James Montgomery is an a US American

United States

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 blues

Blues

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 musician

Musician

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, best known as a harmonica

Harmonica

The harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes...

 player, and frontman of the blues

Blues

Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...

 band James Montgomery Band who also collaborates with many other performers. He has also served as president of the New England Blues Society.

College life and career

In 1970, while attending Boston University

Boston University

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 and majoring in English, Montgomery formed the James Montgomery Band. His harmonica playing and stage presence led to the band gaining a reputation within the New England music scene. Within two years, the James Montgomery band was signed to a multi-album deal with Capricorn Records

Capricorn Records

Capricorn Records was an independent record label which was launched by Phil Walden, Alan Walden, and Frank Fenter in 1969 in Macon, Georgia.-First Incarnation:...

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Montgomery has toured with many artists, including Aerosmith

Aerosmith

Aerosmith is an American rock band, sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston" and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band". Their style, which is rooted in blues-based hard rock, has come to also incorporate elements of pop, heavy metal, and rhythm and blues, and has inspired many...

, Bonnie Raitt

Bonnie Raitt

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, Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen

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, the Allman Brothers and Steve Miller

Steve Miller

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. He has performed on stage with B.B.King, Buddy Guy

Buddy Guy

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, John Lee Hooker

John Lee Hooker

John Lee Hooker was an American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist.Hooker began his life as the son of a sharecropper, William Hooker, and rose to prominence performing his own unique style of what was originally closest to Delta blues. He developed a 'talking blues' style that was his trademark...

, Jr. Wells, James Cotton

James Cotton

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, Charlie Daniels

Charlie Daniels

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, Bonnie Raitt

Bonnie Raitt

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, Greg Allman, Laverne Baker, Patti LaBelle

Patti LaBelle

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, and Peter Wolf

Peter Wolf

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 among others, including an impromptu session with Mick Jagger

Mick Jagger

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 at New York's "Trax".

Johnny Winter

Johnny Winter

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 also asked James to join his Johnny Winter Band, along with Scott Spray and Wayne June for a tour along the US West Coast and parts of Europe. James continues to perform with the Johnny Winter Band when not working on other projects.

James Montgomery Band

Over the years Montgomery's band has been a springboard for many musicians. Members of his band have included Billy Squier

Billy Squier

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, Wayne Kramer

Wayne Kramer (guitarist)

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 (MC-5), Jeff Golub

Jeff Golub

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 (Rod Stewart

Rod Stewart

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), Jim McCarty

Jim McCarty

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 (Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels), Nunzio Signore (Bo Diddley

Bo Diddley

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), Jeff Pevar

Jeff Pevar

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 (Ray Charles Orchestra, Crosby, Stills & Nash), Bobby Chouinard

Bobby Chouinard

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 (drummer with Ted Nugent

Ted Nugent

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, Squire

Squire

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 and Robert Gordon

Robert Gordon

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), Jeff Levine (Joe Cocker

Joe Cocker

John Robert "Joe" Cocker, OBE is an English rock and blues musician, composer and actor, who came to popularity in the 1960s, and is most known for his gritty voice, his idiosyncratic arm movements while performing, and his cover versions of popular songs, particularly those of The Beatles...

), Aerosmith's

Aerosmith

Aerosmith is an American rock band, sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston" and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band". Their style, which is rooted in blues-based hard rock, has come to also incorporate elements of pop, heavy metal, and rhythm and blues, and has inspired many...

 Tom Gambel, and many others.

Discography

• First Time Out (1973), MRG/Capricorn
  Capricorn Records
  Capricorn Records was an independent record label which was launched by Phil Walden, Alan Walden, and Frank Fenter in 1969 in Macon, Georgia.-First Incarnation:...
  
  
• High Roller (1974)
• James Montgomery Band, Island Records
  Island Records
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• Duck Fever
• Live Trax
• The Oven Is On (1991), Tone-Cool Records
• Bring it on Home
  Bring It on Home
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External links

• Official site: jamesmontgomery.com
• Official MySpace