Biography

Jimmie Bratcher | The Rock and Roll Preacher | The Electric Rev | Blues, Rock, Gospel Musician, Writer, Husband, Father, and Grandfather. Kansas City, Missouri From the Sturgis Bike Rally to Supermax Prisons and Churches, Jimmie Bratcher has been Preaching the Gospel and Playing the Blues for over 20 years. His latest 2021 album release; “I’m Hungry” spent 7 weeks in the top 10 Contemporary Blues Charts. His accompanying cookbook “I’m Hungry” has stayed at the top of dinner table recipes for even longer. In 2021, Jimmie, along with Jessica Strong released “The Little Girl Wins”; their deeply personal story about meeting as Father and Daughter after 38 years apart. Bratcher’s passion for raw but exacting electric guitar sounds began in the ’60s when he fell under the spell of Eric Clapton, his first six-string hero. As a kid, Bratcher developed eclectic taste, culled from his large musical family, who would have sprawling jam sessions at frequent get-togethers in his native Kansas City. “I was the guy, who owned both Hendrix’s “Axis: Bold As Love” and Johnny Cash’s ‘At Folsom Prison,’” he attests. Bratcher caught on to Albert King, B.B. King, and more blues greats, and developed as a player in a series of bands that never quite took off “due to a lack of professionalism and commitment, and substance abuse,” he explains. As Bratcher began gaining a toehold as a musician in his early 20s, drugs, and alcohol also had their grips on him.