Jim Wright

 Jim started playing Bass with his Dad's band The Westernairs with Charlie Hughes and Warren Grossman when he was just 2 weeks short of his 18th birthday. He played with them for about 3 years until he joined the Navy. While in the Navy he played with a band in Key West Florida. Every Sat. night they would played at the Chief Petty Officers Club at Boca Chica Naval Air Station for over a year. When he got out of the Navy in 1976 he played for a while with Duke Piroha and High Country for about a year or so. His next job placed him playing lead with Vern Bailey, formed a band called Country Rain. After about 5 years or so Vern retired from playing and he formed another band with Charlie Hughes and Cliff Fitch called Pure Country Eventually hired his brother Joe for drums and Bob Utter for steel guitar playing together for about 10 or 12 years until Charlie decided to retire. Since then he has divided his time playing with several different groups, gigging with anyone who needs a fill in guitar or bass player for the weekend until starting with Phoenix Band. Come and see him and let us know if we should keep him.