Sleepy Eddie James

The habit of performing entire songs onstage with his eyes closed may have earned him the nickname Sleepy, but onstage Eddie James anything but. Unforgettable live performances have earned him a well-deserved reputation as a must see up and coming guitarist. With emotional bends and vibratos, combined with lightening speed fretwork, Sleepy Eddie James creates a unique powerful sound that blends musical styles from Stevie Ray Vaughan, Ronnie Earl, Albert King, John Lee Hooker, and the Fabulous Thunderbirds, combined with real life, often humorous lyrics in the vein of Little Charlie and the Nightcats and the Reverend Horton Heat.A long road of 20+ years has seen Sleepy Eddie James play guitar almost all over the world. It all began in the bars and clubs up and down the west coast of California. Since then Sleepy Eddie has played over 1000 gigs and open air shows in the US and Europe and recorded 4 CD's along the way.Sleepy Eddie James has shared the bill or stage with renown blues artists like Robert Cray (USA), Kenny Neal (USA), Joe Louis Walker (USA), Charlie Musselwhite (USA), Philip Fankhauser (CH), Travis Haddix (USA). He has also performed with several rising stars on the international blues circuit like Vivian Vance Kelly (USA), Sir Oliver Malley (A), and Walt and the Blue Step (CH).