Dave Marion: bass,
Ken Lawrence: drums,
Jamie Thompson: guitar
Influences
Cream, Hendrix, Grateful Dead, Allman Brothers, The Who, Led Zepplin, CSN&Y, Bruce Cockburn, Phil Keaggy, Paul Clark, Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, The Beatles, Jackson Browne, The Eagles, Roger Mcguinn
Sounds Like
A Slightly Jazzy, Mostly Rocky, Maximally Improvised, Minimally Structured, Generally Instrumental, British Inspired, Blues Derivative Band.
Born in 1958, Jamie Thompson grew up in the 1960's listening to The Beatles, Eric Clapton, CSNY, The Who, Led Zeppelin, The Grateful Dead, etc.
Looking for his "voice," Jamie took a couple of years of piano and a couple of years of drums but it was the songwriting of Lennon & McCartney and the spiritual/improvisational guitar playing of Eric Clapton that first fired his imagination with the dream of making music that could touch the human heart.
During the 1970's, Jamie entered adolescence and, like most everyone, began the complex journey from childhood to adulthood. When words couldn't describe life's experiences Jamie found meaning in the turbulent, emotional expressions of rock lead guitar playing. He studied the guitar work of Jerry Garcia, Duane Allman, Eric Clapton, Dicky Betts, Jimmy Page, Peter Frampton and Pete Townsend. After a year of "woodshedding" with a borrowed guitar he finally joined a local rock band and began performing at school dances and private parties.
As Jamie's ability improved, he became obsessed with guitar playing. Not wishing to isolate himself he borrowed an old Danelectro from a friend and took it everywhere he went so that he could practice while hanging out with his friends.
At the age of 15, Jamie started playing in local bars and for the next 5 years he played in several bar/cover bands.
Around the age of 16, Jamie realized that the musicians he respected the most didn't often play cover tunes but wrote their own music and developed their own unique style of singing, playing, and recording. He made friends with David Young, a guy in his neighborhood who played fingerstyle acoustic guitar and wrote his own songs. They started playing together regularly, blending their guitar sounds, singing harmonies, and challenging each other to write songs.
After graduating high school in 1976, Jamie noticed that a lot of the hysteria and hype that surrounded his non-original music endeavors faded away as his local cohort dispersed. It was in this period that he began writing songs in earnest.
In 1979, Jamie was introduced to the guitar playing of Phil Keaggy and the songwriting of Canadian acoustic fingerstylist Bruce Cockburn. These powerful artists inspired Jamie to keep writing and to break new ground in his lead guitar playing style. He bought a nice acoustic guitar and started developing right hand finger picking styles. He's been at it ever since.
Jamie got married to Judy LaRosa in 1995. In 2002 they had a daughter, Lenora. Thirteen and a half months later they had Gabriel.
Now Jamie is a stay-at-home dad but he continues to play and record as much as he can with his busy home like.
In 2004 Jamie reconnected with his old friend and bass player, Dave Marion. They got together to jam and started the band Blue Condition.
Check out Blue Condition at www.myspace.com/blueconditionusa
Enjoy!
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