Biography
James Stewart 'Jimmy' Bain (born 19 December 1947; died 24 January 2016) was a Scottish bassist most famous for playing in the bands Rainbow and Dio with Ronnie James Dio. He worked with Thin Lizzy frontman Phil Lynott, co-writing on his solo albums.
Bain was born in Newtonmore, Highland, in Scotland. Jimmy Bain played in several provincial amateur bands as a young teen. Bain's parents and younger brothers relocated to Vancouver, Canada. By this point Bain was playing professionally in Street Noise. However he did join his family for a brief stay in Canada. Before returning to Scotland getting his band Harlot and then hitting the London music scene, Bain joined Harlot in early 1974, after turning down a job with The Babys.
Bain has toured with Hollywood Allstarz, a supergroup featuring a variety of 80s metal stars. The group has included former members of Giuffria, Quiet Riot, and Lynch Mob.
The band 'Last in line' was put together in 2013 comprising Jimmy, Viv Campbell, Vinny Appice, Claude Schnell and Andrew Freeman. The line-up, excluding singer Freeman, were the original song writers and performers on the early classic "DIO" albums, and so played gigs under the band name 'Last in line' performing these songs.
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