Slim Jim Phantom

Slim Jim Phantom
Slim Jim Phantom – Australia and New Zealand tour (2006)
Slim Jim Phantom – Australia and New Zealand tour (2006)
Background information
Birth nameJames McDonnell
Also known asSlim Jim Phantom
BornBrooklyn, New York City, U.S.[1]
Genres
Occupations
  • Musician
  • songwriter
Instruments
  • Drums
  • vocals
Years activesince 1979
Labels
Spouses
(m. 1984; div. 1992)
[2]
(m. 2020)
[3]

James McDonnell, known by the stage name Slim Jim Phantom, is an American musician, best known as the drummer for the band Stray Cats.[4] Alongside bandmates Brian Setzer and Lee Rocker, he is considered a pioneer of the neo-rockabilly movement of the early 1980s.

Phantom plays in the band Kat Men with former Imelda May guitarist Darrel Higham and is the host of the weekly radio show "Rockabilly Rave-up" on the satellite radio station Underground Garage.

  1. ^ "Official Web Site". Slim Jim Phantom. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
  2. ^ Wightwick, Abbie (May 7, 2010). "Peter Sellers, Rod Stewart and me, Britt Ekland bares all". Wales Online. Retrieved November 15, 2016.
  3. ^ Vee, Jennie. "Official Web Site".
  4. ^ Huey, Steve "Stray Cats Biography", Allmusic, retrieved 2010-11-21

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