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JBW

Drop the damn blues scales and play from your soul

About Me

MyGen Profile GeneratorJames Whitehead, 20 year old guitarist from Bakerfield CA, having moved when I was 2 years old to Aberdeen, where I grew up, and for a short while in France. I now currently resisde in Guildford, where i am studying music at the Academy of Contemporary Music. I am available and always up for session work in the London/Guildford area, style of music is not an obstacle as i try to be as diverse and tasteful as possible at all times. I play many styles of music including: Blues, Rock, Funk, Jazz, Flamenco, Soouth American, Country, Pop, Soul, R&B and Classic Rock. Currently i have three guildford based bands based at the ACM, and a professional Blues/Rock band in London called Vamoose. Artists i have or currently worked with include London based saxophone supremo Adam Davy (Ghost Orchestra) and Songwriter Pete Brown (Cream). Please feel free to drop me a comment, and check out my bands in the links below. Cheers, James.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/12/2006
Band Members: James Whitehead on guitar Artists i work with and bands i play in are: http://www.myspace.com/vamoosemusic http://www.myspace.com/funkheavyhttp://www.myspace.com/adaml ukedavy
Influences: Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimi Hendrix, Albert King, Albert Collins, Otis Rush, BB, Buddy Guy,Clapton, Mayall, Peter Green, Jeff Beck, Freddie King, Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, Gary Moore, Rory Gallagher, T-Bone Walker,Eric Johnson, Kenny Burrel, Miles Davis, Jonhnny Copeland, Chuck Berry, Bright Eyes, Death Cab, Nada Surf, Idlewild, Incubus, Guns n Roses, Led Zep, Pink Floyd, Jonny Cash, Bob Dylan, Bright Eyes, Calexico, Armik, Matt Schofield, Joe Bonamassa, Jaco Pastoris, George Benson, Al Di Meola, Paco de Lucia, The Allman Brothers, John McLaughlin, John Scofield, Magic Sam, Junior Wells, Django, John Lee Hooker,Janis Joplin, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, The Meters, Stevie Wonder, Chris Isac, Neil Young, Funkadelic, Curtis Mayfield, Pink Floyd, Life in general.
Sounds Like: Music coming out of your speakers and into your ears.
Record Label: None
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Stevie Ray Vaughan

I was reading a post in a music forum the other day that was about SRV's music, and some cock had posted a statement saying that Stevie's music was shit after his sobering up. Things like this make me...
Posted by JBW on Tue, 23 May 2006 11:31:00 PST

Gear for the guitar nerds here.

 So at the moment i have 4 guitars, two strats, a fender electrocoustic, and an old Westbury electric that i use for slide. The strats are a 1979 antigua (original), with a crappy replacement scr...
Posted by JBW on Thu, 11 May 2006 04:35:00 PST