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Little Village+
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Warren Zevon (Rest In Peace, friend; I will 'keep you in my heart for a while')+
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John Hiatt+
Elvis Costello+
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Sounds Like
Jackson Browne meets Steve Earle and they hang out with Richard Thompson writing songs about post 9-11 life in the USA.
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AS A SONGWRITER...
"...some of the best literate and articulate lyrics that have crossed our desk in some time.....highly recommended" - Acoustic Rainbow - Roots Music Airplay Sampler for Radio.
"James's writing truly upholds everything good, right and true about American Roots music. Like Kristofferson, Prine, Goodman and Zevon, James Curley is a visionary way ahead of today's mainstream songwriters." - Timothy Edward Jones - journalist and author of Country Conversation - www.TEJBooks.com
Chicago based songwriter James Curley writes literate Americana-Roots based songs in the tradition mined by songwriters such as Warren Zevon, Tom Waits, Steve Goodman and John Gorka. Primarily observing the broader human condition rather than relationship and love songs, James' keen eye for absurdity, hypocrisy, pathos and human interest is evident in the lyrics of his songs, especially those on his most recent CD 'Manufactured Meaning' from 2007.
AS A PERFORMER:
Songwriter James Curley and his band, Radio Fade, perform rhythmic, rootsy Americana-tinged Rock in the tradition of The Band, Little Feat, Jackson Browne, John Hiatt & Little Village, etc. The sound is real and authentic, featuring acoustic and electric guitars, slide guitars, Hammond B3 and Piano, and a veteran rhythm section to accompany James's literate songs.
On record, James likes to embellish the arrangements of certain songs with horns and strings and other elements not easily reproduced live without a ten-piece band. His live show is more rockin' and is tailored for great crowd response. It features songs like 'Rest Your Weary Bones' - a syncopated bluesy 'welcome song' to the live crowd, '700 Parking Tickets - a swamp groove piece about scofflaws that serves as a vessel to showcase Ben Lansing's great bluesy slide guitar licks, and 'How Dumb Do You Think I Am?' - an alt-authentic country ballad written by Joel Pace, who handles keyboards, accordion and vocals. All this is held tightly together by rhythm section veterans Dave Heim on drums and George Callobre on bass to provide a rootsy groove under the songs.
James and the band often incorporate a few cover tunes as extended segues out of his original songs. The cover songs refer back to a classic song that inspired the original song in a kind of 'loop d'homage' that appeals to crowds and provides a known song by another artist as a touchstone. Cover tunes can vary greatly depending on venue. James draws on a rich depth of literate songwriters and performers. He’s as comfortable pulling Steve Young's 'Seven Bridges Road' into a set as he is the Grateful Dead's version of 'I Know You Rider', often as an extended jam on both songs.
Other cover material can include Dylan, Bruce Cockburn, John Prine, Hank Williams, Gram Parsons, John Fogerty, Grateful Dead, Little Feat and others. James Curley and Radio Fade 'walk the line' between 100% Authenticity and pure entertainment.
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Looking forward to meeting you in person at Lil Fest. For the fearmongers of the world I've got a song called Scairdycat that I'll do for the 9/11 show at Bills. And I just wrote a new song, You Belong. It'll be fun to introduce it to a brand new audience during the weekend. See you soon.
‘Hi James ” Thanks for hooking up. Enjoying listening to all your music tracks here & shall be back for more cause we like that stuff and like your style, Drop us a comment and stay in touch. Love & peace to you from Devon UK’s most fiery raucous and hairy rocking folk band The Dambuskers. A legend in their own lunch time and rebels without a clue. Keep Music Live and keep it real!!!. -
Thanks so much for the add James, we're glad to be friends! Here's hoping that all your musical dreams come true and we have the opportunity to cross paths in person one day!
Kathy, Tim, Tom and Dennis Kathy Boyd & Phoenix Rising www.phoenixrisingband.org
