DC Larson's JUKEBOX JURY: James Intveld

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Sunday, January 18, 2026

James Intveld with the Velvet Candles

"Love You Still" b/w "Got the Blues"

(Sleazy Records)

James is already well known and favored as both a singer who possesses golden pipes and a soloing guitarist of tectonic essence. Barcelona's Velvet Candles may be less globally celebrated, but the night is young. Like James, they, too, harbor estimable capacities; wider renown is sure to one day be theirs, also. What resulted from their joined forces is classical Rock'n'Roll both weighty and spring shod. Doubters (should there be any) will find cautions fading as these waxed numbers - the A side a rollicker; the flip, lighter on the gas pedal, its cruise bolstered by handclaps - make jukeboxes kick up dust.

Videos: "Love You Still" (live) "Got the Blues"

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Back in the Day, 1995

James Intveld

Introducing...

(Bear Family)

Bear Family had the good taste to physicalize this in 1995. And Innerworks and Molenaart returned it to racks two years later. (Songs included on different editions vary slightly.) Impeccable Rockabilly that brought along its Country blood brother - and when the two kindled together, barns blazed in orange and blue. Vocals were poised, melodious, and as firm as a common-man's handshake. James had long been appreciated out Californ-ia way; his maiden solo wax broadcast glad tidings to the world's four corners.

Recommended: "Perfect World," "Blue Blue Day," "Cryin' Over You," "Barely Hangin' On," "Standing On a Rock," "Your Lovin'," "I Love You," "You Say Goodnight, I'll Say Goodbye"

Videos: "Cryin' Over You" (live in 2011), "Barely Hangin' On" "Standing on a Rock" "Your Lovin'"

Sunday, October 19, 2025

James Intveld

"Let's Talk it Out" single

(Mule Kick Records)

A mind's-eye image blooms from the opening strums: a lanky buck slouched on a sagging porch, barely noticing the big rigs speeding down the long white ribbon. Alone. His slowhand picking and tuneful drawl lend plain-folks ambience to the scene. The narrative he spins aches with melancholy.

(True, lovers' reunification is portrayed at the accompanying video's conclusion; would only that all such scenarios enjoyed blissful closure.)

James's authenticity came from years spent knocking around California in the right company. Names like Rosie Flores, Nick 13, Wanda Jackson, and the Blasters figure prominently in his backstory, as do the Mavericks, Dale Watson, and Dwight Yoakam. Too, it was James who contributed singing for Johnny Depp's Cry Baby.

Here rotates the culmination of numerous waxed productions and hardscrabble road-doggery. These grooves have a beating heart and dirt under their fingernails.

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