JAMES (JIM) FREEMAN:  

HI, MY NAME IS JIM FREEMAN (AKA JAMAICAJIM, AKA JUNGLEJIM “(NAME I GOT FROM BEING DJ FEW YRS AFTER HIGH SCHOOL). OVER THE YEARS, I'VE HAD SOME HEALTH ISSUES. I AM A DISABLED VETERAN, HAVE BEEN SHOT, HAVE HAD 2 HEART ATTACKS AND APRIL OF 2011 WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER. OPERATION REMOVED BASEBALL-SIZED TUMOR FROM ABDOMEN & WAS ON CHEMO TIL DEC 2015. HAD HIP REPLACEMENT SURGERY JAN 2017. I AM NOW RETIRED FROM AT&T AND LIVE IN ATHENS, AL (NEEDLESS TO SAY A BIG U of A FAN - "ROLL TIDE"). ` I WAS BORN IN COLUMBUS, GA. MY MOTHER PLAYED PIANO IN CHURCH & NATURALLY I WOULD SIT ON STOOL NEXT TO HER & PRETEND TO PLAY TOO (HENCE MY LIFE-LONG LOVE OF MUSIC). I PLAY SAXOPHONE, KEYBOARDS & A LITTLE GUITAR -“ HAVE BEEN IN BANDS SINCE H.S. - EVEN MADE A LIVING(?) AT IT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. BEEN IN œTHE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME A FEW TIMES IN MY LIFE.“ HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SING WITH SHIRLEY JONES(see pix) & ALSO THE CHRISTIAN CONCERTS IN THE PARKS (CALIFORNIA). I ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE PRISON MINISTRIES (CALIFORNIA). ` MY FATHER DIED WHEN I WAS 13, & MY MOTHER RE-MARRIED - MILITARY. HE WAS AN ALCOHOLIC & ABUSIVE. I GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN KAISERSLAUTERN, GERMANY. BACK TO THE U.S. & ON MY OWN AT 18, ATTENDED COLLEG...Expand for more