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About Me

I'm what they call a performing songwriter. I write, play and sing my own music. The next question of course is always; "So, what kind of music do you play?" and my stock response is something like "It's the sum of my influences and experiences and is therefor ever changing"....but in musical reference terms, well, I'd have to say it's my own blend of jazz, blues, rock, pop, and folk influences. lemme see...Sorta like Louis Armstrong is the conductor on a train, and while the Beatles and James Taylor are drinking gin and playing rummy in the observation car, Hendrix watches and pets a cat. I play a LOT... I play all over Southern California, the Southwest, and all the way up the west coast through Oregon and Washington. Just me and an acoustic guitar....though I spent years (and years, and years) in bands, I realized somewhere around 2002 that in order to play as much as I want to (I played a little over 200 shows in 2005) I needed to trim down to the essentials - and keep the overhead WAY down - so now it's just me and my guitar on the never-ending "Aerostar-Road-Rocket-Tour".... :^)

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Member Since: 3/23/2005
Band Website: jameshurleymusic.com
Band Members: James Hurley - guitar, vocals.
Influences: Just about everyone I've ever heard has influenced me in some manner. Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Hank Williams (Senior), Merle Haggard, Joe Pass, Thelonius Monk, The Funk Brothers, and many, many more....all for different reasons and to different effect.Oh, and by the way:

Which Hogwarts house will you be sorted into?

Sounds Like: Someone once hollered out at a show "Sting meets the Beatles!".....uuuhh, for the life of me I can't think of a higher compliment. There are certainly other elements involved but if you're gonna put it in a nutshell that one's fine by me!

JAMES HURLEY: The Sun and the Moon

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Record Label: Not yet, but looking.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Invitation to be in the record Business

Dear Friends:I have some exciting news and a request to share. The new album, "Long way Down", is more than halfway finished. These songs are some of the best I've ever written and I can't wait for pe...
Posted by James Hurley on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:27:00 PST

New album pre-sale!!

As always, writing, recording, booking, touring, and everthing else that goes into being an independent recording/performing artist keeps me busy 25 hours a day ;^)And the news is all good! The new al...
Posted by James Hurley on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:57:00 PST

Alas, poor Aerostar, I knew him well...

The time has finally come, that like an old beloved horse, the Aerostar Road-Rocket has reached a point that it is right and appropriate to allow it to live out the remainder of it's days in peace. Af...
Posted by James Hurley on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 10:39:00 PST

My first song Cover!!

Well, here I am at the end of another tour. This one was six weeks in the Pacific Northwest. Up through California, Oregon, and Washington with nothing but my songs, my guitar and voice, in the Aerost...
Posted by James Hurley on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 03:23:00 PST

A good day :^)

It's funny how things work. I just got back from recording tracks for the new album and I'm rather liking the results. Then I open my email and discover "The Sun and the Moon" got selec...
Posted by James Hurley on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:44:00 PST

The end of a wondefrul tour

Soon to say goodbye to England...Only two more days here and I'm sad to see the tour end. The people I've met here have defined the experience and from the welcome I've received this may hav...
Posted by James Hurley on Sun, 08 Oct 2006 02:33:00 PST

Merry Olde

Well, I'm three shows into the tour here in England and it's been everything i could hope for and more. The venues and promotors have been great, the audiences attentive and appreciative. I've met man...
Posted by James Hurley on Sat, 16 Sep 2006 03:05:00 PST

Featured Artist on Whole Wheat Radio today!!!

I discovered (almost accidentally!!) that I'm the featured artist on WholeWheat Radio today! www.wholewheatradio.com Whole Wheat is a very independent internet radio station based in Talkeetna, ...
Posted by James Hurley on Fri, 04 Aug 2006 12:36:00 PST

Couch Surfing in the U.K.

To all my friends in England...I'll be landing at Heathrow Airport on the 7th of September and I have to admit I've thrown caution to the wind on this one (so what's new, James?)...With a month's...
Posted by James Hurley on Fri, 28 Jul 2006 11:45:00 PST

First CD in stock again....Finally!!

I finally got another batch of the first CD made up!! After eight months of not-so-patient waiting I was able to get together enough for another run...This is the one that "Take me away" is on. It doe...
Posted by James Hurley on Fri, 30 Jun 2006 02:00:00 PST