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The name of James Hancock shows up on songwriting credits for a traditional blues song entitled “Alberta Blues,” about a woman and not the at times frigid Canadian province
James Harman is a California-based blues singer, harmonica player, songwriter, and bandleader with an agenda that definitely distances him from the rest of the pack A veteran of the blues roadhouse circuit, he has led various combinations of the James Harman Band over the years, most featuring top-notch talent (like guitarists Hollywood Fats and Kid Ramos) to match his own
This R&B vocalist and songwriter from the Philly soul heyday should not be confused with the James Harris who became known as Jimmy Jam Harris and the other members of his band the Intrigues, including Alfred Brown, came up with “In a Moment” at a moment when Jimmy Jam would have been about ten-years-old
Studio credits for this guitarist include the 1987 Ava Cherry opus Picture Me ~ Eugene Chadbourne, All Music Guide
Bordering on the mundane, the vista of instrumentalists named James Harris who should not be mistaken for each other springs into lively focus following feature on Fast Food Funkateers, a 1992 effort by Slapbak originally released on the Reprise imprint
In collaboration with partner Terry Lewis, Jimmy Jam emerged as one of the most successful producers and writers of the 1980s, his long history of pace-setting R&B, club and pop hits reaching its apex on a series of smash records for Janet Jackson
James Henderson has been active in contemporary gospel since the ’90s, recording with the groups of Kirk Franklin and contributing material to recording projects by Israel
This guitarist initially garnered his reputation as one of the Philly soul stalwarts associated with Gamble & Huff’s Philadelphia International recording studios James Herb Smith’s mentors were guitarists Norman Harris and Bobby Eli, whose initial studio backing group established a distinctive new soul sound which quickly became in demand
Midwesterner James Hill, sometimes credited as Jimmy Hill, is a specialist in hard-rocking blues music as might be heard on a typical night in any number of taverns in Chicago, Milwaukee, Indianapolis or Minneapolis
James Hill was a west coast blues artist from the ’40s and ’50s He seems to have been caught up in the independent recording scene of that time, which in term of this style of music was similar to legions of fishermen setting out with their boats