From the Frisco Cricket article Yerba Buena Tuba by Hal Smith, Summer 1998

Jim Maihack (1935-)

Jim Maihack (1935-) is a multi-instrumentalist who began playing Dixieland and swing with Clyde McCoy, trumpeter Smokey Stover and his own Tappers (aka San Francisco Brass). But he proved himself to be a first-rate San Francisco tubaist during his stay with the Turk Murphy Jazz Band (1969-72). Maihack, though aware of the traditions of Lammi, Girsback, Short and others, did not imitate any of them. His original style fit perfectly with the Murphy band and he made some excellent recordings with the band.²⁴ After leaving Murphy, Maihack worked with Rosy O'Grady's Good Time Jazz Band in Florida, then returned to the West Coast where he has played several different instruments with Bob Schulz's Frisco Jazz Band, the Hot Frogs, Golden Gate Rhythm Machine and others. Currently he plays tuba with John Gill's Dixieland Serenaders, which is comprised mainly of Murphy alumni.

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