Biography
Jamie began playing guitar at around the age of 5, and has worked as a professional session guitarists for around 15 years, performing on TV soundtracks such as the BBC1 cartoon Freefonix, the BBC1 drama The Hustle, and the ITV drama The Fixer. His guitar playing has also been featured on Sky Movies, 2006 World Cup and The Winter Olympics, plus countless other shows. He has also performed on the UK Top 20 single Rocket by the Dance/Rock crossover outfit Braund Reynold, and was single of the week for two weeks running on Radio 1, reaching the A list playlist.
Jamie has also performed on T4's Pop World, and on CDUK with Ronan Keating. Jamie has written 3 books for Sanctuary Publishing: Giants of Rock, Giants of Metal, and Crash Course.
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Jamie has also transcribed/recorded many of the highly acclaimed Total Accuracy's Jam with... series of books and CD's. He has a regular video column on The Lick Library website and has released over 50 instructional DVD's with them. He has also held a teaching position for the last 10 years at the ACM, the UK's premier contemporary music academy. He has transcribed/recorded for Guitar Techniques Magazine for the past 12 years, and has also worked for Guitarists Magazine, Total Guitar Magazine, and Guitar World.
Touring
Jamie has spent the last 3 years touring extensivly in the USA with the highly successfull Aussie Floyd show, and has played at such venues as the Greek Theatre in LA, The Bell Centre Montreal, Canada, and London's Royal Albert Hall. He also performs regularly in London's West End Queen Musical We Will Rock You, and also in Sweden in the Champions of Rock show. Last year he toured, althought cut short, with the Flashback Mystic Orchestra. Jamie has played clinics in the UK, USA and Japan, for Ernie Ball Musicman and Cornford amplifiers, and has performed with the likes of Vinnie Moore, Richie Kotzen, Pat Torpey, John Petrucci, Albert Lee, and Steve Lukather.
Endorsements
Jamie uses and endorses Musicman Guitars, Ernie Ball strings, Blackstar amps, DiMarzio Pickups, cables and straps, MXR and Dunlop pedals and picks. He also endorses Line 6 effects and Steinberg recording software.
The Band
Jamie and his long time music partner singer/bassist Jason Campbell, along with drummer Pete Riley, have just completed their debut album J, which features 10 tracks, a mixture of vocal and instrumental rock and fusion. The album includes a guest solo trade on the track Fubar with Richie Kotzen. Check it out on the Tracks page.










