Artist description Ecclectic mix of poetry and music

Musical Influences Jazz/Delta blues/ country and western/ Poets: Langston Hughes/ Sterling Brown/ Paul Laurence Dunbar/ The Last Poets

Similar Artists Gil Scott Heron

Artist History James E. Tokley, Sr., is the City of Tampa, Florida's first official poet laureate.

Group Members Tokley's first CD, Urban Griot, was produced by Jim Beckwith, Common Touch Music, Tampa, Florida.

Location Tampa, FL - USA

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