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Blondie reunited in 1997, and released two further albums (1999's No Exit and 2003's The Curse of Blondie) with Destri as keyboard player. [9] By 2004, Destri retired from touring with the band, but he intended to keep working with them in the studio.
Brooklynite Jimmy Destri, 54, was the keyboard player of Blondie. Why did your rock star life crash?
Blondie became regular performers at Max's Kansas City and CBGB. [16] In June 1975, the band's first recording came in the way of a demo produced by Alan Betrock. To fill out their sound, they recruited keyboard player Jimmy Destri in November 1975. [3]
Interview with Jimmy Destri. by Katrina Fox for the Official Blondie Web Site. Sydney, Australia, August 2003. KF: How did you get into the music business? JD: I'm from a musical family. My uncle - my mother's youngest brother - was the drummer for a late 50s early 60s rock band called Joey Dee & the Starlighters who had a hit record in America.
Jimmy Destri plays keyboards for Blondie. In just a few years, Blondie has played to sell-out crowds, earned Platinum albums and generated media interest. Now, Jimmy Destri has released his very first solo album, titled "Heart On A Wall".
Keyboard player for the punk rock group Blondie. Lives in Windsor Terrace with his wife Roberta, son James, and daughter Rienna and works as a full time drug counselor/therapist at the outpatient recovery center Carnegie Hill Institute in New York City.
Jimmy Destri is best known as keyboardist for Blondie, as well as writer for a fair wealth of the band's material, most notably the hits "Atomic" (co-written by Deborah Harry) and "Maria". He also released one solo album, Heart On A Wall in 1981, a year before Blondie's lengthy but temporary demise.
