James Wilsey

James Wilsey

James Calvin Wilsey is an American musician. He played bass with San Francisco punk band The Avengers but become better known as lead guitarist with Stockton crooner Chris Isaak and his band Silvertone, and featured in Isaak's solo albums "Silvertone", "Chris Isaak", "Heart Shaped World", and "San Francisco Days".

It was Wilsey's stratocaster, and in particular Wilsey's use of reverb and gentle tremolo, which gave the distinctive 50's sound to Isaak classics such as "Wicked Game" (the simple two-note riff that opens which, in his own words, "crystallizes Wilsey’s approach") and "Blue Hotel". As of 2004 he lived in the Los Angeles area.

In 2008 Wilsey, having apparently dropped the moniker "Calvin", released a solo album of guitar instrumentals titled " El Dorado" which pays homage to musical influences such as Duane Eddy, The Shadows, Billy Strange, James Burton and Link Wray [ [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=72766411 Wilsey's myspace.com page] ]

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