Jimmy Destri (born James Mollica, April 13, 1954, Brooklyn, New York) is an American musician. He played keyboards in the rock band Blondie, and is one of the principal songwriters for the band along with Chris Stein and Deborah Harry. Destri stopped touring with the band in 2004, but remained an official member of the band for several more years. He released a solo album, Heart on a Wall, in 1981.
Destri became interested in music in the late 50...
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Jimmy Destri (born James Mollica, April 13, 1954, Brooklyn, New York) is an American musician. He played keyboards in the rock band Blondie, and is one of the principal songwriters for the band along with Chris Stein and Deborah Harry. Destri stopped touring with the band in 2004, but remained an official member of the band for several more years. He released a solo album, Heart on a Wall, in 1981.
Destri became interested in music in the late 50s and early 60s due to his uncle being a drummer in Joey Dee and the Starlighters. He played in a group named Milk and Cookies in the early 70s, but was dismissed from the band just before they relocated to the UK. He joined Blondie in 1975, a few months after Clem Burke, using the Farfisa organ as his main instrument.
As Blondie's career progressed, Destri became increasingly interested in synthesizers, and added them along with his Farfisa to the overall band's sound.
His sister, Donna Destri, also sang back up on the Blondie song "Living in...
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