"Jim" of My Music Store of St. Louis Park, died peacefully Thursday, March 29th at the age of 68. Jim, born and raised in Rochester, MN, spent his teenage years in St. Louis Park (SLP High School ’67) and attended the U of MN. His first job, teaching guitar lessons at the local music store, morphed into selling almost everyone their "first guitar". Jim played on the road or as a backup for well-known artists and was the bass guitarist in Soundscape. Jim and Linda started My Music Store in Golden Valley, in Nov 1999, and so began the annual Guitar Toss benefiting the Animal Humane Society. The store closed in March 2017, a year after Jim retired. Jim loved jokes and was a storyteller.