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James Hall

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--- James Hall - My Love, Sex And Spirit
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--- James Hall - Pleasure Club
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--- Pleasure Club - Here Comes the Trick
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--- Pleasure Club - The Fugitive Kind
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Alternative singer/songwriter James Hall led the Atlanta band Mary My Hope for several years in the late '80s before beginning his solo career in the mid-'90s with an album for the tiny Endangered label, My Love, Sex & Spirit, later touring as a support slot for Rage Against the Machine. Born in Houston, he began playing guitar while in seventh grade and formed a cover band at the age of sixteen. After attending Bowling Green University in Kentucky, Hall moved to Atlanta and formed the goth-tinged alternative band Mary My Hope in the mid-'80s. After recording at a studio owned by Curtis Mayfield, the band signed to Silvertone Records and released their debut, Museum, in 1989. The group supported Love & Rockets and Jane's Addiction, but Hall had left the band by 1991.
After moving to New Orleans and assembling a new backing band (old friend Lynn Wright plus Grant Curry and Sterling Roig), Hall began playing around the Southeast. When the Indigo Girls' Amy Ray saw him perform, she invited him to record for her label Daemon, and the result was 1993's My Love, Sex & Spirit. Venturing farther afield in his club dates supporting the record, Hall was heard by Geffen Records representatives while on the West Coast, and he signed with the alternative powerhouse in June 1994. After remixing and re-releasing his first album on MCA's Endangered Records in early 1995, Hall began recording new material with Phil Nicolo (well-known with brother Joe as the Butcher Brothers production team). Hall released Pleasure Club in May 1996.
--John Bush, All Music Guide

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Music:

Member Since: 5/23/2005
Band Members: james hall --voice
bruce butkovich --bass
chris piskun --guitar, drums

michael blum--lap steel guitar

Influences: lou reed, gil scott-heron, scott walker, fred neil, p.j. harvey, iggy pop, brian eno, and anybody else that would cold bust me if I don't mention them
Sounds Like: NEW VIDEOS

No Future Kid - LIVE 2008

In The Studio : the twilight sessions

studio video diary 1

studio video diary 2

studio video diary 3

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VIDEOS

James Hall - Illingness

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James Hall - Black Is Black

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MARY MY HOPE - Wildman Childman

Type of Label: None

My Blog

Butch Walker & James Hall (12-19-06)

Butch Walker & James Hall (In ATL 12-19-06) covering Pleasure Clubs High Stepping....
Posted by James Hall on Fri, 05 Jan 2007 10:12:00 PST

Live acoustic clip from "The Last Record Store"

James performing the song Damaged. Taken from the movie The Last Record Store....
Posted by James Hall on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 03:22:00 PST

James interview on Camp Freddy Radio

James interview on Camp Freddy Radio 103.1 FM (Los Angeles), featuring Billy Morrison and Dave Navarro.Recorded September 16th 2006.This is the entire Camp Freddy podcast, James starts at 17:55James o...
Posted by James Hall on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 03:04:00 PST

Studio Video Diaries

studio video diary 1studio video diary 2studio video diary 3 ...
Posted by James Hall on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 02:51:00 PST