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Guitarist/Singer/Songwriter/Producer James Henley Patke started playing in the Chicago music scene in 1988 and performed for over ten years in his bands Highway Child and The Raging Hipsters. Prior to this, James played in Texas for a couple of years with the band Art Marvel appearing at colleges and local clubs between Austin and Dallas while attending school. Over the years James has appeared with notable acts like Big Head Todd and the Monsters, The Alarm, Hoodoo Gurus, Steppenwolf, Wishbone Ash, Quiet Riot, Drivin' n' Cryin', Smashing Pumpkins, Dave Mason, Adrian Belew, and Buddy Guy. James has entertained many with his diversity of musical genre and talent.
Growing up in the northern Chicago suburbs of Lake Forest, James Henley started piano lessons at age 5 and guitar at age 6. It's no wonder James Henley is a musician with many family musical influences including the pioneer of jazz drummer, Gene Krupa from his father’s side of the family. James studied two years under internationally known guitarist, Michael Angelo Batio, who has won many accolades for the best guitar shredder and is the inventor of the twin neck right and left handed guitar. James Henley’s parents have a music background.
Henley experienced a creative musical environment that molded his current approach to playing and songwriting. "I started writing music in high school and stuck with it. It’s now a cathartic process for me and essential for a balanced life." James Henley's songwriting has a unique blend of structure and free form jams that gives the songs depth but at the same time delivering intense grooves. "I feel that Richard Thompson is my model songwriter. Even though my music is far from Richard's genre, the artistic atmosphere with imaginative lyrics in his songs is very inspirational to me. I try to translate this type of communication in my music. I strive for creative sound containing technical musical and lyrical elements within an experimental/progressive pop structure that gets listeners excited."
Not only a good songwriter, James Henley's guitar playing features several influences to make up a unique energetic style. "I grew up listening to Hendrix, Peter Gabriel, Yes,Clapton, Jeff Beck, Duane Allman, Johnny Winter and Santana merging their playing styles to form a uniform, blended sound." James has an energy level with his playing that packs a powerful punch behind each note.
James continued to play many Chicago clubs after earning his MBA then moved to Atlanta in 1999 and established The James Henley Band in 2002 WHO says you can never have enough equipment?? James can write a book on his never ending quest to find that perfect acoustic or electric guitar not to mention his favorite sounding amp, a Fender Vintage Deluxe Reverb pre-1973 Blackface moded! GUITARS: 1979 CBS Fender Stratocaster, 1987 Fender American standard Telecaster, 2005 Tom Anderson Cobra and a 2004 PRS McCarty, 2006 Gibson ES-335, 2006 John Meyor Martin Acoustic, 2005 Takimine Professional Natural Acoustic, 1989 Guild acoustic, 2005 Dobro, AMPS: 1 Fender Vintage Orginal 1966 Super Reverb, 1 Fender Vintage Deluxe Reverb Silverface amps (moded to Blackface), Fender bass amp, Dean Markley MB60 amp, Fender Tweed Blues Deluxe amp, STUDIO Equipment: Gretsch drums, KZildjian high hat and fast crash, Zildjian ride and fast crash cymbals, cowbell, Korg Trtiton Extreme Keyboards. 6 Mackey speakers, complete with 400Watt Sub, PA, Line 6 Pod XT pro, 2 Ibanez TS9/808 modified by Analogman.com Tube Screamers, Radial Engineering ToneBone pedal. Many other guitar pedals. Presonus Inspire 1394 for recording live, Pro studio set up including Mackie 1604VLZ Pro line mixer, dbx pro 215 equalizer, Alesis quadraverb sound effects processor, RECORDING MIKES: Shure SM81 and SM57 mics, Blueberry by Blue voice recording mics, Rode NTK/K2, NT4 Mics., and with an ever expanding mic locker and pro-tools plug-ins etc………………………………………………..
My new single "I Can't Kiss Me" just became available at ITUNES and you can watch the video at YOUTUBE. The full album comes out on Aug 11th! Here's the video!
We are proud to announce that we are HEADLINING the Cream
Insturment Cable Stage at the Lesser Muni as part of the 2009 Great British
R&B Festival in Colne, Lancashire, UK on Monday August 31st. The
Charlie White Project and Sheffield’s blues
poet Mr Billy Martin Jnr are also appearing. Expect great music and utterly
immaculate sound quality using cutting edge PA cables and power amps. Ticket
details are available at www.bluesfestival.co.uk.
Doors open at 7.30pm and we will be onstage at 10.15pm.
Our new album “A Time and Place” is available directly from www.robinhoare.com via Pay Pal and from
good record stores.
The new album 'Coolgilly and the Freakshow' from Centascope is now available worldwide from CD Baby and directly from the merchandise page of the official website.
You can also get the album from Apple iTunes, MSN Music, Rhapsody, Napster, Amazon and many more.
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Drop by my page my friend. I posted a video and MP3 of me doing one of the hottest versions of “Voodoo Child” that you’ll ever hear.....guaranteed to make you smile! …..and you can download the MP3 for free!
Maybe it's because I'VE LOST MY MIND, or just as an appreciation for ALL THE SUPPORT from my many myspace friends, but I'm allowing FREE DOWNLOADS of all the songs on my page.
So stop by and “free shop” my page for the most original, funkiest, odd-metered Hendrix-inspired jams you’ll ever hear!.....you can even download for free my covers of Jimi’s “Voodoo Child” and Stevie Ray Vaughn’s “Cold Shot”.
That's right, 14 songs born of my BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS, served up for not even a single penny....Add the songs to your playlists, or MP3 player, or burn a CD, whatever your pleasure!......ENJOY!
Come out for a hootin', hollerin', good time with folk music, workshops, good southern home cookin', apple bobbing, brew, friends, family, and great stories to tell!
A benefit for George Sossenko, Spanish Civil War Veteran, to publish his book, The Idealistic Adventurer!
The Blizzard of OZZY would like to thank you for adding us to your group of friends.
Watch for our bulletins with the latest news, tour dates, photos, songs, official BLIZZARD OF OZZY merchandise, and whatever else we can think of..............
