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About Me

James Moors uses words to paint pictures of the soul. Listeners young and old recognize their experiences and emotions reflected in his artistic, but approachable turns of phrase, charm and gentle humor. Often compared to such luminaries as Pierce Pettis, Peter Himmelman and Lyle Lovett James' songs articulate the nuances of emotion layered beneath our day to do lives. James recalls the moment he was bit by the songwriting bug. "Hearing Shawn Colvin's 'Live 88' on a frigid, late night drive through the Northwoods of Minnesota warmed me from the inside." Since that time James has been crafting songs of dark and light, life and death and the broad landscapes that lie in between.Greatly affected by the untimely death of his brother, James began his career as singer songwriter in 2000 under the moniker Sterling Waters, a name that honored his brother's life. Over the years he has criss crossed the nation sharing the stage with the likes of Peter Case, Willy Porter, and Chris Smither and selling over 5 thousand CDs independently.

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Member Since: 12/22/2006
Band Website: jamesmoors.com
Band Members: Line up for the new record - Peter Anderson - Drums, Marc Perlman - Bass, Kort McCumber - lots of stuff, Lisa Germano - Violin, Vocals, Ben Wisch - Keys, Beth Wilburger - Violin, Jim Gilmour - Engineer, Bass, Ed Ackerson - Engineer, Guitar, Danny Michel - Accordian, Guitar, Keys, Ray Smith - Pedal Steel.

Influences: Me wee little family, me friends, Neil Finn, Daniel Lanois, headphones and odd little speakers, Clem Snide, Lisa Germano, my backyard, Sun, Tchad Blake, Rick Rubin, Rumi, Andrew Bird, Boulder Colorado, gardening, Vince Vaughn, my guitars - Larry V, ol' Gibby, and stu le paul. Danny Michel, Shawn Colvin, Lyle Lovett, Ron Sexsmith, Jayhawks, Son Volt, and all my friends who are out there on the road doing their thing; Kort McCumber, Eddie Elliott, Ellis, Scott Von, Charlie Parr, Teague Alexy, Ben Hannah, Tracy Shapiro, Danny Shafer, Peter Mayer, Amy Speace, strong coffee and love sweet love...
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Record Label: Tortes Music
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Duluth News Tribune Review for Hush

"Hush" is a document of transformation. This is one man's unblinking and unveiled declaration of his life conversion offered to his family and the world.James Moors put a mirror up to his personal and...
Posted by James Moors on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 09:25:00 PST

Invite to my hometown cd release show

Hey local twin ports friends and fans,I'm going to be hosting a CD release/reception for my first recording innearly 6 years. The disc is called Hush and I'm releasing it under theindependent label, T...
Posted by James Moors on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 07:59:00 PST

I miss Peter Jennings...

I miss Peter Jennings on the nightly news. I can't believe I'm even making note of this situation but the network news just sucks now more than ever. It's just too easy to see through the farce of it ...
Posted by James Moors on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 03:13:00 PST

I lied

Okay So I lied! The new CD is Hush not Lucid. Although I felt quite lucid when I came to that title it was met with much reserved resistance from my closest advisors. The very first title I had imagin...
Posted by James Moors on Wed, 28 Nov 2007 04:58:00 PST

New CD now has a title

I have been totally lame and dragging my butt on finishing the last few steps in the release of my cd. My poor friend Peter has been over a half dozen times taking photo after photo and I finally just...
Posted by James Moors on Sat, 27 Oct 2007 11:46:00 PST

10,000 Lakes Festival - Zappa plays Zappa

I recently played at the 10,000 lakes festival on the acoustic stage. I have to tell you that the highlight of the event for me was to be able to see Zappa plays Zappa. Dweezil Zappa and band playing ...
Posted by James Moors on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 09:57:00 PST