Artist description Performing original, stylistically broad Americana songs… from the pure folk of "Tom's Cafe" to the tongue-in-cheek New Orleans stomp of "Flies"… from the roots-rockin' "Moonlight Cold, Wind" to the country blues of "I Jumped Bail"… James swings effortlessly between original songs influenced by a broad range of songwriters and performers in folk, country blues, pop, ragtime and country styles. He’s clearly a fan of a broad pallet of American musical styles and it’s evident in his songs. His guitar playing is a rhythmic, percussive, acoustic, bare-fingered hodgepodge of styles influenced by folk, pop, country, blues and ragtime. James’ powerful vocals range from rootsy and raucous to reflective and sonorous, depending on his songs, which cover a lot of stylistic ground without blurring genres.

Music Style Americana - rockfolkpopcountryblues

Musical Influences Steve Goodman, CSNY, Ralph McTell, Jorma Kaukonen

Artist History songwriter james f curley... migrating from philadelphia to houston to austin to chicago... pieces together a sonic quilt of self-penned ballads, roots rockers and whimsical ditties for fans of well-crafted lyrics and accessible, memorable melodies. purposely avoiding the ultra-compressed sonic style of modern pop music, these songs feature spare but rich arrangements of vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, piano and keyboards, percussion, harmonica, accordion, acoustic and electric bass, dobro and pedal steel guitar. some country, some rock, some pop, some folk.....original variations on all

Group Members James F. Curley

Albums Tom's Cafe

Location Chicago, IL - USA

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