James Leroy - Bass, Theremin
Paul K - Lead Vocals, Trumpets, Guitars
Jane Leo - Keys, Keyboards, Synths
Stu - Muscular Drums
Michael - Guitar
Influences
* The Tornados
* The Action
* The Animals
* The Beatles
* Belfast Gypsies
* Dave Berry
* The Birds
* Chad and Jeremy
* Cilla Black
* Cliff Bennett
* Cream
* The Creation
* The Dave Clark Five
* Deep Purple
* Donovan
* The Downliners Sect
* Dusty Springfield
* Freddie and the Dreamers
* Georgie Fame
* Gerry & the Pacemakers
* Graham Bond
* Herman's Hermits
* The Hollies
* The Honeycombs
* The Kinks
* Billy J. Kramer with The Dakotas
* Long John Baldry
* Lulu
* Manfred Mann
* Marianne Faithfull
* The Mindbenders
* The Moody Blues
* The Move
* The Nashville Teens
* Peter & Gordon
* Petula Clark
* The Pretty Things
* Procol Harum
* The Rolling Stones
* Sandie Shaw
* The Searchers
* The Shadows
* The Small Faces
* The Spencer Davis Group
* The Swinging Blue Jeans
* Them
* Tom Jones
* The Tremeloes
* The Troggs
* Unit 4 + 2
* The Walker Brothers
* The Who
* The Yardbirds
* The Zombies
Stand still, alone in the half light. Let your mind relax on it's own trip. Be cool, be aware. And listen. This is you, baby, and this is what's happening. The record player's where it's at - the sound is pure, driving, incredibly good. Seven guys, and pure soul. You can't put your finger on it - it's not the Temptations, It's not the 4 Tops. It can't be James Brown?
It isn't. Yet, you are listening to voices which are all of these and more. Alone, on your trip, you're experiencing the greatest thing to happen in sound since the introduction of rock. You're past psychadelia and experiments in light. You can understand what this is all about. You don't have to think, figure out, look beyond into the complex. You can enjoy, dig and surround yourself.
That's what James Leroy are all about. One day, when our modern record collection is buried in the archives, someone will pull these songs out and say "wow," or whatever the futuristic termonology will be for that expression. Today it happens to be "heavy," which says a lot of things, but primarily describes James Leroy as being just that in the department of excitement.
Does this remind you of something? Does it follow a pattern of sound you heard once before that you might be familiar with?
Indeed, to an extent, it does. This is what the Righteous Brothers had and generated so well, and while the wise sages may try to philosophize on coming trends in music, it could be that from left field, James Leroy, just by doing their own thing, will make it happen in the same way that Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield did when they were together.
Only the Righteous Brothers never played the Apollo, New York, or the Howard Theatre, Washington, and the Uptown in Philadelphia. They never knew what it was to be seven white guys from Canada pulling audiences to their feet in appreciation of a job well done.
Plus, did the Righteous Brothers even write their own songs? I don't know the answer to that question, but James Leroy does, and somehow this makes them superior creators of the magic of creating unique and well crafted pop hooks.
Unusual, yes. But not so when you consider some of the plaudits James Leroy have earned along the way. See for yourself.
