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Jim Page
Folk / Americana / Acoustic

Jim Page



SEATTLE, Washington
United States

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Member Since9/18/2006
Band Websitewww.jimpage.net
Band MembersJim performs mostly solo but has an extended family of player who he works with from time to time. These include: Billy Oskay, Mark Ettinger, Vince Herman, Rob Wasserman, Theresa Andersson, Grant Dermody, Orville Johnson, Artis, Scott Law and Erin Corday
InfluencesTop of the list: Lightnin' Hopkins. After that anybody who can play a few chords and make it sound like more. Anybody who can carry on a conversation with a guitar in their hands and make it natural. Christy Moore. Michael O' Connelly. Mikael Wiehe. Erin Corday. Grace Hearn. Steve Earl. Leadbelly. Car horns, dogs, arguments, good books, bad movies, romance, irony, fables, street fights, insights and intrigues, police raids, and almost anything that gets into my head that I can't shake off. Accidental poetry makes the best lyric. Rants and gambles. A good story is better than what really happened anyway.
Sounds LikeSomebody thinking out loud with a guitar. Stick your neck out and slam it with a music critic and that's what it sounds like. Somebody once said, if it's worth talking about it's worth singing about. That's what it sounds like. **************************************************************** New Video!! Trailer for the upcoming indy documentary "Protest Nation." Song about the RNC in St Paul. Check out their web site - www.protestnation.org Two songs for the outgoing George W - GOOD RIDDANCE!!! On the street with Artis the Spoonman "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" - Seattle anti war rally, March 18, 2006 - from Talkingstick TV "Head Full Of Pictures" - A visual collage created by Green Visions Productions. Pretty strong stuff, I think. "Over My Dead Body" w/Joe Martin at Seattle Veterans For Peace Benefit, July 2007 - video by Todd Boyle
Record LabelWhid-Isle Music


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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Jul 10 2009 12:00P
Oregon Country Fair Blue Moon Stage Veneta, Oregon
Jul 11 2009 2:00P
Oregon Country Fair - Community Village Stage Veneta, Oregon
Jul 12 2009 1:15P
Oregon Country Fair - Shady Grove Stage Veneta, Oregon
Jul 12 2009 3:00P
Oregon Country Fair - Still Living Room stage Veneta, Oregon
Jul 27 2009 2:00P
16th IUAES World Congress Kunming, Yunnan
Jul 28 2009 2:00P
16th IUAES World Congress Kunming, Yunnan
Jul 29 2009 2:00P
16th IUAES World Congress Kunming, Yunnan
Jul 30 2009 2:00P
16th IUAES World Congress Kunming, Yunnan
Jul 30 2009 2:00P
16th IUAES World Congress Kunming, Yunnan
Nov 30 2009 8:00P
Global Climate Change conference Copenhagen, Sjælland

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   About Jim Page
Jim started out in California where he was born. He lived in the Bay Area and caught the tail end of the 60's stuff. Garcia played pedal steel down the street, Kaukenon showed up for jam sessions, and everybody got stoned. New Year's Day of 1970 he hit the road by thumb to New York City and Greenwich Village. He stayed there for a year, living in elevator stair wells and on roof tops, under park benches and in borrowed closets. At the the end of that year he hooked up with some people from Seattle. They were going home, want to come along? Sounded great - he'd never heard of the place before. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO The last folk club closed soon after he got to Seattle and that, he says, was the best thing that could have happened. If there was no scene the he would make up his own. Which he did in short order. He started by playing the breaks inbetween rock band sets. Three breaks a night, twenty minutes each. Get the attention, sing the songs, pass the hat. Then playing at the campus of the University Of Washington. Gather a crowd, sing the songs, leave the hat on the ground. Improvisation was the key. Jim discovered that if he sang about the people as he saw them - put them literally into the songs - they would hang around to see what else might happen. And the improvs might soon became real songs. It all fell into place. In 1974 he was faced with arrest for singing on lower Pike Street and spent that summer changing the laws concerning street music. Seattle became and still is open. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO 1977 he went to Europe for the first time, performing at the Cambridge Folk Festival. He got great press and wound up doing tours - England, Wales, Ireland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, the Netherlands, things were getting real busy. A couple of songs he had written were picked up by an Irish band called Moving Hearts and one them, Hiroshima-Nagasaki Russian Roulette, entered the charts at number one. It has since become a part of the Irish national repertoire. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO In '83 he came back to the States to find that a second rate actor had become president and the IRA was an individual retirement account. He was a little confused for a while but soon began experimenting with musical approaches. Trios, duets, a seven piece electric band. It was an noncommittal soup for a few years. In '89 he teamed up with Artis the Spoonman, of Soundgarden fame, for a strange but wonderful duo approach that has lasted and still happens to this day from time to time. Simultaneously he created a real tight four piece band called Zero Tolerance, a name taken from Bush senior's anti-drug policy. The band lasted for three years and made one recording. He began going back to Europe. Germany, Irealnd. Sometimes alone, sometimes with Artis. He recreated his solo performance. He wrote a lot of songs. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO In late November of 1999 the WTO came to Seattle, precipitating what is now a famous popular uprising. Jim spent all 4 days downtown and had many near permanent relationships with law enforcement. The events of that week opened the eyes of a lot of people and his songs gained weight. About the same time he created a relationship with Billy Oskay and Mark Ettinger, two musicians with whom he has recorded and continues to work. Billy owns a studio near Portland, OR, and Mark plays bass and lives in New York, when he's not juggling with the Flying Karamozov Brothers. Their first CD was called "Music From Big Red," the name of Billy's studio. The song that Jim wrote about the WTO, Didn't We, was the catalyst for the project and is featured on the rceord. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO 9-11 happened and the weights got serious. Jim responded with song, and a CD called Collateral Damage was born, several songs of which got frequent play on Democracy Now! Three CDs came out afterwards, a compilation, a Nashville thing, and a collection of Seattle songs. Now the 2nd Big Red has just come out. It's called Head Full Of Pictures and deals boldly with our current state of affairs. Jim continues to tour in Europe - he is going to be in England and Ireland early 2007. He is soon going for his second national festival appearance in Taiwan. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Nobody knows what the future holds but, like they say, it should be interesting. And Jim will probably be there.

