Slim Jim Phantom
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Slim Jim Phantom – Australia and New Zealand tour (2006) | |
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| Birth name | James McDonnell |
| Also known as | Slim Jim Phantom |
| Born | Brooklyn, New York City, U.S. |
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| Years active | since 1979 |
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James McDonnell, known by the stage name Slim Jim Phantom, is an American musician, best known as the drummer for the band Stray Cats. Alongside bandmates Brian Setzer and Lee Rocker, he is considered a pioneer of the neo-rockabilly movement of the early 1980s.
Phantom plays in the band Kat Men with former Imelda May guitarist Darrel Higham and is the host of the weekly radio show "Rockabilly Rave-up" on the satellite radio station Underground Garage.