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1. Nickname:
JB, Buddy

2. What is your name:
James Beaty

3. Where were you born:
Dallas Texas and grew up in Cedar Hill

4. What made you decide to do music:
My mother bought me a guitar at the 5 and dime in Duncanville Texas when I was 9 and I took lessons from an elderly lady that went to our church. I just loved making music. I would walk about 2 miles twice a week to her house in town after school for my lesson. She would always make me sing while playing, so I just got accustomed from an early age to sing and play guitar at the same time. When I was in junior high school there was an audition being held for an electric bass guitar player for the high school band. I was only in 8th grade and didn’t even know what a “Bass” guitar was. But my guitar teacher said “it’s just a guitar with these lower four strings on your guitar”. So I auditioned and was playing electric bass in the High School band when I was 13 and in 8th grade. The high school band director thought I had talent and taught me a lot over the years. Music was just part of me.

5. Who are your biggest influences:
ELO, The Beatles, YES, The Doobie Brothers, Sting

6. How long have you been a musician:
33 years (why did you make me say that…)

7. What bands have you played with over the years:
Friends, Incognito, The Skid Marks, Vision (formerly “Shotgun”), Flyer/Frankie Cashmere and the Sweaters, Age of Consent

8. Favorite Music:
R&B, POP, Jazz, Rock

9. Best gig ever performed:
There have been so many over the years it’s hard to pick just one. When I was on the road with the Show Band “Flyer” we did a show on a stage right on the beach in Aruba. That was fun.

10. First band you were in:
Some of the guys in my High School Band formed a rock group and we would play at Basketball games. I don’t think we had a name

11. First recording you owned:
I cant remember exactly but it was probably a Beatles song

12. Hobbies:
Song writing and recording, Horseback riding/training, poker, Golf

13. Favorite part of ZuZu Peddals:
Performing with the talented musicians and they not only let me sing, but they even let me play a guitar every once in a while.