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Steve James' CDs are available for $16 per title.  We also have all three of Steve's Homespun DVDs teaching Roots and Blues Guitar and Blues Mandolin (Vols. 1 & 2), plus his instruction books for String Letter/Acoustic Guitar including Roots and Blues Guitar, Fingerstyle Blues Songbook and Roots and Blues Mandolin.

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Steve James c/o Hobemian Records POB 4704 Seattle Washington 98194

Music CDs

Short Blue Stories

(Hobemian HB013)

Steve's most recent solo effort. Hear original songs and instrumentals by SJ along with roots classics from Frank Hutchison, Garfield Akers and Furry Lewis. 6 and 12-string acoustic and resonator guitars and mandolin aplenty. Del Rey, guitar and vocals, joins in on selected tracks including Steve's melancholy "Birmingham Steel" and the Lazy Lester swamp romp "The Same Thing Could Happen To You"   "Short Blue Stories entered the international Americana Radio Top 100 chart (based on reported plays from programmers) for 2009- 2010 rated as #90 disc with the #20 song; Steve's own "Folk Radio". Sixteen tracks in all.

Fast Texas

Boom Chang

(Burnside 0038) $16

These 14 tracks from 2000 show Steve at the top of his game; solo and with support from Cindy Cashdollar, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Mark Rubin and the late, great Gary Primich.   Songs include "Stack Lee's Blues", Sonny Payne and "Saturday Night In Jail".  Allegro has released a remastered, repackaged version as part of their "Burnside Classics" series.

Not For Highway Use-Austin Sessions 1988-95

(Settlement 0001-2) $16

This 22-song sequence includes selected, re-mastered tracks from Two Track Mind, American Primitive, Art and Grit, Steve's albums for Antone's and Antone's/Discovery. Songs include: Milwaukee Blues, Huggin' and Chalkin', Greasy Greens, The Change, Talco Girl, Grain Alchohol, Downbound Train, Farewell the Roses . Steve plays solo and accompanied by Bad Livers, Bob Brozman, Cindy Cashdollar, Gary Primich and Ann Rabson. A must for the Steve James completist.  Inventory is limited, so get 'em while they last!

Two Track Mind  (Antone's 0024)  $16
We still have a few boxes of this out of print gem.  Steve's first solo album was originally released in 1989; then again with some bonus tracks by Antone's a couple of years later. (These units have small cuts in the jewel boxes put there by the label when Steve cleaned 'em out.) 12 songs include "Frankie and Albert", "Bachelor Blues" and "Guitar Rag".  Selected by Acoustic Guitar in their 20th Anniversary issue as one of the standout acoustic discs of the last two decades.

Tonight

(Hobemian HB009) $16

This is Steve's duet CD with guitarist and ukulele-player Del Rey. Released in 2004 it includes 1)Nadine (Is It You?) 2 Baltimore 3 Steve and Del's Precious Five 4 Tappin' That Thing 5 Truck Driver's Roll 6 Changette7 I Love My Guitar 8 Alta Vista Serenade 9 Long As I Can See You Smile 10 I Am Sailin' 11Black Stick 12 Josie Bush 13 The Real Guitar Rag 14 Little Baby.