The road Jim Yackel took to the cross was a long and winding one...
Yackel began playing nightclubs on the "Thruway Circuit" in upstate New York in 1980. The bands and the personnel were in a constant state of flux; however Jim's writing style was constant--Beatles influenced pop-rock.
After years of pursuing the elusive recording contract, Yackel and his band Groovetown Fire Department independently released a CD in 1994. GFD did not last long after its lone recording venture, which prompted Yackel to go solo and release a cassette-only album titled "Petition" in 1996. In 1998, Jim Yackel retired from making music. He believed that his exodus from music was permanent. What he knows now and didn't know then was that the "retirement" period was but a temporary one--a change of season and a time for restoration, which would lead to being born again through Christ Jesus. Jesus gave him life everlasting and a new purpose in music making.
Recommended if you like the music of:
- The Beatles
- Mercy Me
- Cheap Trick
- Elvis Costello
- Supertramp
