This article is about the rock musician. For other persons with similar names, see James Bain (disambiguation).
Jimmy Bain
Bain performing in 1983
Background information
Birth name
James Stewart Bain
Born
(1947-12-19)19 December 1947 Newtonmore, Highland, Scotland
Died
23 January 2016(2016-01-23) (aged 68) The Bahamas
Genres
Hard rock
blues rock
heavy metal
Occupation(s)
Musician
songwriter
singer
Instrument(s)
Bass
keyboards
vocals
guitar
Years active
1975–2016
Musical artist
James Stewart Bain (19 December 1947 – 23 January 2016)[1] was a Scottish musician, best known for playing bass guitar in the bands Rainbow and Dio.[2] He also worked with Kate Bush and Thin Lizzy frontman Phil Lynott, co-writing on his solo albums.
^"Hell-raising bassist with Rainbow who married into the aristocracy". The Independent. 25 March 2016. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
^Prato, Greg. "Biography: Dio". Allmusic. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
January 1977, Bain was sacked from the band. He then toured Europe with John Cale. In 1978, Bain formed a band called Wild Horses. Jimmy was the lead vocalist...
death of frontman Ronnie James Dio in 2010, drummer Vinny Appice, bassist JimmyBain, guitarist Vivian Campbell and keyboardist Claude Schnell reunited and...
1978, McCulloch started a band called Wild Horses with Brian Robertson, JimmyBain and Kenney Jones, but both McCulloch and Jones left the band soon afterward...
filled in on bass for several tour dates in 1990. Former Dio Bass player JimmyBain was not able to fill tour dates for Teddy Cook due to health concerns...
by Vivian Campbell for the first active lineup of the band), bassist JimmyBain and drummer Vinny Appice. The band's final lineup, active until Dio's...
drummer and fellow [Black] Sabbath survivor Vinny Appice, veteran bassist JimmyBain, and a phenomenal find in young Irish guitarist Vivian Campbell, whose...
September with JimmyBain, Cozy Powell and Tony Carey, respectively. Rising and live album On Stage were recorded with this second lineup, before Bain and Carey...
evident during the guitar solo, when guitarist Vivian Campbell (and bassist JimmyBain) appear and effectively "scare" him away after he follows the woman into...
joined Dio, Ronnie James Dio, Vinny Appice, and former Rainbow bassist JimmyBain had most of the songs to the album Holy Diver already written. The album...
Wood, T. Rex's Mickey Finn, Angela Bowie, Keith Emerson, Carl Palmer and JimmyBain. In 2015, an interview with Mattix was published in which she detailed...
was unsure of his position and made plans to start another band with JimmyBain of Rainbow. Before the American tour, Lynott had also invited Irish guitarist...
solo group, hiring Tracy Grijalva as new guitarist. Former Dio bassist JimmyBain was to make a return to the band, but he was soon sacked by Dio and replaced...
stated Dio Ronnie James Dio – vocals, keyboards Vinny Appice – drums JimmyBain – bass Vivian Campbell – guitar Claude Schnell – keyboards Production...
after leaving, he started a band called Wild Horses with Brian Robertson, JimmyBain and Kenney Jones. He and Jones both left the band before they issued any...
returned for 2004's Master of the Moon. It is their final album with bassist JimmyBain. The song "Push" was a hit and had a music video that featured Tenacious...
Winger. in addition to this, Campbell and Freeman's Last in Line bandmate JimmyBain, former bassist of Dio died of lung cancer aboard the ship the same night...
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