Jimi Haha is the frontman for the band Jimmie’s Chicken Shack that launched in 1993 in Baltimore, MD. His career took off after signing with Elton John’s Rocket Records in 1996. The band blends their alternative style with rock and funk to produce their driving sound. They’ve toured with 311, Live, Everclear, Fuel and others. In September of 2024, Ray White interviews Jimi and touched on the bands history with various record labels, the “Haha” name, their latest album 2econds, his Jarflys band and plans for 2025. In our showcase segment we feature the most popular American band from the 1990’s, Pearl Jam whose latest album is Dark Matter. We close out our show with a group that has 2 Platinum and 4 Gold albums, 311, whose new release is titled Full Bloom. Rock music at the core, on this edition from your rockin’ friends at the CAT!
Ray's passion for music and the musicians, started as a youth listening to transistor radios under the covers at bedtime. The bands and performers he liked, he followed throughout their career. In 2005 he was fed up with the evolution of a majority of the music the radio stations were playing and began investigating the bands he grew up listening to in the 1960's, 70's and 80's. Radio wasn't playing any of those band's "new" songs, just the "classic" hits. Researching the industry for a year, Ray launched Classic Artists Today syndicated radio show - featuring "new" songs by "classic" artists and included interviews and classic tracks too. The show was carried by several dozen radio stations in the U.S., Canada, Europe and the Caribbean. Featuring Rock/Pop musicians and bands, Ray and the show won several awards from New Music Weekly magazine. With the success of these shows, he launched Coool CAT syndicated radio show, 5 years later, featuring Soul/R&B/Smooth Jazz/Blues performers and bands. In 2017, Ray starting producing his show in a 30-minute podcast format. Today, you can hear his work at Sittin' In With The CAT and Sittin' In With The Coool CAT. The legacy continues!
