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James Walbourne (born 2 February 1980) is a British singer, guitarist, and multi-instrumentalist. He is the current lead guitarist in The Pretenders as well as one-half of The Rails.

Biography

When he was young he wanted to play in clubs around America. To fulfill his dream, he left school to go on a US tour with Peter Bruntnell and there he became a member of the bands Pernice Brothers and Son Volt.[1] He became a member of The Kinks’ front-man Ray Davies’s solo band and of The Pogues.[citation needed] In 2008, he was recruited to The Pretenders by Martin Chambers just before the Break Up the Concrete tour.[2]

In 2005 he formed a band, Royal Gun, with his brother Rob Walbourne but that disbanded after a short tour of England and the US. In 2010, he started working on his first solo album The Hill, and it was released in 2011 by

Heavenly Records.[3][4]

Family and music

In 2007, when

Kami Thompson for the first time. In 2011, they accidentally met in Los Angeles at the 50th-anniversary show for McCabe's Guitar Shop and this time their relationship grew and the pair eventually married in 2012.[5][6]

They founded The Rails and released their first album Fair Warning on Island Records.[7]

Discography

  • Peter Bruntnell - Normal For Bridgwater Slow River Records 1999
  • Dust - A Dirt Track Odyssey Bar De Lune LUNECD16 2002
  • Peter Bruntnell - Ends Of The Earth Back Porch, Virgin 2002
  • Death In Vegas - Scorpio Rising Concrete 2002
  • Peter Bruntnell - Played Out Loose 2004
  • Peter Bruntnell - Ghost In A Spitfire Loose 2005
  • Bap Kennedy – The Big Picture 2005
  • Pernice Brothers - Discover A Lovelier You Ashmont Records 2005
  • Pernice Brothers - Nobody's Watching Ashmont Records 2005
  • Saint Etienne - What Have You Done Today Mervyn Day? (Original Soundtrack Recording)
  • Foreign Office 2006
  • Pernice Brothers - Live A Little Ashmont Records 2006
  • Edwyn Collins - Home Again Heavenly 2007
  • Linda Thompson - Versatile Heart Rounder Records 2007
  • Pretenders - Break Up The Concrete Shangri-La Music 2008
  • Pretenders* - The Best Of / Break Up The Concrete Rhino Records 2009
  • Joe Pernice - It Feels So Good When I Stop - Novel Soundtrack One Little Indian, Ashmont
  • Records 2009
  • Jerry Lee Lewis - Mean Old Man Verve Forecast 2747091 2010
  • Pernice Brothers - Goodbye, Killer Ashmont Records ASHM012 2010
  • Pretenders - Live In London Strobosonic 2010
  • Shane MacGowan & Friends - I Put A Spell On You Independent Records Ltd. 2010
  • Peter Bruntnell - Black Mountain U.F.O. Manhaton Records Hatman 2027 2011
  • Dead Flamingoes - Habit EP AED 2012
  • Bap Kennedy - The Sailor's Revenge (2012)
  • Linda Thompson - Won't Be Long Now Pettifer Sounds 2013
  • Peter Bruntnell - Black Mountain U.F.O. Manhaton Records Hatman 2027 2011
  • James Walbourne - The Hill Heavenly HVNLPC84 UK 2011
  • James Walbourne - Drugs And Money EP Heavenly – HVN230CD 2011
  • Linda Thompson - Won't Be Long Now Pettifer Sounds 2013
  • Edwyn Collins - Understated – AED Records, 2013,
  • The Rails - Fair Warning Island Records 2014
  • The Rails - West Heath EP Island Records 2014
  • The Mark Radcliffe Folk Sessions (The Rails) – digital download only 2014
  • Thompson - Family Fantasy 2014
  • Jerry Lee Lewis - Rock & Roll Time Vanguard 2014
  • Edwyn Collins - Studio Live Session Liechtenstein Society of Sound Music, Real World Records 2014
  • Dave Gahan & Soulsavers* - Angels & Ghosts Columbia 2015
  • Soulsavers* - Kubrick San Quentin Recordings 2015
  • Sarah Cracknell - Red Kite Cherry Red 2015
  • The Rails - Australia E.P Rails EP002 2015
  • Peter Bruntnell - Nos Da Comrade Domestico Records DMR1962 2016
  • Juliette Lewis - Future Deep No Label (Juliette Lewis Self-Released) 2016
  • The Rails - Other People Sony/Psychonaut Sounds 2017
  • The Pretenders - Alone/Alive 2017
  • Mother’s Little Helper - Live At The Boogaloo 2017

Solo albums

Title Album details
The Hill · Released: 27 January 2011

· Label: Heavenly

Albums with The Rails

Title Album details
Fair Warning · Released: 2014

· Label: Island Records & Mighty Village

Other People · Released: 2017

· Label: Psychonaut Sounds

References

  1. ISSN 0307-1235
    . Retrieved 2018-01-19.
  2. ^ "Chrissie Hynde: If It Gets Polite—Game Over". Premierguitar.com. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
  3. ^ "James Walbourne | Biography & History | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
  4. ^ "Album: James Walbourne, The Hill (Heavenly)". The Independent. 2011-01-30. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
  5. ^ Lester, Paul (2014-01-10). "The Rails (New band of the day No 1,675)". The Guardian. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
  6. ^ Sheffield, Hazel (2014-04-24). "A ticket to ride with the Rails". The Guardian. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
  7. ^ Denselow, Robin (2014-05-01). "The Rails: Fair Warning review – Kami Thompson and James Walbourne's bold new folk duo". The Guardian. Retrieved 2018-01-19.

External links

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