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Jamie Lawson Music - Real Thing EP coming soon!!



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Member Since1/20/2006
Band Websitewww.jamielawsonmusic.com
Band Membersjamie lawson - guitar and vocal joe peet - bass, violin, piano and organ tom clues - electric guitar and bass ben woollacott - drums and percussion
InfluencesRyan Adams, R.E.M, Jeff Buckley, 10, 00 Maniacs, Natalie Merchant, Jackson 5, The Smiths, Morrissey, Whiskeytown, Nickel Creek, Simon Allen, Tom Clues, John Irving books, Ian Hamilton poetry.
Sounds LikeA new day; and its beautiful.
Record LabelRadiophonic/ Imagem Music.


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   About jamie lawson
ABOUT JAMIE LAWSON... So why give your time and attention to Jamie? It’s not as if there’s any obvious shortage of young singer-songwriters right now. Far from it. Wherever you turn, there’s yet another fresh-faced hopeful coming at you with a guitar and a claim on the future. But even in a crowded marketplace there will always be room for an artist who has what it takes to be better than the rest. And if you love music and have a heart and a pair of ears, you’ll recognise within the space of just one song that here is exactly that sort of someone. A musician and lyricist of uncommon and mature gift, and one blessed with a gloriously fluid and expressive voice, he is as the title of his introductory single suggests, the Real Thing.
The back story? Jamie was born and raised in Plymouth in what was he says a resolutely non-musical household. “No-one sang or played anything. We didn’t have any records. My dad would listen to Radio 2 a bit but that was the extent of it. And this was back in the days before the station got really good. There was nothing in what I heard that spoke directly to me.” Then the elder of his two brothers hit adolescence and things began to change: “He got me into The Smiths, The Housemartins, the Jackson 5 ...” A disparate trio of early influences, you might think, but Jamie says not really. “They’re all very big on melody. And Morrissey and the young Michael Jackson both have a real passion to the way they sing.”
Aged eight, he asked for and received his first guitar. Early on in secondary school, he was invited to join his first band. “We were quite a dedicated little bunch, rehearsing every lunchtime when the rest of the class was out playing football. It was pretty much all covers, of course ... R.E.M., the Chilli Peppers, some Hendrix. By the time I was 15 we had quite a wide repertoire of other people’s badly-done songs.” He was writing material of his own too, “all of it terrible to start with, of course. I’d be 17 at least before I came up with anything good.” And he was singing, though mainly in unconscious impersonation of Michael Stipe. “My own voice took a while to find. I had to stop trying to replicate someone else’s tricks.”
When he did properly uncover it, that voice proved to be something very special indeed. No one who has heard him sing live would disagree (and in addition to his own regular schedule of gigging, he has played with artists including The Frames, Martha Wainwright and Damien Rice, as well as having been chosen as opening act for outdoor gigs by both Van Morrison and Katie Melua). Even-keeled, even undemonstrative offstage, he comes alive in front of an audience and in the service of his songs. “American Music Club’s Mark Eitzel has been a big influence, in the sense that he sings with his whole body and puts so much into his performance. The difference is that my voice is sweeter and more pure.” It is however just as passionate. And it’s no coincidence that the ‘p’ word should have cropped up again, for it is central to why Jamie Lawson is special. He puts an inordinate amount of that particular and unfakeable commodity into each performance and has done so since the fledgling days of his career. “I remember taking home the first proper demo I ever recorded and being really disappointed by it,” he recalls. “Listening to it with me my dad said, ‘Well, that’s because you’re not singing on that (recording) the way that you do when you’re upstairs in your room.’ And he was right. It was all about the passion or, in that case, the lack of it. I realised I had to sing in front of others the way I did when on my own.”
There was a brief and half-hearted attempt at following a different career path. But unhappy and unfulfilled in his earliest weeks at Art College, Jamie sought the advice of a counsellor who then asked him, ‘So what do you want to do with your life?’ “And when I said that I wanted to be a singer she told me, ‘Then go and do it!’ which totally surprised me but which was absolutely the right thing to say. I met that woman just once and for five minutes. I don’t even know her name. But she showed me what I had to do.” And via a geographically circuitous route that has taken in Dublin, Cornwall and now London and during which both his song writing skills and stagecraft have increased by leaps and bounds, he has done it.
Jamie Lawson is not just a singer but also an exceptionally blessed and affecting one, whether with his regular band (it features musicians Joe Peet, Tom Clues and Ben Woolacott) or in a solo and acoustic setting. His voice and songs have proven to work equally beautifully and well whether in a tiny indoor venue like London’s 12 Bar Club or outdoors before 10,000 people. “And the simple fact is that I love to sing,” he says. “I love the intimacy of live performance. I love drawing people into my mood. I love bringing them to where I am.” His single, the taster for an album now nearing completion and due for release later this year, shows exactly how good he is at doing just that. To repeat, it is - and he is - the Real Thing.
Alan Jackson.
London, July 2008.

