#Repost @kitaevmb ・・・ James Leg first time in Russia tonight 18/04/17! C U All There! #jamesleg #blues #bluesrock #alivenaturalsoundrecords #aliverecords #alivenaturalsound A post shared by Alive Naturalsound Records (@alivenaturalsound) on Apr 18, 2017 at 8:12pm PDT
The retro milieu in which Leg works is part of his swampy mystique, and it works to his advantage as his growling vocals and dazzling organ and electric piano work coalesce in thick slabs of analog glory. Again, this is part of what drew fans to him in the first place, but the new tones […]
The title of James Leg’s third solo album is pretty apt I reckon. I’ve seen the former Black Diamond Heavies dude live and I can vouch that he bleeds and sweats for his craft like it was his last gig before descending from this Earth to the pits of Hell. His brand of high voltage, […]
JAMES LEG “Dogjaw (Do Some Things You Say)” featured on the new VIVE LE ROCK Mount CD.
.@MOJOmagazine Rocks: @PhilAlexanderUK 's album of the week is James Leg – Blood On The Keys, on @AliveRecords https://t.co/yDFPoCEfMy pic.twitter.com/5nDlDUocHF — Planet Rock (@PlanetRockRadio) January 7, 2017
Blessed with the kind of subterranean growl that almost makes Tom Waits sound like a choirboy, former Black Diamond Heavies singer and keyboardist James Leg – the nom de plume of John Wesley Myers – has done much to pull the blues away from any number of pub bores and six-string technicians who regularly sanitise […]