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Artist
Valerie James
7+ albums
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Valerie James ---VALERIE JAMES--- is an artist like no other. She has live entertainment abilities beyond belief and a voice like an angel! Valerie started singing in church and sang her first solo when she was 6 years old. With knocking knees, she marched right up to the pulpit with her chest proudly out, singing to a crowd of parishioners. Many times she sang with her dad and they performed many duets on that righteous stage together in that little Assemblies of God church in Portage, Indiana. But, while in college at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, many friends encouraged Valerie to cut a demo CD and try to get jobs singing in restaurants and clubs. She found a producer on campus who recorded her voice and went on her way to the local hang-outs to try her luck. She was hired at a little Italian restaurant on campus in the winter of 1993, singing alongside a piano player, to hungry restaurant patrons. Soon after, she moved back home to Northwest Indiana to begin writing and recording. Her debut CD was recorded in Gary, Indiana at the former "Blue Star Recording Studios", home to such recording artists as The Chi-Lites, and other late 60's groups. Her career took off immediately, performing in Northwest Indiana, Michigan and Chicago. Her first major show in Chicago was opening up for Country Music superstar, Tracy Lawrence, with her band "The Lawless Riders". Country music was her passion then and she pursued it with a vengeance, even making a trip to Nashville
