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Jay Tamkin
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See Also:http://www.last.fm/music/Jay+Tamkin+Band 22 year old Jay Tamkin describes 'Sorted' his debut album on Wienerworld as 'a documentary of my musical steps so far'. It's a significant observation for while this 22 year old West Country guitarist and multi instrumentalist is grounded in the blues he's got the song writing ability and musical chops to fulfil his huge potential in a very contemporary way. Indeed Classic Rock magazine recently likened the front cover of his album as resembling something from 'the Madchester scene', before commenting on his 'instinctive guitar mangling' and his 'hip bucking grooves'. For make no mistake Jay Tamkin may be an up and coming rock/blues guitarist of the highest order but at heart he remains a fiercely independent musical spirit but firmly grounded in the blues. Influenced on the blues side by SRV, Walter Trout and Albert and Freddie King, he cites Steely Dan's Donald Fagen as being equally important influence on the jazz side. Jay was further inspired by Paul Jones's BBC 2 Blues show before finding his musical conduits in the shape of Popa Chubby and John Mayall's guitarist Buddy Whittington. Significantly perhaps, he's already managed to play with both of his heroes. Jay learned his craft in the best possible environment spending 6 years with the esteemed Devon Youth Jazz Orchestra as principal bass player, a position that enabled him to combine musical theory and serious practice with such musical heavy weights as Jools H
