Jimmy Abegg

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Jimmy Abegg aka Jimmy A, (December 29, 1954, Alliance, Nebraska, USA) is a guitarist, composer, director, photographer and artist, currently living in Nashville, Tennessee.
In the early 1980s, Abegg formed the pop-rock band Vector with Steve Griffith and Charlie Peacock. Vector released their first album in 1983 on Exit Records with distribution from AandM Records. Abegg also toured and worked heavily with Peacock on his solo career.

In the early 1990s, Abegg began a solo career of his own, releasing two albums Entertaining Angels in 1991 and Secrets in 1994. Around the same time, he was also asked to be a part of Rich Mullins' all-star a Ragamuffin Band.

In addition to his recording career, Abegg is also an artist and photographer, who has created album covers for a wide range of artists including Vector, Terry Scott Taylor, Michael W. Smith, Lost Dogs, This Train, Rich Mullins, Steve Scott, and others.

Abegg is also an accomplished video director, that has had a long running relationship with director/artist Steve Taylor and photographer Ben Pearson. The trio has created a long list of music videos for artists like Taylor himself, Sixpence None the Richer, Fleming and John, Rich Mullins, and others.

Abegg's daughter, Jemina Pearl is the lead singer of the rock band be your own PET.

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