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Jul 8 2009 5:53 PM

We are naked underneath our clothes today!!!
Pacha Mama





Jul 14 2009 3:16 PM

Nice to see you again
And sweet to jam with you and Richard

Salut!
Tracy The Celtic Diva - The Official Music Page





Jun 24 2009 12:23 AM

Thanks for the add & your friendship!
-Tracy

Elizabeth Cable





Jun 25 2009 12:43 AM

The Eagle has landed.
Neal


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Jun 22 2009 4:07 AM

Ciao Jim ,Thank you for the add and the friendship.
you are very good, I like your stupendous music a lot,
you are fantastic ..really. you are a myth for me;-)
talk to you soon, and all of my best wishes to always listen to your good music.
all the best.. from italy
neal
David McCoy & The ReaL





Jun 23 2009 2:00 PM

hey Jim, pleasure meeting you Saturday :) We enjoyed it very much!
Grrrreat show man :o)

the band
Carolyn Cruso





Jun 23 2009 5:36 PM

You and Katy will have a breath of fresh air when you come to Orcas this weekend....looking forward to your show.
Tsunami Books





Jun 9 2009 6:19 PM

Hiya,
Would you consider joining Joanne and I for a Tsunami Benefit on Wed. July 8th before the fair??? Lizzie
The Traceys





Jun 7 2009 12:01 AM

Thank you so much Jim for honoring us with your precious friendship.... We love your music ! We hope your morning is blessed with Love and that the adventures of your Life feel like a ride on the mystery train of Pure Joy.....Thanks again !!
John





Jun 6 2009 9:10 AM

Hi Jim, just droppin in to say hello from Wicklow. Hope you're well?
Brok'n Arrow





May 3 2009 6:40 PM

Thank you for being a friend!!!:) Keep on grooving!!:)
Peace,
Brok'n Arrow
Howlin Houndog & Infamous Loosers





May 1 2009 8:30 PM

I hope to see you again at Folklife. I will be performing there on Monday May 25th @ 12:20 p.m. on the Mural Stage. Here is our next show prior to that.

From Vancouver B.C!
The Sumner Brothers
with
Howlin Houndog & Infamous Loosers
and
Lee Rude (solo)

15/05/2009 9:00 PMatMix
6006 12th Ave S, Seattle, Washington 98108
Cost: $7
We will be playing club Mix in Georgetown on Friday May 15th 2009 again with Vancouver BC’s Sumner Brothers and Seattle’s own Lee Rude! Doors at 8 p.m. and the fun begins at 9 p.m. Come out and support all the bands. We look forward to seeing you there!
Tsunami Books





Apr 25 2009 3:24 AM

Hi Jimster,
You are on KLCC Friday Northwest Passage May Day, May Day...do you read me? Over.
Eleanor the Great





Apr 3 2009 7:23 PM

Boy, I've been hoping to catch a show for a while, but you are a busy bee elsewhere now that I can! ;) I'm looking forward to Folklife (I always do) and I'll definitely be looking for you there! I see your playing in Portland soon - I'll send my sister a message, maybe she can tell me how it was. Have fun!
Elizabeth Cable





Apr 4 2009 4:49 PM

I bought the "Human..." retrospective album and I am playing 'Anna Mae' over and over and over again...it makes me kinda teary eyed to see all those old photos of you and your handsome self. See you soon. Lizzie
Jimi Cullen





Mar 24 2009 2:13 PM

Hey Jim, Hope the Irish gigs went well. Sorry I missed you but next time hopefully our paths will cross
jeffery





Mar 19 2009 4:31 PM

Hi, Jim...
It'd be awesome if you could swing some shows up in Alaska...Juneau, especially. They'd love you up here.
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Mar 17 2009 12:14 AM

Thanks for the Add!
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Mar 7 2009 4:46 PM

"I'm just in the door from the Jim Page gig in De Barra's and I'm buzzin.
What an incredible night's entertainment. The guy just blew me away. Whatever else you get up to in the near fututre do NOT miss a Jim Page gig if he is playing anywhere near you. I really mean that. The guy is amazing."

Richie in Clonakilty enjoyed his evening with you, Jim! :-))
John





Mar 1 2009 9:42 AM

Hey Jim, really looking forward to Conary on Friday night!
DOUG LANG





Mar 3 2009 3:12 PM

I've gotten good reports, Jim,
on your gigs in Ireland.
A friend in Galway is coming to
see you at the Crane Bar.
Best, Doug
(*THE OFFICIAL*) SIGNATURE BOY (DAVE)





Feb 28 2009 2:51 PM

THANK YOU JIM FOR THE ADD~!!<br />~DAVE~
Joanne Rand





Feb 26 2009 8:05 AM

Hoping you are healthy and happy up there in Seattle. I KNOW you are writing more good music.
Lane





Jan 29 2009 5:54 AM

Thankyou Jim for the add. I hope you all come back down to Takilma, Oregon again someday, You were appreciated!
Jim Hinde





Jan 24 2009 1:42 AM

Thank you, so very much, for keeping my songs sung.
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