About Jim Glaser (pg.2)

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The Early Years
by Jim Glaser
(Page 2)

"My brothers and I traveled with the Johnny Cash show in the early 60s, after we left Marty. We didn't work with Cash very long, but did do some exciting venues: Steel Pier in Atlantic City, The Cave (a nightclub in Vancouver, B.C., and even Carnegie Hall in New York City."

"I remember working Vegas with Patsy Cline in 1962. It was a really big deal at the time, and Patsy was very excited".

Photo from Country Music Magazine

"The Glaser Brothers helped find musicians for the gig and we had several rehearsals for the show at her house. She also had some special material written for the show, which she and I auditioned at the writer's office (Gene Nash)."

"When we got to Vegas, her show was at the old Mint Lounge, downtown, and only seated about 50 -- 75 people. It wasn't the sort of facility where people paid an admission to get in, it was simply the lounge where people would wander in when they were tired of gambling. The Glaser Brothers did four 1-hour sets starting in the afternoon, and Patsy did 4 sets in the evening. Patsy was so excited to be working Vegas, even though the room was small, as very few Country Music artists had worked there before. Incidentally, she had "Vegas throat" for the first couple of days, and had to pantomime her records. I worked in the band with her show as well, so I was onstage roughly 8 hours a day."

"Our stay there was over the Christmas/New Year's holidays, and we worked every day for six weeks. A few weeks after the end of that engagement, Patsy was killed in the plane crash. The Glaser Brothers went back to Vegas and the Mint Lounge 2 or 3 times after that."

"Tompall and the Glaser Brothers" went on to record some albums for Starday from 1960-1963. Because Tompall was the only one of us that actually signed the contract with Decca Records, I was free to sign for the albums on Starday. I sang lead on many of the songs, and the ensuing albums were released using my name Later on, Starday sold the masters to other secondary labels for re-packaging under different names. I first recorded as a solo artist on Ric Records under the name Gordon Mitchell in 1964, then Monument (1965-1967, produced by Ray Stevens), RCA (1968-1969, produced by Danny Davis, of 'Nashville Brass' fame), MGM in the mid-seventies (produced by Allen Reynolds, [who produced Don Williams, Crystal Gayle and many others]) also Dick Glasser [who produced the later Gary Puckett & the Union Gap hits]) and MCA in the late seventies, (produced by the legendary Owen Bradley, (who produced everyone who was on Decca in those days) before ending up on Noble Vision with producer Don Tolle."

"Jim Glaser, from the tenor in a trio, to songwriter, a music publisher and recording artist in his own right."

Source: "High Roller at the Table", written by Patrick Carr

Photo from insert, Jim's album, "The Man In The Mirror"

Jim's biggest successes came in the early 1980's, when he joined Noble Vision Records. It was at the beginning of this period that his solo career took off with distinctive pop-country hits, "When You're Not A Lady", his first release from the album, "The Man In the Mirror" and later, "You Got Me Running". Songs reaching the top ten featured on the same album, were, "If I Could Only Dance With You", "Man In the Mirror", "Let Me Down Easy", and "You're Gettin' To Me Again", which became Number 1. Also on the charts were, "I'll Be Your Fool Tonight", on a later album, "Past The Point Of No Return" and "The Lights Of Albuquerque" from the album, "Everybody Knows I'm Yours'. The latter still receives raves from Jim's fans and has gained respect from a lot of new listeners who happen to hear it.

Jim currently lives in Nashville with his wife, Jane, does session work, studio and vocal backing and has completed recording his new album, "Me and My Dream", released in February, 2004. He also does computer graphics design, database design, web site design, and acts as a consultant with a large network of friends and acquaintances providing assistance in setting up and teaching them the basics of the programs in their new computer purchases. Jim continues to annually schedule appearances in Dollywood, most recently in 2006 and has previously performed in Maryland and Traverse City, Michigan. He has just recently returned from a performance in Holland, the Floralia Festival, in August, 2006. Please be sure to visit his Photo Gallery where you will find an array of pictures which were taken at the festival including many photos that his fans and Jim himself have contributed from other performances, to include pictures of his recent marriage to Jane.

Jim is an animal lover and has given home to several dogs and cats, all rescues. His latest addition is a sweet calico cat, "Maggie", who found him in December, 2003. Her 'bio' as well as those of Jim's pets in the last decade, appears on his Pet's Page. I am in the hopes of getting a bio and picture of Jane's little dog to add to it.

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