#James Calvin Wilsey

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Chris Isaak - Blue Spanish Sky

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What a wicked game to play, to make me feel this way.

What a wicked thing to do, to let me dream of you.

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Chris Isaak - Dancin' (1985) Chris Isaak from: "Silvertone" (LP|CD) "Dancin' (LP Version)"  / "Gone Ridin' (LP Version)" (12" Promo Single) "Best of Chris Isaak" (Compilation CD)

Roots Rock and Roll | Neo-Rockabilly | Ballad

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Album Personnel: Chris Isaak: Vocals / Guitar James Calvin Wilsey: Guitar / Lap Steel Guitar Pat Craig: Keyboards Pee Wee Ellis: Saxophone Chris Solberg: Bass Prairie Prince: Drums

Produced by Erik Jacobsen

Recorded: @ Coast Recorders Studio (?) in San Francisco, California USA 1984

Album Released: on January 10, 1985 Warner Bros. Records

12" Promo Single Released: 1985 Warner Bros. Records

Compilation CD Released: on May 9, 2006 Reprise Records

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Chris Isaak - Wicked Game (1989) Chris Isaak from: "Heart Shaped World" (LP) “Wicked Game“ / "Wicked Game" (Instrumental) (US Single) “Wicked Game“ / "Don't Make Me Dream About You" (EU Single)

Ballad | Roots Rock and Roll

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Personnel: Chris Isaak: Vocals / Acoustic Guitar James Calvin Wilsey: Guitar Rowland Salley: Bass / Backing Vocals Kenney Dale Johnson: Drums

Backing Vocals: Christine Wall Cynthia Lloyd

Produced by Erik Jacobsen

Album Recorded: @ The Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, California USA and @ The Dave Wellhausen Recording Studios in San Francisco, California USA 1988

Album Released: on June 13, 1989

Single Released: on July 14, 1989

Reprise Records

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Faint Waves - Mirage (from Hideaways III, Self-Released 2020)

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Coming Soon: "Wicked Game: The True Story of Guitarist James Calvin Wilsey"

Coming Soon: “Wicked Game: The True Story of Guitarist James Calvin Wilsey”

Advance praise: “Here’s the story of an unsung genius that, in many ways, is the story of every working musician, a cautionary tale of crappy apartments and cool guitars, of untold temptations, abject surrender and the pawnshop at the beginning and end of the arc. It’s a story of youth, beauty and inspiration on the razor’s edge, of love and compulsion, solidarity and betrayal, of a quiet man who…

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Aquarium Drunkard Book Club :: Chapter 17

Welcome back to the stacks. It’s Aquarium Drunkard’s Book Club, our monthly gathering of recent (or not so recent) recommended reading. This month: the proto T-Rex lit of Marc Bolan, a regional love letter to the art of the concert poster, a deep dive into Dilla’s unique time feel, mid-80s Charles Portis, James Calvin Wilsey’s lonesome noir guitar, and a look into the rise of Warner Bros. Records. Your librarians this month are Tyler Wilcox, Jarrod Annis, Chad DePasquale, Justin Gage, Mark Neeley and Jason P. Woodbury.

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“Chris Isaak - If Isaac had released only one song, "Wicked Game," - if he had been only a one-hit wonder - he would still have earned a place in Rock 'n Roll heaven on the strength of that song alone. Isaak could have been a descendant of Roy Orbison with his themes of love, loss and heartbreak - and his uncanny likeness in voice. Isaak was a throwback to the 1950′s with his cat clothes, quiff, and good looks. But he was more than a pretty face with swagger and a retro-rockabilly sound. The guy was dripping with talent, which he displayed almost effortlessly - not to mention his crack band: James Calvin Wilsey (guitar), Rowland Salley (bass), and Kenney Dale Johnson (drums). Isaak's pure, distinctive voice with its high falsetto, and his reverb-laden guitar style set him apart from his contemporaries. He looked like a cross between early Elvis Presley and twangy guitar great Duane Eddy, with a little Eddie Cochran swag thrown in for good measure. He and his band (Wilsey departed in 1995, replaced by Hershel Yatovitz), have recorded 12 studio albums, including "Wicked Game," (1990), "Forever Blue," (1995), "Baby Did a Bad Thing,'(1999), and "Beyond the Sun," (2011). Some of his more memorable songs are: "Somebody's Crying," "Go Walking Down There," "Goin' Nowhere," San Francisco Days," "Blue Days, Black Nights," 'Wicked Game," and "Solitary Man." Isaac is underrated and deserves to be recognized as one of the great singers and stylists of the modern era.” ~ Harry Brus.

