The Biography
James Gilbert has been delighting audiences all over the world for nearly four decades. A James Gilbert & Legacy show promises to take you on a journey of an era when music was MUSIC!! James Gilbert is a man with a missionto get you to listen to what you've been missin.
James Gilbert starting his singing career in 1974 performing in his grammar school talent show, James been a singing my whole life. James says that his vocal ability is a family trait, as his Mom & Dad both love to sing. James is a self thought musician, learning lead guitar, bass & drums and to avoid trouble as a teenager. Blues music was a staple in our household in his early years as I studied the mechanics of the Blues, which played out when he was 17, as he was fortunate enough to share the stage with Blues Legend John Lee Hooker. From then on performing has been James Gilbert's way of life.
After bouncing around the country as a member of a Top40 Rock and RnB band in the early 1980's, James decided to return home to expand on his own versatility. So he joined a local musicians union singing radio jingles, of which his first assignment was vocalist for the Missouri Lotteries New Pick-3 campaign in 1992. That same year, his new band got noticed and was selected to perform as actors for the Toyota Corporations Big Spring Sale TV commercial. Although falling in love with the art of voiceovers, performing continued to hold James heart hostage, so he put doing voiceovers on the back burner and continued to pursue his musical career. In nearly four decades of performing, James played with and opened for such superstars as B.B King, KoKo Taylor, Johnny Winter and War.
In 2006 James released his first solo CD project entitled Best Kept Secret, where he had the #1 song for two weeks on Southern Soul radio and received rave reviews in both the US and Europe. In September 2012, James Gilbert was signed to the roster of Quinn Records TM, where his talents as a recording artist as well as company official spokesperson continues to attract attention from all over the world.
JAMES GILBERT"S Discography;
1-BEST KEPT SECRET
2-GO SLOW,BLUES CROSSING (QR121222-1)
3-KEEP ON KEEPING ON (QR121236-1)
JAMES GILBET'S Set List;
BLUES THIS MORNING
A REAL GOOD SIGN
RAINY NIGHT IN GEORGIA (COVER)
SOMEONE TO LOVE
OOH BABY
KEEP ON KEEPIN ON
KISS (COVER)
I BELIEVE PEOPLE ARE TALKIN
PLEASE COME BACK HOME
LONELY MAN
BREAKING MY HEART AGAIN
MEET JAMES GILBERT & THE LEGACY BAND
- JAMES GILBERT-LEAD VOCALS, LEAD GUITAR, BASS GUITAR, DRUMS
- ROBERT (BOBBY) ADAMS-DRUMS
- EUGENE SMILEY, SR.-RHYTHM GUITAR
- BRENT WHEATLEY-KEYBOARD
- TOM FLORA-BASS
- RONNIE REED-TRUMPET ERNEST MELTON-SAX
Total Song List is 85+ songs performed own show by James Gilbert & Legency Band.
Average Showtime: 3-4 Hours long..
Covers: see above list.
Typical Repertoire: Blues/Soul/R&B
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Source: James Gilbert,Quinn Records TM Archives.
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