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Alfred James

Cello-driven acoustic rock!!!

About Me

Alfred is the only cellist in the world playing a 5-string carbon fiber cello -- standing up!!This summer (June 2007) the band toured Greece & Turkey with the world renowned Philadelphia Boys Choir and Men's Chorale!!We came back from tour to learn that we had been selected as XM Satellite Radio's Artist of the Week on XM's Radar Report and received National airplay! We have been featured on NPR's All Songs Considered, opened at the Milford Music Festival for Dave Mason and at the Kimmel Center for Bruce Hornsby. In May 2007 we won a Recording Academy/ Grammy singer/ songwriter contest and have performed on NBC's morning show 4 times. Alfred recently played cello for the AMC trailer for Tom Cruise's The Last Samurai.In September 2006 we were nominated for 2 Underground Grammy's -- Album of the Year and Song of the Year -- out of 25,500+ albums with over 350,000 songs submitted!We released our first album, Lucky If Easy, in February 2005 and were now touring colleges and acoustic venues Nationally.myspace layouts - Get this layout - photoshop tutorials

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Member Since: 7/11/2005
Band Website: alfredjamesband.com
Band Members: Alfred James -- Cello, Didgeridoo, Guitar, VocalsAvery Coffee -- Acoustic & Electric GuitarsHoagy Wing -- dumbek, percussionJethaniel Nixon -- bassReed Kendall -- Acoustic Guitar, Vocals
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Sounds Like: Jason Mraz, Sting, Dave Matthews, Jack Johnson...
Record Label: Silvertone
Type of Label: Indie

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Posted by Alfred James on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 08:15:00 PST

AJB is XM Satellite Radio's Artist of the Week!!!

So we just got back from our 2 week tour of Greece and Turkey and came home to some very exciting news!  While we were on tour, we were selected by XM Radio's Radar Report as their Artist of the ...
Posted by Alfred James on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 08:20:00 PST

AJB nominated for 2 Just Plain Folks 2006 Music Awards!!!

We just got word that we've been nominated for 2 Just Plain Folks 2006 Music Awards!!!  We're up for Album of the Year in the New Folk category and Song of the Year in New Folk!  We're headi...
Posted by Alfred James on Wed, 13 Sep 2006 12:24:00 PST

New To My Space

Thanks to Hil for finally getting me up on myspace. For now if you really need to get in contact with the band you should email her, [email protected] Better Living through Good Managment!
Posted by Alfred James on Thu, 12 Jan 2006 11:52:00 PST