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  1. James Honeyman-Scott (4 November 1956 – 16 June 1982) was an English rock guitarist, songwriter and founding member of the band the Pretenders. With the band, Honeyman-Scott established a reputation, in the words of AllMusic , as "one of the most original and versatile guitarists of the early-'80s new wave movement."

  2. Sep 7, 2019 · James Honeyman-Scott was born in 1956, in Hereford, England. He started playing the guitar aged eleven. His early musical influences included the heavy blues of Cream, the ambition of Yes and the melodic southern rock of the Allman Brothers. Later influences, and quite direct ones too, included Nick Lowe and Dave Edmunds; “I started listening ...

  3. Dec 18, 2022 · Welcome to my Talking Guitar podcast with James Honeyman-Scott, one of the founding member of the Pretenders. Jimmy, as he preferred to be called, only lived...

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  5. JHS Interview 1981. Home » Pretenders & Chrissie Hynde Articles » James Honeyman Scott interview. The complete audio of this interview can be heard on Jas Obrecht’s Talking Guitar online magazine here. This interview took place on January 29, 1981. At the time, James was living in Flat 1, Westside, 55 Priory Road, West Hampstead, London.

  6. The Pretenders are a British-American rock band formed in March 1978. The original band consisted of founder and main songwriter Chrissie Hynde (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), James Honeyman-Scott (lead guitar, backing vocals, keyboards), Pete Farndon (bass guitar, backing vocals) and Martin Chambers (drums, backing vocals, percussion).

  7. Jul 21, 2022 · A year and a half after our interview, James Honeyman-Scott was called in for a band meeting in which the original Pretenders bassist, Pete Farndon, was dismissed for his substance abuse. Two days later, on June 16, 1982, James Honeyman-Scott died of cocaine-induced heart failure. He was 25 years old.

  8. Jul 20, 2022 · The complete James Honeyman-Scott interview is now available in HD on YouTube: https://youtu.be/UDLfBBO5FGM. In the excerpt heard here, James confesses that ...

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