Guitar, vocals, musical director, composer
Jamie has toured the world extensively and recorded with the likes of Queen + Paul Rodgers, the Brian May Band, Tom Jones and many others and has established himself as one of Britain’s top session guitarists.
Credits include
Anastacia, Jon Anderson, PP Arnold, Rick Astley, Corinne Bailey Rae, Gary Barlow, Jimmy Barnes, Jeff ‘Skunk’ Baxter, Jeff Beck, Madeline Bell, Beyonce, Graham Bonnet, Alfie Boe, Dane Bowers, Broken English, Errol Brown, Gary Brooker, Jack Bruce, Buck’s Fizz, Eric Burdon, James Burton, Mel C, Paul Carrack, Deana Carter, Tom Chaplin (Keane),
Roger Chapman, Johnny Clegg, Jimmy Cliff, The Corrs, Roger Daltrey, John Deacon, Kiki Dee, George Ducas, Elliot Easton, The Fabba Girls, Fish (Marillion), 5ive, Dean Friedman, Gloria Gaynor, Bob Geldof, Graham Gouldman, Peter Green, Tony Hadley, Haddaway, Sammy Hagar, Steve Harley, Justin Hayward, Nona Hendryx, Hiding in Public, Damon Hill, The Holies,
Eric Idle, Jamelia, Paul Jones, Sir Tom Jones, Ronan Keating, Alicia Keys, Chaka Khan, Mark King, Paul King, Simon Kirke, Beverley Knight, Denny Laine, Stevie Lange, Queen Latifah, Lemar, Annie Lennox, Los Pacaminos, Steve Lukather, Lulu, Nick Mason, Brian May, Jesse McCartney, Liz McClarnon, Martine McCutcheon, Freddie Mercury, Mike & the Mechanics,
Miss Dynamite, Jimmy Nail, Vince Neil, Next of Kin, Olivia Newton-John, Elaine Page, Pino Palladino, Paper Lace, Mica Paris, Marty Pellow, Cozy Powell, The Pretenders, Queen, Trevor Rabin, Lionel Ritchie, Tom Robinson, Paul Rodgers, Mike Rutherford, Leo Sayer, St. Etienne, The SAS Band, Mark Shaw (Then Jericho), The Soldiers, South Side Johnny,
Chris Squire, Shakin’ Stevens, Slash, Heather Small, Dave Stewart, Curtis Stigers, Hamish Stuart, Sugarbabes, Suggs, Roger Taylor, Chris Thompson, Pete Townsend, Judy Tzuke, U2, Suzanne Vega, John Waite, Carl Wallinger, Joe Walsh, Amy Winehouse, Alan White, Roy Wood, Bill Wyman, Paul Young, the ‘other’ Paul Young (Mike & The Mechanics,) and Zucchero.
Biography
Born in the UK to an English mother and an American father, Jamie was brought up in the US and Japan.
Self-taught from the age of ten, he was playing Hendrix, James Brown, Beatles, Creedence and Sly & the Family Stone covers on US Air Force bases and local TV and radio shows by the age of 13. He followed his family to England when his father retired from the US Air Force.
In 1974 Jamie joined the rock band, Merlin. The band produced one album for CBS and split in 1976. He then worked with Pete Townshend on the original West End production of Tommy in 1979.
By the mid 80s, he was touring with The Hollies and with Eric Burdon before blasting back onto the pop scene in 1987 with his new band, Broken English. After a few hit singles Jamie went on to join Bob Geldof and then The Pretenders briefly in 1990 until the Brian May band beckoned in 1992.
He has been a founder member of the SAS Band since 1993 and has since toured and recorded with Queen + Paul Rogers, Tom Jones, Mike & The Mechanics (guitar and bass), Los Pacaminos and Paul Young, amongst others.
He was also "house guitarist" for all the Nelson Mandela 46664 shows worldwide, and has been a counsellor for the Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp.
Jamie is now one of Britain’s busiest freelance guitarist/vocalists.
Jamie is proud to be a patron of the Exchange, Sturminster Newton
and the Blakehay Theatre, Weston-super-Mare.
He's also an endorsee for the following fine companies…
Thanks so much guys, you're the best.