Jim Bartholomew

When Jim Bartholomew saw the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show, it ignited a life long passion for music. Having performed as a feature vocalist with popular Chicago groups, Jim also played country rock at colleges, clubs, state fairs, and innumerable honky tonks, appearing in concert with Fleetwood Mac, The Kingston Trio, Richey Furay, Loretta Lynn, Tom T. Hall and Marty Robbins. Later Jim joined forces with Chicago blues legend Jim Schwall to form Cahoots, a roots rock band combining country and blues, playing to packed houses with performers like Bobby Bare, Mickey Gilley, Lacy J. Dalton and others.