James Scott Bullard

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Member Since: 9/11/2005
Band Website: myspace.com/jamesscottbullard
Band Members: JAMES SCOTT BULLARD; Songwriter, Vocals, Harmonicas, Guitars, Pianos, & Banjos.

MR. BULLARD IS OBSESSED WITH THE FOLLOWING
IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER:
Coffee
Cigarettes
80’s Metal
70’s Country
Books
Comic Books
70’s Cowboy Shirts
Handguns
Guitars
Any and all film: (Especially Horror, Foreign Horror, Indie, & British Humor)
Johnny Cash
Gram Parsons
Motorhead
Loretta Lynn
Tammy Wynette
Merle Haggard
Slayer
George Jones
Willie Nelson
Waylon Jennings
Paul Westerberg
The New York Dolls
Iggy Pop
Tom Waits
Benicio Del Toro
Mickey Rourke
Sean Penn
Jack Kerouac
Leonard Cohen
Charles Bukowski
And Last But Not Least...HIMSELF...I MEAN GEEZ, WHAT AN EGOMANIACAL PRICK!

Influences: Broken hearts and souls at risk.

Sounds Like: JAMES SCOTT BULLARD PRESS QUOTES:

~It has been said of James Scott Bullard that he is a combination of cool. It has also been said that if Bullard were a drink he would be part Gram Parsons and part Keith Richards. Yet others argue part Jack Nicholson and part Jack White. While still others say theres a 5th of Townes Van Zandt in there too with a Kris Kristofferson chaser. Well all I can say after having known him for some time now is that aside from being a brilliant songwriter Bullard has two things that will make him, and anyone in the music business worth their salt knows the two elements of which I speak:
1.) He's the kind of guy that all the other guys wanna hang out with.
2.) He's the kind of guy that all the chicks wanna fuck.
The rest is just legend waiting to happen.

--T. Mac

~ Bullard's characteristic appeal lies in the fact that he seems a bit dangerous, especially if you have never met him. Its in his eyes; theres a dark, mysterious, been there/done that look in them. But as most people who know him will tell you; theres also that little boy in there that people -(mostly women)- feel compelled to nurture. He is the gun-toting, chain-smoking, self-destructive force that he wants you to believe he is. But for every inch of dark side, there is just as much light.
I remembered from my last conversation with (Bullard) that he is a bit eccentric. For example; he hates crowds unless he's on a stage in front of them, he is quite reclusive when not recording or performing (obviously, having written over 200 songs in just under 3 years), he chain-smokes, he is very witty, quite articulate, and a bit childish, but in a fun, sort of innocently arrogant way. He learned to sing as a child by skipping church with his mother to ride his bicycle to the black church down the street and sitting outside to listen to the choir. He once checked himself into a psychiatric hospital and spent one month there before realizing (after rooming with a guy who saw little girls that weren't there) that he wasn't crazy after all, and promptly left and started to write. He hates being called a genius songwriter, and hates the comparisons to artists like Ryan Adams, and Bruce Springsteen. He is also an avid fan of Tom Waits, which is eccentric in and of itself. His musical background covers everyone from Merle Haggard to Kiss. He rarely sleeps, refuses to listen to any country music that dates after 1983, and he keeps a loaded revolver with him most of the time. A public relation persons dream, because if thats not a marketable personality, Id love to see what is.

--M. Little

With enough smoke in his voice to make your eyes burn, and enough pain in his lyrics to make you weep, James Scott Bullard is the kind of singer/songwriter that other singer/songwriters long to be. With songs drenched in pills, whiskey, and beautiful she-devils sent from hell to shepard some poor jaded sap into the depths of heartbreak, Bullard is nothing short of a poet.

--D. Butler

I love his music and his style and I thank him for what he's doing.

--Emmylou Harris

His first solo album "Avenues of Sunshine" was released in 2003. That it's title was taken from a Jack Kerouac poem gives a hint as to his lyrical style. They are carefully crafted phrases that catch the ear and spark thought. It's music that has to be listened to, not just heard... It's along the line of (Ryan) Adams, the "alternative country", but Bullard balks at the term. And the label "singer-songwriter", which definately applies to his work, still doesn't apply to his style. Accompanied only by his acoustic guitar and an occasional harmonica, Bullard's music is naked and raw. His voice penetrates, and the lyrics hit home.

--A. Cole

Bullard's songs somehow make the sleaziest of characters seem innocent, and the most repulsive beautiful. The downtrodden, even if by their own undoing are the heroes of these stories.

--K. Brown

The glow of Christmas lights reflected off his scraggly black hair. With a five o'clock shadow and bags under his eyes, Bullard appeared tired and unwashed. His clothes hung off him in that way clothes usually do after being slept in. He was unkempt, but not in a bad way. He seems like the kind of man women would call a "rascal" or a "rebel," and swear they could change if given the chance. Beneath the bad boy persona, however, beats the heart of a true atrist.

--D. Quist

James Scott Bullard, on his own, has created what I would call the album that Gram Parsons would have made had he lived another 2 years. And yes, I know that's a bold statement that will probably get myself and Mr. Bullard a lot of undue flack. However, after one listen to the demo for his new album (still untitled at press time) I was simply awestruck. He's captured every element needed to catapult him into the country-rock history books. It's got that jaded, whiskey-soaked, melancholy that can only come from experience, and he's completely blown off anything contemporary, opting instead to create a sound like an old honky-tonk recording, one minute you think George Jones, the next you think maybe Neil Young. All the while managing to sing these brilliant lyrics while sounding like he's still got the cigarette hanging from his lips.

--J. Bendix

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