Lead Guitar, Vocals
James has played guitar since the age of thirteen when his father bought him a blemished Sigma Martin acoustic. James played guitar regularly through his early twenties with several local bands in Gainesville, Georgia, while going through high school and Georgia Tech. Then, he just played sporadically, while raising a young family afterwards. Ten years ago James heard Gov’t Mule on the radio – what tone and tunes! That inspired him to put down the golf clubs (which were always frustrating anyway) and pick up the guitar again like never before. James put together a basement studio and has been writing, recording, playing and performing as much as possible ever since. Over the past ten years, James has played in several local area bands most notably Muddy Ford and Rosedale Rider. Over the years major influences have been Frampton, Clapton, Aerosmith, Hendrix, Rush, Kansas, Metheny, Led Zeppelin, Mother’s Finest, Steve Miller, Tinsley Ellis, SRV, ZZ Top to name a few. Current favorite genre of music is blues and blues/rock guitar. Current favorite bands are ABB, Gov’t Mule, Joe Bonamassa, Chris Duarte, Derek Trucks, to name a few.