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Steve James (blues musician) Steve James (born July 15, 1950 – January 6, 2023) was an American folk blues musician.A multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter, James operated in the fields of acoustic and folk blues. Without the benefit of promotion from a major record label, James had secured his fan base from consistent touring.
Jan 6, 2023 · Steve James. Steve James, guitarist, songwriter and luthier passed away January 6, 2023. He died at home from a glioblastoma brain tumor. His illness was brief but devastatingly fast and he was unable to say goodbye properly to many of his valued and beloved friends, artistic colleagues and students. R.I.P. Steve James July 15, 1950-January 6 ...
Steve James with Collings C-10 serial number 524, his principal acoustic guitar for 30 years. Photo Kirsten Mohan . Steve James is a blues musician, a notable songwriter, one of the best modern bottleneck slide players, a storyteller and a compendium of interesting facts.
- Lover of A Good Story
- A Renaissance Man on Many Levels
- A Ball of Energy
- Ostensible Guitar Repairs—But Much More
- He Changed My Life Forever
- Steve James on Record
By David Lusterman, Acoustic Guitar founder and lifelong friend of Steve James Am I disobeying the injunction to speak no ill of the dead when I observe that Steve James could be, at times, a bit feisty? Sometimes with justification, like if he saw you pull a flatpick from your pocket during one of his fingerstyle guitar workshops, he might quip, “...
By Jorma Kaukonen, guitarist and co-founder of Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna Sometimes it’s just hard to keep the threads connected. It’s easy to take for granted that there will always be time for one more stitch, but there is never enough time and the unfinished fabric always leaves me wishing I had done more. Vanessa [Kaukonen’s wife] and I go...
By Michael Gurian, guitar maker and lutherie supplier Steve James came to me in the late 1960s, wanting to apprentice in my shop in [the] SoHo [neighborhood of New York City]. At that time, he was living on the Lower East Side with a couple of friends. He started with me and worked and stayed for about a year or two. He was always super positive an...
By Greg Ruby, guitarist, writer, and educator I first crossed paths with Steve James in North Carolina at the Swannanoa Gathering Guitar Week about a decade ago. One afternoon in the lunchroom, I joined a transfixed crowd that hung on his every word for story after story of his colorful life on the road. After the table cleared, he turned to me and...
By Ana Egge, singer-songwriter and guitarist On Jan 6, 2023, this world lost a truly incredible person. Steve James. My friend and mentor. I don’t know where I’d be without him. At times he was more like a brother/uncle/father to me. When I was 15, he saw me leading a children’s chorus playing the mandolin in Silver City, New Mexico. Later that day...
Single Shot (self-released under the name Stephen Cicchetti, 1980)Two Track Mind(Discovery, 1993)American Primitive(Antone’s, 1994)Art & Grit(Texas Music Group, 1996)00:00. Download file. Welcome to the Blues Café, a weekly radio show of the best Blues music across the decades presented by me, Steve James …. Come inside to enjoy :-. Music from the early origins of the Blues to contemporary Blues artists, (with some artist / song history) A featured ‘Artist of the Week’ where I showcase the work of a ...
Jan 6, 2023 · By David Lusterman. Steve James, noted American roots musician and songwriter and long-time contributor to Acoustic Guitar, died at home today in Seattle, Washington, at the age of 72. The cause was glioma, a brain cancer. A native New Yorker, Steve James developed an early fascination with blues music and the guitar through his father’s ...
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Aug 5, 2022 · Morningsong with Steve James!Steve James is known throughout the world of folk music and blues for his energetic live sets and an instrumental, singing, and ...
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