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James Robert Williamson (born October 29, 1949) is an American guitarist, songwriter, record producer and electronics engineer. He was a member of the iconic proto-punk rock band The Stooges, notably on the influential album Raw Power and in the reformed Stooges from 2009 to 2016.
The elusive and impossibly influential guitarist made Iggy and The Stooges’s world-changing “Raw Power” LP and some of Iggy’s finest solo recordings before disappearing for decades and ...
Jun 24, 2013 · James Williamson may very well be one of rock's most enigmatic guitarists—a “forgotten boy," if you will. As lead guitarist for iconic proto-punk band the Stooges in the early 1970s, he helped pioneer a new, rawer music that would heavily influence future legends such as the Sex Pistols' Sid Vicious, Johnny Marr, Kurt Cobain, the Red Hot ...
May 15, 2015 · Guitarist James Williamson is most famous for his work on the incendiary “Raw Power” album — James, of course, being lead Stooge in Iggy and the Stooges. But he’s also on the latest Stooges album “Ready to Die,” and he is the producer of one of Iggy’s most underrated solo albums “New Values,” from 1979. In any event ...
Aug 13, 2021 · James Williamson of The Stooges revealed the album that changed his life. Bob Dylan's 1962 self-titled album had a profound effect on Williamson.
Nov 17, 2015 · Johnny Marr, former guitarist for the Smiths and Modest Mouse (among others) once called himself James Williamson’s “biggest fan.” Even Kurt Cobain would cite it as his favorite record of all time. But for Williamson, that legacy has been bittersweet.
Jun 21, 2018 · Williamson, whose Facebook profile photo is a legendary, controversial Bigsby guitar, leaning on a pedal steel with a Standel Amp in the background, is looking forward to taking the Pink Hearts...
