<-- CLICK ON "PLAY ALL SONGS" TO LISTEN TO AN OVER VIEW OF THE JAMES "JIMMY ROCK" RUSSELL STORY. THE ORIGINAL SONGS ON THE SOUNDS OF MY LIFE PUNCTUATE THE LIFE SHAPING AND THREATENING EVENTS TAKING PLACE AS THIS TEENAGER STRUGGLES TO COMPLETE HIGH SCHOOL. What They Are Saying About Jimmy Mack: "If Jimmy Mack gets here -- I'm back in the building." Elvis "Lost another little piece of my heart when we almost got him in my band. Oh LORD can't you find me a guitar player like Jimmy Mack." Janis Joplin "If you end up here -- please knock on my door. Til then, keep your eye on the road and your hand upon the wheel." Jim Morrison They're talking about James Russell McIntosh, known by his countless friends and fans as "Jimmy Mack". Jimmy was child number six of the eight children, (five girls and three boys), born to James Harold McIntosh and Alice Esther Fisher. James Harold McIntosh (Jimmy Mack's father) had to leave high school the year his own father died in an automobile accident October 29, 1930.