James Young
James Young
Guitarist, singer, and songwriter who has played lead guitar for the rock band Styx. He has released three solo records.
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth14 November 1949
CountryUnited States of America
came given kid life looked sure three
When he first came here, he looked like a kid who had given up on life. There was some resentment. The first three years, he still wasn't sure that he had a home.
american-entertainer fact feeling musical original painted pallet sort true
Yes, indeed, in fact I would tell you that we go out of our way to be true to the original feeling and sort of sonic and musical pallet that we painted with back then.
way records internet
The Internet has killed the traditional record business, but it's given back in the way of instant access.
running technology people
There are a lot of people using technology that are playing to a click with backing vocals already stuck in there on some computerized thing that runs along in time to the show so they have these amazing vocals that are only partly the guys on stage producing them at the time.
crazy way worst
It's crazy how every guitarist is their own worst critic in many ways.
rocks giving people
People like to let loose at rock concerts and it gives them an excuse to do it in a way that is not destructive to others and not really destructive to the band.
music rocks play
And in an era where radio stations that are inclined to play Styx music are your classic rock stations and the stations that play current music look at us as dinosaurs - the only way we could reach people with our new music, generally, is to perform live.
music play fans
And for REO - they get to play for some Styx fans and then we get to play in front of some REO fans. It helps spread the new music to the following of other bands.
technology needs stage
Whereas with us - what you hear is what's happening right then and there on the stage - so we don't need no stinking technology.
light shining musical
And I said - Styx - as a musical group it is our place to reflect the light that is shining on us back onto this place and say - this is where so much great stuff started.
thinking crowds audience
I don't know, I think the crowds are even more responsive now because the audiences are skewing younger.
play stage
I'll play until they have to scrape me off the stage.
years care styx
Ten years ago, in 94, we thought maybe nobody would ever care about Styx again.
joy
The live concerts are still one of the two greatest joys of my life.