Beatles, Byrds,Stones,Who,Yardbirds, Buffalo Springfield,The Band,Bob Dylan,Neil Young,C,S,N,Y,Joni Mitchell,Ry Cooder,David Lindley,John Fahey,Van Morrison,Jimi Hendrix,Tom Waits,Elvis Costello,John Hammond,John Mayall,Eric Clapton,Duane Allman.Taj Majal, Bruce Cockburn, Tampa Red,John Prine, Greg Brown, Beck, Ben Harper, Jack Johnson, Colin Linden,Long John Baldry, Roy Orbison,Lindsey Buckingham Everly Brothers and on and on ad infinitum ...
as well as
Hermann Hesse, Carlos Castenada, John D. MacDonald, Michael Connelly, Carl Hiassen,Tim Dorsey, Lee Child,Ken Bruen, Lawrence Block, Harlen Coben, Randy Wayne White, Tom Corchoran, Carl Jung, Timothy Galway, Philip Roth, Humphrey Bogart, Clint Eastwood, Orson Welles.
Martin Scorscese, Ayn Rand, Deepak Chopra, Kahlil Gibran, Gordie Howe, Wayne Gretsky, guy La Fleur,Johnny Bright, Jacques Plante,Spencer Tracy, Jeremy irons,
Sounds Like
Myself with bits of Tom Petty,Neil Young,Ry Cooder,Mark Knopfler,Van Morrison so they tell me.
Been playing and writing music my whole life.My early influences were Beatles, Byrds,Stones,Who,Yardbirds, Buffalo Springfield,The Band,Bob Dylan,Neil Young,Ry Cooder,John Hammond,John Mayall,Eric Clapton,Duane Allman. Dug back further to find Tampa Red, Lightnin' Hopkins, Muddy Waters,Buddy Guy,Charlie Christian,Mose Allison, Django Reinhart and the list goes on. Worked for a year when I was 22 to buy a Martin D-28(still have it) and never looked back. Had a few hits in Canada and one top 30 in the USA before they sold the Record Company and that was the end of that. I've opened for a lot of great acts but the highlight has to be The Byrds when I was just out of school. I got to sit in their dressing room next to Clarence White for an hour while they warmed up acoustically and they didn't boot me out. Thanks Roger. I love writing, recording and performing and have had a few people record my songs including the lovely Patricia Conroy. I got a co-write on Murray MacLaughlin's Gulliver's Taxi CD (I Put Away My Gun) and played the solo on it which was cool as I'd always been a fan. Also produced a cd for my friend Mark Browning (Ox) a couple years back.I played some lead guitar for One Horse Blue , Jann Arden, and the Cruzeros but lately I've been hangin' close to home and studio.
I love Canada and my shack in the woods by the beach up the coast. I'm working on a couple cds ... one solo acoustic and one with my friends in the bands Shirttail Relatives and The Rockin' Hoodoos to be released under God knows what name. Stay tuned. Oh, and by the way...
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Dear Jim...Duris told me he played on your new tracks!...they sound wonderful...great songs....& I noticed Ed Henderson on your comments, amazing soulful musician & kind man, a group of us went to see The Mingus Band a few years back...wishing you ongoing creativity...hope to see you play Live soon, will bring out a whole group!
Light is the equilibrium of Shadow and Lucidity. Movement is the equilibrium of Inertia and Activity. Authority is the equilibrium of Liberty and Power. Wisdom is equilibrium in the Thoughts, which are the scintillations and rays of the Intellect. Virtue is the equilibrium in the Affections:Beauty is harmonious proportion in Forms. The beautiful lives are the accurate ones, and the magnificences of Nature are an algebra of graces and splendors. Everything just is beautiful; everything beautiful ought to be just. Moondani gLeNn
Hi Jim... Sorry it's taken so long to get back to you, My Myspace is slowly being put on the back burner since Facebook came along. I'll for sure check out your single once I'm back from BC. Be safe and well. Cheers mah! Serge
You got married! Such great news! Wishing you much happiness! If you come with your wife to Hawaii, make sure to let me know, I love to have visitors! Also let me know about the new CD when it comes out! As you know, I really really like your music and will be very happy to buy a copy! :)
Hi Jim! My old friend :) It's been so long since I heard from you... yes, I am having a great summer actually. How about you? I moved to Hawaii last year, and now I have constant summer, and I live right across the street from the beach, so I cant complain :)
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
Hey Jim, MIA is a good place to be sometimes!!! I just love lone bird!! It's one kick ass song and the theme of my life. Love the new recording and best of luck. The music is beautiful.........
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