About Me
James Austin is a singer/songwriter that drifted out of the 60's folk scene in New York into Southern California surf/rock music in the early 70's and later fell into the "outlaw Country movement" in Austin, TX. This seemed to be where he felt he belonged, and his music has had a country flavor ever since, but he still throws a little spice of folk in the stew every now and then. Playing solo and in bands, he has opened shows for Jackson Browne, Hoyt Axton, Ray Price, Asleep At The Wheel, Pure Prairie League, Waylon, Willie, Hank Thompson and even Muddy Waters. In 2007, he released his first solo album: Love, Hate And Other Nonsense, a collection of songs that had mostly sat in the can after being recorded in New York, Texas and most recently in Tennessee where he now calls a small Smokey Mountain community home. His next project, Rounders And Rogues featuring the single "Seems Like AMERICAN Is Gone" will be released in the Spring of 2008. His songs from Love, Hate And Other Nonsense are currently getting air play on several Tennessee radio stations as well European and Australian stations.