Jimmy Cauty
James (or Jimmy or Jimi) Cauty was born in Devon in 1956 and not much is
known about him until, as a 17-yr old artist he painted the Lord of the
Rings poster for Athena. He has continued painting over the
years, with his early reputation being "London artist, bohemian". In 1981/2
he and (now wife) Cressida were in a band called Angels 1-5 which did a Peel
session. He next crops up as a guitarist with Brilliant in the 80's with
Youth. Youth said he "cut the original ten (or so) members of the band
down to just him, June (Montana) and Jimmy..." Brilliant sign for WEA where
Jimmy meets Bill. They collaborate on the JAMs early work and Jimmy also
DJ's in the Chill Out room at Paul Oakenfold's London club, Heaven, with
Alex Paterson with whom he forms the Orb. He then leaves the Orb and goes to work with Bill full-time.
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Author: Jules