Steve James, roots musician and author of a popular method book on blues mandolin, has passed away in Seattle. He was 72.
https://acousticguitar.com/rememberi...n-steve-james/
Steve James, roots musician and author of a popular method book on blues mandolin, has passed away in Seattle. He was 72.
https://acousticguitar.com/rememberi...n-steve-james/
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I'm very sorry to hear this. I learned a great deal about blues mandolin from James's book and CD and from his DVD's. He was down-to-earth and straightforward, though he couldn't play a blues tune the same way twice in a row, which was a mite frustrating for a beginner but was a lesson in itself about playing blues. I also had an email exchange with him regarding mandolin-banjos, in which he gave his blessing to my purchase of a Little Wonder from a third party before I bought the instrument. Steve was friendly, helpful, and humorous. His death is a loss to blues mandolin and guitar players. Blessings to his loved ones.
Robert Johnson's mother, describing blues musicians:
"I never did have no trouble with him until he got big enough to be round with bigger boys and off from home. Then he used to follow all these harp blowers, mandoleen (sic) and guitar players."
Lomax, Alan, The Land where The Blues Began, NY: Pantheon, 1993, p.14.
Steve was one of my first guitar instructors (having played for 25 years with no instruction) at the Augusta Folklore Center in 1995. He was a great person - down to earth, full of stories, a fantastic guitar and mandolin picker, and a very good teacher. Over the years I'd see him various venues & he'd always have time to chat. Haven't seen him in the last 10 years but am saddened by this loss.
Damn!
Mr. James on mandolin:
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=blues+musi...%3DYrOOtx50zC4
RIP Steve. He was always a very nice guy when I would see him at Swannanoa.
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