"I feel like it's time to try something else," Stafford said. "Well, none of us are really looking forward to dying," he says, "but that was a pretty good story as far as I am concerned.". Jimmy Stafford is an American musician/songwriter/producerwho was the original guitarist and a founding member of the Grammy Award winning band Train from 1994- 2016. In October 2016, shortly after the release of their ninth studio album, Jimmy Stafford announced that he would be becoming only a part-time member of the band. It was a lot to deal with, Monahan said while calling from his San Francisco home. Train is a worse band than Nickelback or even Creed. From the description of Jimmy's tools the reader learns he is a very well-equipped bank robber and he isnt an amateur, he puts a lot of time, money, and thought into his "job". Have not liked their sound since Save Me San Fran. The elegant blonde has also gone through many losses. Creator of Wheel of Fortune Merv Griffin was faced with the task of finding a new host once Woolery left the show, and according to his book Making the Good Life Last, he wanted Pat . I followed my gut and made the kind of pop music I love.. Its not good. Instead, A Girl, a Bottle, a Boat goes in a direction that is more reminiscent of todays pop rock sound flamboyant choruses, mechanical big-bass production and relatively simplistic lyrics accompanied by catchy and repetitive melodies. BRANSON, Mo. This quote shows Jimmy is a good liar and a quick thinker. Their eighth studio album, a special Christmas album titled Christmas in Tahoe was released on November 13, 2015. To my knowledge, Train has never had back-up singers and it has been my experience that male singers use female back-up singers for this purpose only when they are ill or when they have aged beyond the high notes. Watch on. It may be that Train is no longer the engine that could and that they need to be moved off the main lines. His passion for music along withhis growing ambition and determination to succeed took him to Hollywood fresh out of high school, where he graduated from the Musician's Institute and played in several bands throughout the 80's and early 90's including the Apostles, the band that would eventually dissolve and regroup in San Francisco along with Pat Monahan to become Train in the summer of 1994. Compare with other artists on the same level of popularity as Train; The xx, whom released I See You earlier this month, gained over 74 thousand new likes on Facebook since the release of On Hold, a track from the album, in November 2016.