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Bassist James Smith can be heard on live late-’70s recordings by Chicago blues harmonica master Walter “Shakey” Horton, also known as Big Walter ~ Eugene Chadbourne, All Music Guide

Fans of the Philly soul sound may debate endlessly about what the key ingredients are, but all must agree that the name James Smith figures prominently The vocalist James Smith was one of the original members of Philly soul mascots the Stylistics, although he also was one of the singers who departed prior to the group’s final run on the oldies circuit

This string arranger is one of many major and minor figures that has been involved in soul music since the ’60s In 1979 Smith worked on a Randy Crawford production entitled Raw Silk: skeptics can wonder why strings are needed when one already has silk

In order to back up urban blues master Jimmy Reed, guitarist James Smith literally had to learn to shuffle off to Buffalo The tense but somehow easygoing nature of the Reed sound has been nothing but a plus in Smith’s subsequent collaborations with harmonica player and bandleader Lynwood Slim such as the 1996 Soul Feet

James Solberg Biography, Photos, Pictures

Whenever Luther Allison toured the US in the ’90s, he was backed by the Jim Solberg Band Solberg and Allison had a long, friendly working relationship that dates back to the early 1970s, when Allison was living in Milwaukee

James Solberg Band Biography, Photos, Pictures

The longtime backing unit behind Luther Allison, the James Solberg Band made their headlining debut in 1995 with See That My Grave Is Kept Clean; One of These Days followed a year later, and in 1997 the group won the W

J Monque’D comes from the school of musicians who say if you are going to play the blues, you have got to live the blues This blues man has certainly done that; they ought to make a movie of his life

James Walker Biography, Photos, Pictures

If each performer in the blues genre named James Walker represented an item of dirty clothing, it would add up to a pile of work for someone with a washboard—unless that washboard belonged to the James Walker with commitments to rub it the rhythmic way in a Memphis blues band

Rhyme or Reason is a solo effort from 2000 that showcases this artist’s mallet percussion technique and if everyone who had heard him play at that point had bought a copy it would have been a million-seller

James Walkerdistinguished himself as a member of The Dixie Hummingbirds, an illustrious vocal group from the gospel genre The still active group has already logged more than 75 years of activity, obviously involving a regular series of membership changes