Jamie James
Straight Up
(Jamie James / Oglio Entertainment)
Jamie has long been hailed by Neo-Rockabilly enthusiasts as the sparkplug for early 1980s triad, the Kingbees. Following their two LPs, the singer/guitarist spent some 18 years with Dennis Quaid and the Sharks. (Too, the name Harry Dean Stanton figures in Jamie's bio.)
During a March interview with Medium writer Donna Block, he said: "I grew up in rock ’n’ roll in the ‘60s -- let’s just say I didn’t always live the life of a choirboy. But after a while, you find someone you truly love, and that feels better than anything. The song ["Straight Up"] is about saying, if this relationship is wrong or a sin, or if this woman is too good for me, I’m not stopping, so go ahead and pray for me. In the end, the power of love makes us better.”
Abetted by reliably solid players from his Quaid days (every man a tiger), Jamie backs up the heaviness of those words with muscular sounds in which hardened Blues and real-ass Rock'n'Roll clap shoulders. As exemplified in 10 lean, mean cuts, their strapping gestalt ain't nothin' to take lightly. Music this low-down and dog-dirty can't even be touched by tech-fabricated poseurs.
And voices like Jamie's come only from living, hurting, and laughing at this crazy planet.
Recommended: "Let the Praying Begin," "Get a Hold of Myself," "Show Biz Boogie," "Septuagenarian Blues," "Too Far Gone," "Knock Me Out," "Keep On Rockin," "Morning, Noon, and Night," "Never Stop Dreaming," "Heavy Load of the Blues"
Videos: "Let the Praying Begin" "Septuagenarian Blues" "Keep on Rockin'"
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