Adam James

Slightly hungover greetings and salutations to you

Just a reminder about the show at Smith’s tomorrow night. HEre are the details:

WHEN:Tuesday April 17th, 2007 8:30pm
WHERE: Smith’s Olde Bar, corner of Piedmont ave. & Monroe ave.
INFO: $5 21+ only

Hope to see you out! Cheers! Adam

G’day boys ‘n’ girls!

I hope you’re enjoying or planning to enjoy this fine day! I wanted to start by thanking everyone who came to the Red Light Cafe show a couple weeks ago, and also to say that it was great to meet the new people I did. You guys were awesome, and I thank you again!
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NEXT SHOW!!!!
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WHEN: Tuesday, April 17th, 2007, 8:30pm
WHERE: Smith’s Olde Bar (Atlanta Room)
INFO: $5 cover, 21+ only

Please note the time change, wheras before it was 9pm, now it’s 8:30. Hooyah! Thanks to Kahle Davis for helping set
this one up!
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OTHER STUFF THAT YOU’LL LOVE IF YOU’RE COOL
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jazzrocksoul”’s music is DONE! All mastered and ready to go, and the artwork is rapidly approaching the finishing
point. I’m looking at a late-June release date, which i’ll announce very soon!

’ll be playing a gig at Smith’s Olde Bar called “500 Songs For Kids,” a charity project assembled by Josh Rifkind and a team of very hard working people (I know because I’ve watched them sit for HOURS at the same table at Park Tavern while I work!). The gig will be taking place in the first week of May and entails several local artists covering
each of the songs on Rolling Stone’s list of the “500 Greatest Songs Ever Written” (god I LOVE lists like that :^P )

Current mood: thoughtful

Two weeks ago, I was on my way to the mall. I was sitting in the MARTA station waiting for a train and grooving to the sounds of my bro’s band Assumptions Debbie (now called The Heights. Check them out: www.myspace.com/theseheights) when a guy sat down next to me looking like he wanted to talk. There were plenty of empty benches in the place, so for him to sit down next to me, I feel like he must have wanted to talk about something. For those of you that know me, you know that I’m a very social person, willing to talk to just about anybody at any time, but in this situation, I turned away, trying to avoid eye contact at all costs. He got a call on his phone (or pretended to) and got up and walked away, but it got me thinking.

The week after, I was on the train again, no iPod, and someone sat by me on the train and we got to talking. The difference was not only the iPod (or lack thereof) but also the lack of this intense desire NOT to have to talk to anyone. Granted I’m not always in a talking mood, but I feel like having the iPod on makes it worse, or makes me not want to talk at a time when I would otherwise.

Maybe i’m making more of this than there really is, but it seems that everyone is so desperate to “connect” with other people these days, and I hear so many people talk about how lonely they are, yet when they’re out in the real world, they’ve always got headphones on, are talking on cell phones, are punching away on their laptops, etc., seemingly too busy to acknowledge their fellow human beings. Or too scared to.

I think part the problem today is that we have too many methods of escape, too many ways of forgetting that we’re all human beings, that we’re more the same than we are different. Too many ways of allowing technology to get between us. What’s next, virtual sex??

So if you’re reading this, I encourage you to stay off the iPod, the cell phone, the laptop, WHATEVER, for a day. Just try it. Talk to a stranger, at least acknowledge them in SOME way. We’re afraid of each other, and for what? I’m sure some of you think I’m crazy, and maybe I am, but isn’t is usually the crazy ones that turn out to be right in SOME way??

Hey cats ‘n’ kittens,

Just wanted to remind you that I’ll be playing at the Red Light Cafe tomorrow night. Here are the details:

WHEN: TOMORROW Tuesday, March 13th, 2007, 7pm
WHERE: Red Light Cafe, 553 Amsterdam Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30306
INFO: $7 at the door and I have presale tickets you can get for $5 until the show. ALL AGES too!

I’ll be playing with Bria Kam who is making her return to Atlanta after a stay in North Carolina! Come have a good time and welcome Bria back! Cheers! Adam

“Road To Peace”-Tom Waits
Okay, so it’s probably general knowledge that on some level, I wish I could sing all gravelly and stuff like Tom Waits. I don’t know why, but I do. Something about his voice just gets me. This song, from his recently released box set “Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers, and Bastards” is a tale of ideology as a means to destroy. In it, he details a suicide bomber 18 years old who has never spent a night away from home, yet he’s boarding a bus with bombs strapped to him. Waits then details the Israeli reaction which includes the destruction of a city and its people. The song is repetitive musically and quite long, but this is because Waits wants the listener to pay attention to the lyrics. In the end Waits muses “Maybe God is lost, and needs all our help, on the Road To Peace.” The message is powerful and when backed by Waits’ inimitable voice (which sounds better on this track than it has in a long time!) the effects are devestating.

