 2016 Wild Records album, Heartaches And Honkytonks, he’s releasing new music on Jim Heath’s Fun-Guy Records.