Just James and occasional friends

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Member Since: 01/01/2007
Band Website: www.soundclick.com/jimdykeman
Band Members: "Just James" is James Dykeman, a native of the Hudson Valley, currently living near Hudson, NY. James has played the guitar since childhood, and has played and sung in bars, at parties, in restaurants, at benefits, and many other places including on the street and in his living room. "Occasional Friends" include a variety of talented local musicians who play with "Just James." including Daniel Pagdon, a fabulous bass player, Bob Cage, who is a guitar and fiddle virtuoso, and David Higgs, a well known Hudson Valley Blues Man and harmonica player, as well as others. There are samples on James' Soundclick page, which is www.soundclick.com/jimdykeman .
Influences: Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Merle Haggard, Jimmie Rodgers, Willie Nelson, Ron Davis
Sounds Like: a hillbilly with a guitar...playing old country songs, and other songs that sound like old country songs
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

The Passing of David Higgs

Yesterday afternoon, after an admirable and valiant struggle, and amazing progress in recovering from his stroke, David Higgs suffered a fatal heart attack. David has been afflicted ...
Posted by on Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:26:00 GMT

DAVID HIGGS BENEFIT

DAVID HIGGSbenefit for a fellow musicianDavid Higgs is a musician from Columbia County new york, known by his peers for his incredible spirit and energy, in spite of physical affliction and challenges...
Posted by on Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:28:00 GMT

The B&B Lounge

After nearly two years of playing weekly at the B&B Lounge in Catskill New York, there has been a change, and it will now be one wednesday night per month, when we will be having a real hoe down.....
Posted by on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 21:21:00 GMT

To the Evil One

whenever you try to hurt others, you end up hurting yourself.... the evil you send out will come back to you three times over... &nb...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 21:02:00 GMT

Top Friends

I wish there was room for more "top friends." Ever since I started my myspace music page, on January 1, 2007, I have enjoyed an incredible increase in the number of musi...
Posted by on Sun, 18 Mar 2007 09:56:00 GMT

another boring weekend

Tonight I am at a very nice hotel in Reading, P.A. Last night I stayed at the comfort inn in Nyack, N.Y. I haven't taken any pictures so far this trip, but I was in Philadelphia...
Posted by on Sat, 17 Feb 2007 20:20:00 GMT

ANOTHER WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT THE B & B!!!

Yesterday I was in brooklyn, driving a bus, and spending most of my waiting time trying to connect to a hot spot so i could check for "important" e-mail. There wasn't actually much, but I was pl...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 13:56:00 GMT

no subject, just a routine entry

Today I thought I would add a couple of pictures I took while riding in the car the other day. My son Calvin was driving, and I asked him to pull over so I could take some pictures of the clouds...
Posted by on Sun, 04 Feb 2007 14:31:00 GMT

some new photos

This will be a short entry, as e sit is Wednesday afternoon, and I have to get ready for my weekly appearance at the B& B Lounge in Catskill. Today I've posted some photos from some of my bu...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 14:20:00 GMT

my new takamine

Yesterday was an eventful and overall good day. I went up to Clifton Park to the PYX 106 radio station to pick up a gift certificate...Right before Christmas my friends and neighbors Bob and Lyn...
Posted by on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 17:01:00 GMT