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Alec James

Americas most dangerous guitarist

About Me

I'm a blues guitarist mainly influenced by Kid ramos,Mike morgan,Anson funderburgh, Ronnie earl ,Duke robillard,Peter greene,Kirk fletcher,Alex schultz,Dave Gonzales,Kid Bangham,T-bone walker,Stevie Ray Vaughan,Jimmie vaughan, Ike Turner,Albert collins, Albert king, Freddie king,Earl hooker,Magic Sam, Buddy guy ,Otis rush, B.B. king, Steve Cropper, Kenny burrell,Hollywood fats,Nick Curran,Charlie Baty,Rick Holmstrom.


My Interests

Music ,gym ,movies,guitar

I'd like to meet:

I've met most of my heros. Except Miles, 'trane, Mike morgan, Solomon Burke, Albert Collins, Mahalia Jackson Junior and Buddy at peppers lounge circa 1967 and Muddy are guys I'd like to meet. Unique different people,blues/jazz musicians who I can learn from.

Music:

Blues, jazz, soul, surf, western swing, rockabilly, gospel,swing, some funk, some rock, some punk

Movies:

Memento,Pulp fiction, Ghost dog, Boondock saints,Grosse point blank, Swingers, Ed wood,A streetcar named desire, Blues story, Chicago blues, Mo' better blues (big time inspiration for me) American folk blues festival (all of them), Antones home of the blues

Television:

Simpsons,Ren and Stimpy,Boxing,UFC, Discovery, History and the learning channel

Books:

Mostly music books I like psychology and philosophy too though.

Heroes:

Ronnie Earl, Anson Funderburgh,Mike Morgan, Duke Robillard, Kid ramos. Lots of blues musicians and my family. Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. So love the people who treat you right.Forgive the ones who don’t. And believe that everything happens for a reason .If life gives you a chance, take it. If it changes you let it. Nobody said it would be easy They just promised it would be worth it!!

My Blog

Los Carnales on KSDK Channel 5 news

We recently did a song for Channel 5 KSDK St. Louis Here is the link we are after the kids. http://www.ksdk.com/video/default.aspx?aid=60852&bw=...
Posted by Alec James on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 01:20:00 PST

"You better hold me" vid from Big Muddy

This one is killer !!;) http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2873384044444494864 &pr=goog-sl...
Posted by Alec James on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 09:20:00 PST

Two new Los Carnales videos from the Big Muddy

East St. Louis and Running Shoes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6FEfc-wTgs
Posted by Alec James on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:17:00 PST

New video from the Big Muddy festival

Hey everyone, Here is some new video footage from the Big Muddy Blues Festival in St. louis,Mo. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2911078724554024554& amp;pr=goog-sl...
Posted by Alec James on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 01:50:00 PST

Anyone who missed our radio interview listen here !!!

..> ..> ..> ..> ..> Heres a link to our radio interview for anyone who missed it last Friday. Enjoy !! http://www.kdhx.org/index.php?option=com_kdhxradio&task= playlist&dothis=latest&am...
Posted by Alec James on Sun, 02 Sep 2007 01:57:00 PST

88.1 with Los Carnales Friday @ 4:00

..> Los Carnales will be doing a radio interview Friday @ 4:00. I'm real nervous and real excited to be doing it. I hope they don't ask me any tough questions :) lol !! Tune in if you can !! ..>...
Posted by Alec James on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:55:00 PST

Big Muddy festival and DVD shoot

Los Carnales will be playing at the Big Muddy blues festival here in Americas most dangerous city. The big muddy is the cities biggest blues event and Ike turner is the headliner !! Its going to ...
Posted by Alec James on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 09:34:00 PST

Crazy night @ PT's showcase

So I'm in St. louis now playing with Los Carnales. Their just an outstanding band. It was a crazy night at our weekly gig @ PT's Showcase. As most of you can tell its a strip club. We had a photo shoo...
Posted by Alec James on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 08:50:00 PST

Going to St. louis to play w/ Los Carnales !!

..> I just booked my flight to St. louis for monday, I'm going to be playing shows with Los Carnales next week, I'm real excited to be playing with these guys. This is Preston Hubbards current...
Posted by Alec James on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 08:16:00 PST