Lyrics | Artists | Jim Hendricks

Jim Hendricks

James Richard Hendricks, born February 10, 1940 in Atkinson, Nebraska, is a guitarist and folk musician. He began playing guitar and lap steel as a youth before performing publicly while teaching in Omaha in the early 1960s. A show caught Cass Elliot’s attention, leading Hendricks to join the New York folk group the Big 3, which performed at the Bitter End, toured with Bill Cosby, and appeared on The Tonight Show. He later co‑founded the Mugwumps (1964) and formed the Lamp of Childhood, releasing three singles on Dunhill Records (1966‑67). Hendricks wrote “Summer Rain” for Johnny...