Article: Jimmie Ha-Ha has the last laugh

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Jimmie Ha-Ha said he doesn't have time to be famous; he's too busy making music.

In fact, the front man behind funk/ska/rock band Jimmie's Chicken Shack said he's been away from the limelight so long, he wouldn't be surprised if some people assumed he was dead.

"Show business is a strange creature," Ha-Ha said during a phone interview. "Our last record was "Bring Your Own Stereo' in 1999, and people have been wondering where we disappeared to.

"We weren't sucked into a black hole, we just had to regroup," he said. "But if people don't see you on MTV news after a year, they think you're ...

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