Jimmy Abegg

Jimmy Abegg (born December 29, 1954), also known as Jimmy A, is an American musician who grew up in Alliance, Nebraska and is currently living in Nashville, Tennessee.

Career In 1985, Abegg was a founding member of the progressive rock band Vector from Sacramento, California, which included Steve Griffith, Charlie Peacock, Aaron Smith (drums 1985) and Bruce Spencer (drums 1985–89). He has created a variety of album artwork for artists such as Phil Keaggy, Michael W. Smith, and Chris Taylor among others. Abegg also collaborated with Kevin Max on a collection of illustrated poems entitled At the Foot of Heaven in 1995.

Abegg is affected by macular degeneration, but continues to paint.

Books

Discography

With Vector

1983 Mannequin Virtue 1985 Please Stand By 1989 Simple Experience 1995 Temptation

Solo

1991 Entertaining Angels 1994 Secrets

With Charlie Peacock

1984 Lie Down in the Grass 1987 West Coast Diaries: Vol. 1 1988 West Coast Diaries: Vol. 2 1989 West Coast Diaries: Vol. 3 1990 Secret of Time 1991 Love Life

As part of Rich Mullins & A Ragamuffin Band

1993 A Liturgy, a Legacy & a Ragamuffin Band 1995 Brother's Keeper 1996 Songs 1998 The Jesus Record 2000 Prayers of a Ragamuffin A Ragamuffin Band only

Collaborative works

1998 Demonstrations of Love 1999 When Worlds Collide: A Tribute to Daniel Amos a tribute to Daniel Amos 2002 Making God Smile: An Artists' Tribute to the Songs of Beach Boy Brian Wilson a tribute to Brian Wilson

As part of Steve Taylor & The Perfect Foil

2014 Goliath 2016 Wow to the Deadness (EP; as Steve Taylor & the Danielson Foil)