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James Power

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Member Since: 4/26/2006
Band Website: jamespower.net
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John Lennon, Sam Cooke, Frank Sinatra, Buddy Holly, Jim Reeves, Loretta Lynn, Clyde McPhatter, Eddie Cochran, Timi Yuro, Otis Redding, Hank Williams, The Five Royales, Julius Cheeks & the Sensational Nightingales, Paul McCartney, Gene Autry, Joe Tex, Allison Moorer, Nat King Cole, Elvis Presley, Patty Loveless, George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Sonny Til & the Orioles, The Five Keys, Patty Griffin, John Coltrane, Tammy Wynette, The Swan Silvertones, Johnny Burnette, Ringo Starr, The Clash, Bruce Springsteen, Bing Crosby, Jimmie Rodgers, John McCormack, Lee Ann Womack, The Who, Louis Jordan & the Tympany Five, The Beatles, Jerry Lawson & Talk of the Town, The Boswell Sisters, Leiber & Stoller, The Kinks, Archie Brownlee & the Five Blind Boys, The Soul Stirrers, Little Willie John, Aretha Franklin, Howard Tate, Ozzie Nelson, Bill Kenney & the Ink Spots, Sammi Smith, Billie Holiday, Little Richard, The Rolling Stones, Arthur Conley, Gene Vincent, Dottie West, Pam Tillis, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Shelby Lynne, Stevie Wonder, Betty Everette, The Dinning Sisters, Curtis Mayfield, Paul Simon, Reverand Anderson Johnson, Isley Bros, Dusty Springfield, Colin Blunstone, The Puppini Sisters, Johnny Horton, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Jim Croce, Lee Dorsey, Patsy Cline, Connie Smith, Julie London, Mickey & Sylvia, Matraca Berg, John Fogerty, The Dixie Chicks, Johnny Cash, Brother Bones & the Shadows, SheDaisy, The Staple Singers, Dale Watson, The Beach Boys, The Drifters, The Coasters, The Persuasions, The Shangri-La's, Billy Ward and the Dominoes, Dean Martin, Jimmy Cliff, Otis Jackson, James Brown, Roy Orbison, Dion DiMucci, Everly Bros., Irma Thomas, Ray Charles, The Fleetwoods, Ricky Nelson, Shep & the Limelites, Carole King, Maxine Brown, Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, Oscar Hammerstein, George & Ira Gershwin, Harold Arlen, Irving Berlin, Stephen Foster, James Carr, James Hunter, Wilson Pickett, Solomon Burke, Percy Sledge, Roger Miller, Dolly Parton, Petula Clark, David Bowie


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Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

THE NEW CD IS NOW AVAILABLE!!

The NEW CD's are finally available for purchase!    BUY IT TODAY!   REAL, REAL MAN - JAMES POWER      The response has been incredibly positive on this CD! It's ...
Posted by James Power on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 04:34:00 PST

JERRY LAWSON - SOUL LEGEND EXTRAORDINAIRE

"I've been listening to you in my car, man. You're a hell of a writer!" -  Jerry Lawson Lead Singer of The Persuasions To James Power on September 30, 2007 I just got off the phone with Jerry La...
Posted by James Power on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 05:12:00 PST

DIMESTORE PHILOSOPHISIN

Last week, for reasons that never became apparent, despite a post pleading for an explanation that went unheeded and has since been deleted .. ("went unheeded and has since been deleted"  damn, I'm g...
Posted by James Power on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 05:15:00 PST

LUCIANO PAVAROTTI (1935 - 2007)

At about 3:00 this morning the phone rang. Even though I knew the call would be coming soon, it didn't make it any easier. And like a cascading waterfall of images, the many years Luciano and I spent ...
Posted by James Power on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 09:13:00 PST

QUARTER TO THREE

It's almost 3 AM on Saturday. And as usual, I'm thinking about music. And no one epitomizes the sound of 3 AM like Frank Sinatra. From 'One for My Baby' to 'Wee Small Hours', Frank captured the blue m...
Posted by James Power on Sat, 25 Aug 2007 01:04:00 PST

LETTERS FROM THE GRAVEYARD

LETTERS FROM THE GRAVEYARD (1937) A Warner Brothers Production Written and Directed by James Power  A lost classic featuring an all-star cast appearing nightly in the celluloid wasteland of my mi...
Posted by James Power on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 01:26:00 PST

CAT THEORY

I have a theory of the great beyond that I've never heard anyone else mention. See if this makes sense.A cat's eyes are almond shaped... that's not the theory, it gets better... And when you look into...
Posted by James Power on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 01:56:00 PST

SOON THE FALL WILL BE HERE

"Soon the fall will be here. Trees will get bare. And then winter& I don't like the winter... I get lonesome when winter comes." - Amy Lind  The Strawberry BlondeSince the beginning of time...
Posted by James Power on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 04:22:00 PST

OKLAHOMA, O.K.!

I guess there's no bottom to the pit of insanity and depravity that is today's terrorism enthusiast. The latest bit of "Shock n' Awe" hails from the great state of Oklahoma! I can't imagine Rodgers &a...
Posted by James Power on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 03:47:00 PST

THE RIDDLE SONG

In the 1980's and early 90's one of my favorite haunts was the now departed '3rd Street Jazz & Rock' music store, the greatest record store in the Philadelphia area. I would literally spend 3-4 ho...
Posted by James Power on Sun, 05 Aug 2007 07:37:00 PST