James Harman

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James Harman (born June 8, 1946 in Anniston , Alabama ) is an American blues musician who appears primarily as a singer and blues harp player.

Career

James Harman sang in the church choir as a child and learned to play the piano. On his own he practiced playing his father's harmonica. After moving to Florida in 1962, Harman began performing there with various blues musicians. He later performed regularly in Chicago and New York, among others . Harman now lives in California .

In 1964 he released his first single, in 1987 his first album Those Dangerous Gentlemen ( Rhino ). He founded his own band, The James Harman Band, in 1977. James Harman accompanied numerous well-known musicians as a singer and blues harp player. He has played with Albert Collins , Freddie King , T-Bone Walker and ZZ Top, among others, over the course of his more than fifty-year career . Harman has toured Europe several times.

Awards

Harman has been nominated many times for the WC Handy Blues Award and won it in 2014 for both the best blues album and the best traditional blues album of the year. In 2014 he was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Blues Album .

Discography

  • Those Dangerous Gentlemen (1987)
  • Extra Napkins (1988)
  • Strictly Live ... In '85 !, Vol. 1 (1990)
  • Do Not Disturb (1991)
  • Two Sides to Every Story (1993)
  • Cards on the Table (1994)
  • Black & White (1995)
  • Takin 'Chances (1998)
  • Icepick's Story (1999)
  • Lonesome Moon Trance (2003)
  • Bonetime (2015)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ biography. jamesharman.com , accessed August 18, 2015 .
  2. ^ Still ZZ After All These Years. Texas Monthly, December 1996, accessed August 18, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Bob Stannard: Artist Spotlight: James Harman. Interview. Barrelhouse Blues, 2007, accessed August 18, 2015 .
  4. ↑ a b David King: James Harman: Those Dangerous Gentlemens. Interview. November 15, 2007, accessed August 18, 2015 .
  5. ↑ 35th Blues Music Awards Winners Announced! Blue Mountain Artists, 2014, accessed April 16, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Harman, James
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American blues musician
DATE OF BIRTH June 8, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Anniston , Alabama