Website: http://www.jamessouthwell.com

Enquiries: jamessouthwelltouring@yahoo.com.au

James Southwell has been playing guitar & singing since he was only 7 years old. He has played on stage with Australia’s greatest blues band Chain, The Kevin Borich Express, Phil Manning, Stevie Wright and a host of other well known Australian artists. James is heavily influenced by these players as well as Geoff Achison, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimmy Hendrix & Joe Walsh. James was also Angry Anderson’s Lead Guitarist at a recent festival.

He currently has a high-energy electric trio the James Southwell Band, which is sometimes billed as ‘James Southwell’s JUDGEMENT’. He is committed to his chosen career and he is now a full time professional touring guitarist/singer/songwriter. James writes his own material as well as playing some very well thought out covers.

James is a wonderful singer and a very accomplished guitarist. James has just completed his first studio album “Dark Angel” which features some of Australia’s finest and well known musicians, including Kevin Borich, Phil Emmanuel, Mal Eastick, Harry Brus, Mark Kennedy & more. “Dark Angel” was produced by Kevin Borich and recorded at Kevin’s studio The Vibrating House on the Sunshine Coast. Dark Angel was in the top 50 Australian blues albums for 2006 and was the 5th highest played for May when it first came out, and was still in the top 20 in November 2006.

Since the release of Dark Angel by MGM in June 2006, the James Southwell Band has been in constant demand playing almost 200 shows all over Australia including Major Festivals, Blues Clubs, Dedicated Music Venues as well as Pubs & Clubs from the top of WA all the way down to the bottom of TAS. During 2006 James also played three shows with Angry Anderson as lead guitarist and two for Stevie Wright.

In 2007 JSB has a 70 show “ROCK’N THE BLUES” National Tour with 21 of these show in WA alone, playing Headline shows for both the Perth Blues Club & West Coast Blues Club. 2008 is looking great for JSB with an All Star line up Headlining the Entertainment at SUMMERNATS 21 in Jan. Then it’s off to this festival at THREDBO.