In the early eighties I came across an obscure album by an unknown singer named Jim Silvers. It turned out to be a gem which soon became a personal favorite. I later found out that a year or so after that first album came out Silvers had released a second one, this time on Ronnie Weiser's rockabilly label Rollin' Rock.
Silvers is an unusual person who grew up in Chicago in the forties.
Before recording his two albums he went to acting school, but later became a publicist for Universal Pictures. He stayed with the company for nine years or so in the late fifties and early sixties and then he studied opera and became a professional motorcycle racer and a livestock auctioneer. He also worked as a pornographic photographer in L.A. and as a photographer for the Grand Ole Opry. Silvers had also sung some country and gospel while still in school. After moving to L.A. he began singing in a few bluegrass bands and then he went to Richard Bennett for a few guitar lessons.