You can buy the Real Thing E.P. by clicking on this link. Jamie Lawson - Real Thing - EP - Real Thing

You can buy the debut album "Last Night Stars" by clicking the link below
Jamie Lawson - Last Night Stars..
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ciara





Jun 30 2009 12:51 PM

you have a beautiful voice and your songs are amazing your very talented ,
Dena





May 19 2009 9:55 PM

Hey! Just wanted to let you know I have a new song up called "I Didn't Know". If you get a chance, please check it out and let me know what you think! Thank you so much! I hope your week rocks! :-)

Always Love & Music, ~Dena~
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May 1 2009 8:34 AM

VERY BEAUTIFUL VOICE!

best whishes for you!

Friendly.

Isabelle MAC
Susie





Apr 16 2009 8:14 AM

wow i love ur voice.very talented hope everything going well for u.

susie
Sabrina


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Apr 12 2009 6:04 PM

thank you have a great week!!
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Apr 1 2009 8:47 PM

MY KIND OF POET THE TOUCH OF YOUR HAND LOVE IT
Mark





Mar 31 2009 9:01 PM

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Mar 24 2009 11:34 AM

'Nice'

Daumen hoch!

Greetz
Marie





Mar 23 2009 5:39 PM

Dear jamie,hope everything is all right for you you've got beautifull songs
Take care
marie
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Mar 21 2009 10:59 AM

HEY THERE FOLKS. JUST CHECKING IN WITH YOU ..PLAYING A BUNCH A DIFFERENT TYPE SHOWS OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. IF YOUR IN IRELAND OR ENGLAND. OR YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED -CAN YOU LET THEM KNOW?? THIS OF COURSE IS THE GREAT ACID TEST OF MY SPACE- IF YOU CONTACTED ME - THEN HERE I AM CONTACTING YOU.


IRELAND 03- OF APRIL - IN THE GREYSTONES THEATRE- WITH SUPPORT FROM MARIA BYRNE .


17TH OF APRIL- IN KILORGAN-CO KERRY- IN THE SOL Y SOMBRA.


20TH TO THE 30TH OF APRIL IN NYC- RECORDING A LIVE C.D DUE OUT THIS YEAR.


ENGLAND

13TH OF MAY- MONKEY CHEWS- IN LONDON- WITH SUPPORT FROM SEAMUS MC LOUGHLIN.


A SPECIAL SHOW- ON THE 16TH OF MAY IN BRINDLE, CHORLEY, LANCASHIRE. PLACES ARE PRETTY LIMITED ON THIS ONE - BUT I THINK IT'S A BEAUTY, LET ME KNOW.


22ND OF MAY IN YORK- HOUSE CONCERTS- AS ABOVE - GREAT PLACE TO PLAY AND COME AND HEAR MUSIC.


BACK TO IRELAND FOR CONARY HALL-IN AVOCA . CO WICKLOW- LIVE MIC WEEKENDER. ON THE 24TH OF MAY.


THEN BACK TO THE U.
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THE 31ST OF MAY AT THE VERVE BAR IN LEEDS..THAT'S IT FOR NOW- HAVE A LOOK OVER AND SEE IF YOUR AROUND.


ALL THE GIGS ARE ON-LINE AND TICKETS ARE UP NOW.


MUCH LOVE TO YOU,

MARK GEARY.


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Mar 9 2009 4:51 PM

hi.

I listened to ur songs, they are beautiful especially real thing. I WISH U ALL THE SUCCESS.

J-Klynn


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Mar 9 2009 4:51 PM

hi.

I listened to ur songs, they are beautiful especially real thing. I WISH U ALL THE SUCCESS.

ZIKA





Mar 8 2009 10:29 PM

Hi Jamie,
your songs are really beautiful. I love "Real thing".
All the best
Zika
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Mar 5 2009 10:35 AM

Hi Jamie

Nice stuff !

Marti
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Feb 27 2009 8:35 AM

Hey Jamie
It was great to have you play at Rough Sketch last night and we hope you had a great time!
Be seeing you again soon!!
K xx
Clara Kousah





Feb 27 2009 2:17 PM

Hiya Jamie - it was excellent to meet you last night and I loved your set :) Good luck with the gigging and recording, and I hope to catch up with you again very soon.
Hugs ck xx
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Feb 20 2009 5:45 PM

Hey Jamie!

Be more than excellent if you can make it to our little launch do at Bunters, Truro on Thurs 12th March :)

Cheers!! XXX
Møon





Feb 21 2009 9:32 AM

I like your voice ^_^
The Karma Klub





Feb 17 2009 7:07 AM

Hey Jamie! Looking forward to having you play with us this Sunday at The Karma Klub :) see you then.
Karma Klub x
pensée libre





Feb 16 2009 9:34 AM

hello i like your music it s great and it s a enchantment for my ear i wish you a music success in this world by
ps my english is not good i m french
Colm





Feb 13 2009 10:22 AM

good luck with your music .
Ollieee





Feb 5 2009 11:41 AM

great songs mate yor gd thx for the ad btw :)
PJ Smith





Feb 4 2009 10:51 PM

Cool tunes!!! Peace Pj
BEA





Feb 3 2009 8:10 PM

I like all yours songs ;-))
Thank's

Kiss
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Feb 3 2009 7:48 PM

You've a great sound there Jamie, keep up ther good work, Oh and thanks for the ad!!
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