I am a guitarist / songwriter and vocalist who has been playing guitar since the age of 13. I started out playing at the New Mt. Carmel Church of Washington, D.C. What inspired me to play the guitar was when I joined the D.C. Youth Orchestra in elementary school playing the viola. It was that instrument that led my Dad to buy me a guitar for Christmas.
At the age of twenty-one I was a guitarist / vocalist for a group called the Busey Brothers. We played at local block parties and clubs and at one gig met an entertainer named Little Royal, who performed James Brown's most popular covers. We toured with him from 1978 to 1982, at clubs, bars, cabarets and hotels, in the Southeastern United States.
I relocated to New York City in 1986 to further pursue my music career.
Shortly after arriving, I began to play in Central Park and the Subway
system as a street musician. The style of music I played is instrumental jazz
by Benson, Miles Davis, Santana, Antonio Carlos Jobim, and various other jazz
artists. I attended York College in Jamaica Queens from 1993 to 1998 and graduated with a Bachelor of Science, Information Systems Management. I also performed at the Jazz Workshop in the College.
In 1998 I relocated to Washington, DC to look for Computer opportunities and enjoy a slower pace of life. While located in DC, I was able to compose original
jazz music, and record the songs on a digital home studio that I built myself. Currently I perform with a local Maryland group named "Night Moves" and have performed some of my instrumentals playing with the group. That brings us to this very moment, and the CD you are listening to.
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Hello,james,it's been so very long since I've,been on my space i don't know what to do or how to use the computer,my computer is still,not fix the space bar is jammed and my hard drive breaks up like a cell phone when you put a cd or dvd in it. i remember you said you know how to fix it i just was putting things off plus my mother passed in dec,2008,and brother,ecti wrote a song,two to be exact and some people had heard it when,they called,and gave,it good comments i titled it jesus came i liked it i put the music to it also i'am on my granddaughter's computer,so i don't know when i will received your comment if you respond but my personal phone number is 410-367-1627,but,having trouble with the lines they said but it could be the jack getting a knew to see if that's the problem. the other phone number is 410-664-1424 i,still have the phone number you gave me. Take care Shirley
