Jimmie Wood

Musician, singer and actor best known as the front man and harmonica player for his band the Imperial Crowns.

Jimmie grew up in Houston, where he was a teenage sensation. Later, he met future band member and guitarist J. J. Holiday and left Houston, where they formed "Imperial Crowns." Jimmie has recorded with many artists, including Bruce Springsteen, John Lydon, Gladys Knight, Megadeth, Ofra Haza, Etta James, Bruce Hornsby, Cheap Trick, and Chuck E. Weiss, among others. He's sung and played harmonica on dozens of movie scores and TV commercials. As an actor, Wood has appeared in the movies "Suckers" and "Girl in 3D" as well as on the television series "Rugrats," "Real Monsters" and "The Wild Thornberrys." He also provided the menacing voice for the transformer Bonecrusher in the movie "Transformers" (2007). His songs have been included in movie soundtracks such as "L.A. Story" (1991), "The Runner" (1999), "Freeway 2" (1999) and "The Banger Sisters" (2002).