Over the past 35 years Jimmie Dean has been involved in the music industry as a professional drummer and the owner of the music distribution/retail company Dean Music Group. He has an incredibly diverse background in music performance, musical instrument sales, and music business.

Some of the groups he has performed with include: Hello Kavita (Indie), Guy Forsyth (blues/songwriter), The Asylum Street Spankers (vaudeville variety), Jazz Pharaohs (jazz), 8 ½ Souvenirs (swing), Widgeon Holand (roots rock), The Tailgators (roots rock), Pop (80’s), Moses Jones (cover), Malcolm Robertson and the Road Crew (soul), Josh Davis (roots), Dale Watson (country), The Metermen (funk), 47 Indians (rockabilly), All Saints (pop rock), Holeshot (pop rock), Dysfunction Junction (funk), Zydeco Loco (zydeco), Taboo (dance), The Texas Sheiks (blues), Lip Service (cover rock), Good Grief Quartet (jazz), Gypsy Swing Revue (jazz), GT and the Sidewinders (roots), Moses Jones (soul), Slow Car Crash (soul/rock), Ten Pound Elephant (jazz/soul), Deltasonics (blues), Wash Park Band (variety), Soul Redemption (jazz/soul), Omarr Awake (soul/rock), Anthony Russo Band (roots rock), Claudette King (blues), Paizley Park (Prince Tribute), and Jakarta (soul/variety) to name a few....

Products Jimmie endorses:

DW Drums and Hardware

Soultone Cymbals

Roc N Soc Drum Thrones

Porter & Davies Tactile Monitors

Ultimate Ears In-Ear Monitors

Audix Microphones

Albatros Audio

Aquarian Drumheads

Kelly Shu

Grombel/Cymbal Chief

Rock N Roller Carts

Meinl Sticks

Regal Tip Brushes

Roland Electronics