The Eddie James Sound
Beat - Tijuana - Old Tyme and Swing
Eddie James has the distinction of being about the first to take a paid ad in the first issue of Hobo. Eddie's band was
not the usual style of music for Hobo - he was older and his band were well established on the Jazz and club circuits. Eddie lived in Lorenzo Close, Willenhall - opposite Wandering John Guitarist John Alderson and down the way from the original Hobo co-editor - Bo or John Bargeant. Both John's knew him and introduced me to him. I'd often bump into him walking his dogs on a visit to either of the John's. One day he stopped to chat and I told him of the plans for Hobo and that we were looking to finance it with ads. Eddie was straight there with the offer of an ad. I never got to see them play though.
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