- For the songwriter, drummer of The Yardbirds, Renaissance (band), Illusion (UK band), see Jim McCarty.
James William McCarty (born June 1, 1945) is an American
blues rock guitarist from
Detroit, Michigan. He has performed with
Mitch Ryder and
The Detroit Wheels, the
Buddy Miles Express,
Cactus, the popular Detroit rock band
The Rockets, the Detroit Blues Band, and more recently, Mystery Train.