Named after the actor James Dean. It was always kind of hard living up to that name, James says. One of my brothers is named after John Wayne, another one is named after Ernest Tubb. So I guess it could have been worse. They could have named me after Doris Day. I always wanted to sing and write songs, James recalls. I used to sit on my swing on the farm, and make up songs. Daddy gave me a guitar and I learned to play by ear and from a chord book. At the age of 10, country music artist James Dean Hicks began making the trip from his home on a farm near Bardstown, Kentucky, to the big-city streets of Nashville. There he appeared regularly on the WSM Midnight Jamboree with the Grand Ole Opry greats, including Ernest Tubb and Hank Snow. By the time he was 13, James had opened concerts for Conway Twitty, Loretta Lynn, George Jones and Tammy Wynette. After earning a music degree in college, the next logical step for James was to move to Nashville to pursue his childhood dream of becoming a professional artist/songwriter. Staff writing helped me learn my craft, James explains. It helped me learn the basics and how to knock the rough edges off, and taught me how to write from the heart about real life. The good thing is now I know how to put those rough edges back on. To me, the hope of creating a classic is why I write and sing. Its the chance to create something that will out last your days on this earth. Finishing a great song is the biggest thrill of all and then to see the emotion of that song mirrored in the face of an audience brings it full circle. His honesty truly shines through his compositions and touches universal emotions: lost love, religious faith, single parenthood, straying children, enduring love. Thank you James for the lyrics because they are always complex and witty, poetic, yet simple. With that being said, Happy Birthday Hoss. Do you remember the day we met? Ill never forget it, one of the handlers brought me into the green room where you and Chris Wallin, were waiting on the other songwriter yall were working with that day. We shook hands, talked, got you guys to sign my guitar and then it happened---they realized I wasnt the guy ROFL, even though you told me to stay, I thanked you for your hospitality and kindness and said, well Hoss, its......
Posted on: Sat, 13 Dec 2014 18:34:21 +0000
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