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James Mangrum (born March 30, 1948), better known as Jim " Dandy " Mangrum, is an American singer. He is the lead singer and frontman of the Southern rock band Black Oak Arkansas, in which he is the sole remaining original member. He is noted for his raspy voice, long hair, and wild stage antics.
Jun 9, 2020 · UNSEEN private family photos of Jim Dandy Mangrum of Black Oak Arkansas from 1972!
Sep 6, 2016 · The two met in junior high and were, as Jim sees it, fated to play together. After all, they were the only two men in all of Arkansas with long hair. Rickie Lee lived in neighbouring Monette, two miles from the tiny town of Black Oak, Arkansas.
Jul 17, 2023 · Mangrum has been married three times and has several children. Despite reported health problems, including heart attacks, Mangrum still performs whenever possible.
Sep 11, 1986 · In 1983 he resettled in Black Oak with his third wife, Nancy, and his three children. Mangrum’s old friends needled him at first. “They were really sarcastic,” he says. ” ‘You let it slip right...
Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth and Axl Rose of Guns N’ Roses were said to be influenced by Jim “Dandy” Mangrum for his onstage antics.
Jan 4, 2018 · Today, Mangrum has a new wife; it's his fourth marriage ("Those three other marriages were never my idea," he asserts, and I picture shotguns). He has three children and has recently become a grandfather for the first time ("Jim Dandy is a grandpa!"
Oct 2, 2019 · However, Black Oak Arkansas had one thing the others didn’t have, and that was a wild man frontman in the person of Jim Dandy Mangrum, an unmistakable presence who was both over the top and always in focus with the band’s diehard devotees.
In 1973, Black Oak and Jim Dandy really hit it big with a song called "Jim Dandy", which was originally a hit for Lavern Baker in 1957. The history of Black Oak Arkansas is really fascinating and who better to tell it than their lead singer, Jim "Dandy" Mangrum.
At some point the band and Ronnie "Chicky Hawk" Smith agreed that a mutual friend named James "Jim Dandy" Mangrum would make a better front man, while Smith agreed that he himself would make a better stage production manager.
