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Award winning songwriter Drew James
performs his solo act all over the west coast, primarily in the bay
area, including the Bread and Roses concert series. Drew’s songs
have received airplay in the U.S. and Europe.
Drew's 2010 studio release “Mystic Rhythm Fingers” includes
his most requested new songs and was recorded to represent a live
sound. His 2007 acoustic release "Way Beyond the Maze" includes the
Great American Song Contest award winner "You Can Cry to Me" and the
Billboard World Song Contest award winner “Thicker than
Blood.” His 2006 release “The Last Second Chance,”
produced by Bruce Kaphan, was submitted for Grammy consideration. It
includes the Billboard Song Contest award winner "That Old Friday Night
Feeling." The CD was also featured at the Toofy Film Festival in
Boulder, Colorado. He appeared on Shuteye Records’ “United
State of Americana” compilation CD that made it to #53 on the
Americana Music Association charts in 2005.
“On his The Last Second Chance CD (2006), Drew James has
created his own music realm, attractive and hospitable to any Real
Music lover, no matter his or her genre preferences. Strictly speaking,
the album is recorded in a folk-rock key, but there's so much True Blue
feeling in every track that they sound "more Blues" to me than many of
the "canonized" 12-bar standards. The arrangements and performance are
tasteful and natural, and the production is simply perfect (a George
Martin level work done by guitarist Bruce Kaphan). To those yet
deciding whether to buy or not this CD, I'd say it'd be one of their
best investments, a "long term" one - the more you play this record,
the better it sounds. Drew James' music world is a place to stay - "you
can check out any time you like, but you can never leave".”
- Paul Bondarovski, Midnight Special Blues Radio
“As Far As I Know subscribes to traditional roots
songwriting, but bends the rules slightly by subverting traditional
sounds with intimate singer/songwriter blues tones”
– Ryan Hoffer, Shuteye Records A&R |
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