JAMES HUNTER BAND
James Hunter-guitar,vocals, Damian Hand-tenor saxophone, Chris Karlic-baritone saxophone, Jared Samuel-keyboards, Rene Hart-bass, Daren Beckett-drums
Van Morrison called him ‘one of the best voices, and best kept secrets, in British R’n’B & Soul’. Being a white man, James Hunter is not only blessed with a black soul voice but he also knows how to write R&B songs that sound like the ones from the old days. ‘Retro never sounded so fresh and convincing….a voice that makes you believe that Sam Cooke is among us again’ wrote the Parool. ‘I deliberately avoided cover songs and included only my original material’, says Hunter, ‘to emphasize that the music is new despite its familiar sound.’ ‘We’ve just got an old sound. We’re not trying to recreate anything. I’m just reacting to what I’ve heard that I like, and that’s how me music comes out.’