Welp, it’s about time to head to work. I shall see thee on the flip side. HAve a great day! Adam

Greetings one and all,

As of this writing, I’m back at work at the Park Tavern after a lengthy vacation during the winter and getting re-used to having food and drink spilled on me. So if anyone should feel like coming in and say hi and/or watching the spectacle that is me working, come by Park Tavern on just about any weekend. I’ll be there! Beyond that we have the….

NEXT SHOW!!!
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WHEN: Tuesday March 13th, 2007, 7pm
WHERE: Red Light Cafe, Amsterdam Ave., Atlanta, GA
INFO: ALL AGES! $7 at the door, $5 presale! If anyone is interested in a presale ticket, send me your address and I’ll send you a ticket at which point, you can send me the $5. We’re working on the honor system here!

Thanks go to Bria Kam and Cindy Lou Harrington for lining this show up and putting me on the bill!


UPCOMING SHOWS
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WHEN: Tuesday, Aptil 17th, 2007 8:30pm
WHERE: Smith’s Olde Bar, corner of Piedmont & Monroe Ave, Atlanta, GA 30308
INFO: $5 at the door and 21+ only

A big thanks to Kahle Davis for this one. The lovely and talented (he pays me well to say stuff like this) Patrick Cook will be playing right after me, so if you like deep voices, his is the deepest!


OTHER STUFF THAT WILL MAKE YOU THINK I’M TOO COOL FOR SCHOOL (that is SUCH a lame phrase!)
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”jazzrocksoul” is approaching completion! We’ve just to do the mastering and the artwork is taking shape! I’m hoping to have it released by early May!

To whom it may concern,

This note is to inform you that your bank account is overd…..oops, sorry! Wrong email!

Actually, this is just a reminder that I’ll be playing in the Open Mic finals happening at the Downtown Kitchen in Canton GA tomorrow night. Here are the details:

WHEN: Thursday, March 1, 2007, 9pm
WHERE: Downtown Kitchen (upstairs), 140 E Marietta St, Canton, GA 30114
INFO: All Ages, NO COVER! Does it GET any better than that??? I think not! (but that’s just me, and I do have a high opinion of myself sometimes ;^P

Anyway, cheers, and I hope to see some of you out there! Especially you Canton folks! I’ll be taking attendance! ;) Peace ‘n’ be wild! Adam

G’day all!

This is your friendly neighborhood musician Adam James just checking in with a last minute booking! Here’s de dough…

WHEN: Saturday February 24th, 2007, 8pm
WHERE: Mellow Mushroom, Chastain Rd. Kennesaw
INFO: FREE SHOW! and it’s also ALL AGES *UNTIL* 9pm! Starting at 9pm, it’s 18+

I’ll be playing with my good friend Patrick Cook and someone else, we’ll be rotating 5 song sets. Hope to see some of you out there! Cheers & Beers! Adam James

DOWNLOAD OF THE WEEK
“Leader Of The Band”-Lewis Taylor

Okay, so go to iTunes, and punch in “Lewis Taylor.” Do it. DO IT! Now click on “The Lost Album” and then “Leader Of The Band.” I promise you, this song will at least make you bob your head, tap your foot, smile, or even buy it!
Lewis Taylor is a British soul sensation, but on this album, he takes a more Beach Boys influenced route, particulary in evidence on “The Leader Of The Band.” Lewis plays all the instruments, sings all the parts, and produces it as well. When was the last time you heard of an artist other than Prince that did that and did it well? A catchy, piano driven pop confection, “The Leader Of The Band’s” charm is in not only the great melody and fantastic vocal arrangement, but also the simplicity of the instruments. Lewis can wail, but he doesn’t here. He makes room.
I don’t normally make it such a thing to implore people to check out the stuff I recommend, but in this case, I really really REALLY want you to check this out!

Greetings kids!

I just wanted ot extend a thank you to everyone who came out on Saturday to CJ’s Landing! The shows have been getting better and better attended, and I’m excited about this! Those of you who came out for another act or came out for the first time, hopefully I’ll be seeing you again soon! Thanks again! So now, on to the wonderful world of….
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Okay, so that didnt’ quite make sense. “…the wonderful world of…NEXT SHOW!” Idiot. :^P But here it is!

WHEN: Thursday, March 1, 2007 9pm
WHERE: Downtown Kitchen, Canton, GA (can someone send me some more precise directions to this place?)
INFO: ALL AGES!! I’ll have more info soon, I promise! The Downtown Kitchen is a really cool place if you dig mellow pubs with good food! More info TBA!
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WHEN: Tuesday, March 13th, 2007 7pm
WHERE: Red Light Cafe, Amsterdam Ave. Atlanta, GA
INFO: Tickets are on sale now! I can send them to you and save you a couple bucks! Just email me here if you’d like to preorder them! This too is an ALL AGES SHOW!