Award-winning guitarist/singer/songwriter/band leader and music educator, James Howard, returns to the stage after recovering from a serious broken leg injury. He fell off a ladder and broke his right tibia and fibula. After three surgeries, and a 9-month recovery break from live performing, James and his band are back to gigging in April 2025.
Based on the West Coast of the USA, Howard has been delighting audiences with his soulful blues and shredder rock guitar performing at venues from B.B. Kings Blues Club in Los Angeles to the Triple Door in Seattle Washington for over 40 years.
James Howard band plays concerts, fairs, festivals, theaters and night clubs with his 3- piece and 4-piece ensembles, mixing original music with unique versions of cover tunes. Serving the world through music is Howard's life purpose.
Howard has self- produced and released 5 CDs with CD #6 currently in pre-production.
The James Howard Band rhythm section is held down by Jack Dolan on bass, Kevin Cook on drums, and Jim Barnes on Keyboards.
Bernard Bauer of Music Connection Magazine:
“Guitarist extraordinaire…animated, energetic and intense performance… a breathtaking exhibition… pushed the crowd to the edges of their seats…simply awesome” -and – “…he mixes the intensity of Stevie Ray with the passion of Hendrix and plays some of the meanest blues this side of the Mississippi. He takes his phenomenal blues to places others have not, making the music his own. He has what it takes to bring the blues up to the next level”.
Craig Ruskey of Delta Snake Daily Blues Online Magazine:
“What Howard can do with a guitar is remarkable in a word …will have veteran guitar players wondering where the licks are coming from … Howard’s guitar is sweet and brilliant and laced with Spanish overtones and a fluid approach that is chilling. He knows his craft. .. deep in the well when it comes to guitar wizardry & creativity.”
Lee Cotton of Rock and Blues News Magazine:
“… a Jimi Hendrix on guitar with John Lennon’s voice and vision … a songwriter with great depth.”
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