The Band+
Little Village+
Little Feat+
Steve Goodman +
John Prine+
Warren Zevon (Rest In Peace, friend; I will 'keep you in my heart for a while')+
Jackson Browne+
John Hiatt+
Elvis Costello+
Dan Fogelberg+
Richie Furay+
Steven Stills+
Neil Young+
Biff Rose+
Bruce Cockburn+
Townes Van Zandt+
Shake Russell+
Randy Newman+
David Bromberg +
James Taylor+
Johnny Cash+
Kris Kristofferson+
Lowell George+
Jorma Kaukonen+
Robert Hunter+
J.J. Cale+
Van Morrison+
Shawn Colvin+
Joni Mitchell+
Ralph McTell+
Gram Parsons+
Richard Thompson+
R.E.M.+
Wilco+
Woody Guthrie+
Bruce Springsteen+
Sons of The Never Wrong +
Murray MacLachlan+
Willy Nelson+
Tom Waits+
Buzzy Linhart+
Leon Russell+ (more to come as I think of them)
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Jackson Browne meets Steve Earle and they hang out with Richard Thompson writing songs about post 9-11 life in the USA.
"...some of the best literate and articulate lyrics that have crossed our desk in some time.....highly recommended" - Acoustic Rainbow - Roots Music Airplay Sampler for Radio.
"James's writing truly upholds everything good, right and true about American Roots music. Like Kristofferson, Prine, Goodman and Zevon, James Curley is a visionary way ahead of today's mainstream songwriters." - Timothy Edward Jones - journalist and author of Country Conversation - www.TEJBooks.com
Chicago based songwriter James Curley writes literate Americana-Roots based songs in the tradition mined by songwriters such as Warren Zevon, Tom Waits, Steve Goodman and John Gorka. Primarily observing the broader human condition rather than relationship and love songs, James' keen eye for absurdity, hypocrisy, pathos and human interest is evident in the lyrics of his songs, especially those on his most recent CD 'Manufactured Meaning' from 2007.
AS A PERFORMER:
Songwriter James Curley and his band, Radio Fade, perform rhythmic, rootsy Americana-tinged Rock in the tradition of The Band, Little Feat, Jackson Browne, John Hiatt & Little Village, etc. The sound is real and authentic, featuring acoustic and electric guitars, slide guitars, Hammond B3 and Piano, and a veteran rhythm section to accompany James's literate songs.
On record, James likes to embellish the arrangements of certain songs with horns and strings and other elements not easily reproduced live without a ten-piece band. His live show is more rockin' and is tailored for great crowd response. It features songs like 'Rest Your Weary Bones' - a syncopated bluesy 'welcome song' to the live crowd, '700 Parking Tickets - a swamp groove piece about scofflaws that serves as a vessel to showcase Ben Lansing's great bluesy slide guitar licks, and 'How Dumb Do You Think I Am?' - an alt-authentic country ballad written by Joel Pace, who handles keyboards, accordion and vocals. All this is held tightly together by rhythm section veterans Dave Heim on drums and George Callobre on bass to provide a rootsy groove under the songs.
James and the band often incorporate a few cover tunes as extended segues out of his original songs. The cover songs refer back to a classic song that inspired the original song in a kind of 'loop d'homage' that appeals to crowds and provides a known song by another artist as a touchstone. Cover tunes can vary greatly depending on venue. James draws on a rich depth of literate songwriters and performers. He’s as comfortable pulling Steve Young's 'Seven Bridges Road' into a set as he is the Grateful Dead's version of 'I Know You Rider', often as an extended jam on both songs.
Other cover material can include Dylan, Bruce Cockburn, John Prine, Hank Williams, Gram Parsons, John Fogerty, Grateful Dead, Little Feat and others. James Curley and Radio Fade 'walk the line' between 100% Authenticity and pure entertainment.
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Hello, it's me, Ruby Jane.To those who don't know me, I am a 14 year old fiddler, songwriter. I have some songs posted that are fresh out of the studio. Let me know if you like the new songs..be one of the first to hear, even before they are released!Thanks! new videos too! Ruby Jane
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It was a few years back on a Mother's Day in Uncle Don's backyard when we were trading guitars, riffs, stories and what not....And you had spoken about a "Yoda" of pedal steel.....Was it Andy Rubin????.....He played on your "Tom's Cafe" record, didn't he???? MOONLIGHT, COLD WIND!!!!!! ;P
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Hi There, haven't visited in way to long James, so
<br />thought I'd wish you a Happy April Fools, and ask
<br />are you going to the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage
<br />Festival...I plan to go before the end of it..early
<br />May :) Hope you are there, I'd love to catch your
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