Photo: Chris Isaak performs at the California Country Music Festival (Day 2) at the Empire Polo Field in Indio, CA on April 28, 2012.

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I automatically fell in love with the first albums of @chrisisaak because they had that Melancholic Rockabilly Sound that never had listened to before. Behind this sound was the #Stratocaster guitar of James Calvin Wilsey with a magic touch of delays and Reverb. Unfortunately he passed away last Christmas Eve and we lost the man who created an unmistakable guitar sound and style that everyone will recognize at the first note. Thanks Jimmy for your beautiful Licks and introduce the sound of Stratocaster in the particular #rockandroll and #Rockabilly style of Chris Isaak and his band 🎸✨. A great example are songs like #wickedgame and #bluehotel so let’s start this #straturday with The first one while honoring this man who influenced in my guitar style 🎙🎶 #jamescalvinwilsey And don’t forget to listen to the following albums this weekend 🎧▶️#silvertone #chrisisaak #heartshapedworld #sanfranciscodays 💿 #guitardelay #guitarreverb #happystraturday #texasspecialpickups #fenderstratocaster #fender (at Reus) https://www.instagram.com/p/BshvwNtHbEW/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=phk827bfsx49

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Liedje 8 Chris Isaak - Wicked Game (1989) - uit het interview met @de_volkskrant door @paulonkenhout - ‘Heel belangrijke plaat in mijn leven. Het is een liefdesliedje, de tekst raakt me niet heel erg. Maar die gitaarsound... Man. Tot op de dag van vandaag vind ik dit het mooiste gitaargeluid dat ik ooit heb gehoord. ‘Ik wilde er alles van weten. Ik heb zelfs nog gemaild met James Calvin Wilsey, hij was in de jaren tachtig de gitarist in Chris Isaaks band. Die sound is te gek. Het werd een beetje getriggerd door de toetsen eronder, geloof ik, ik heb nooit de vinger erop kunnen leggen. Dat hoefde ook niet, dit was het. ‘Hij speelde het op een Fender Stratocaster. Mijn favoriete gitaar is een Gretsch, daar maak ik mijn geluid mee. Ik ontdekte de Gretsch al toen ik jong was. Ik zag dat Roy Orbison op sommige platen erop speelde, Brian Setzer had er vroeger ook een, Chris Isaak voordat hij op Gibson overstapte ook. Mijn eerste Gretsch kocht ik op mijn 17de. Ik was met mijn moeder op vakantie in Amerika. ‘De aantrekkingskracht van een Gretsch zit in de klank, en hoe de gitaar eruitziet. Nog steeds kijk ik elke dag online of er tweedehands nog iets leuks te koop is, terwijl ik een artiestendeal heb met de fabrikant. maar ik koop niets, ik kijk alleen.’ (bij Volkskrant) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHvLtfYJwvY/?igshid=1mef32dl6x9uo

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Chris Isaak - Dancin' 

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Chris Isaak - Wicked Game (Instrumental) (1989) Chris Isaak from: "Heart Shaped World" (LP) “Wicked Game“ / "Wicked Game" (Instrumental)  (US Single)

Instrumental | Roots Rock and Roll

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Personnel: Chris Isaak: Acoustic Guitar James Calvin Wilsey: Guitar Rowland Salley: Bass / Backing Vocals Kenney Dale Johnson: Drums

Backing Vocals: Christine Wall Cynthia Lloyd

Produced by Erik Jacobsen

Album Recorded: @ The Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, California USA and @ The Dave Wellhausen Recording Studios in San Francisco, California USA 1988

Album Released: on June 13, 1989

Single Released: on July 14, 1989

Reprise Records

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There are some tunes that just stop you. They are mostly ballads that deal with all sorts of pain, but the most common of those are the ditties about a severe emotional conflict. This theme has always been great to many poets (O.K., it wasn’t good for their personalities, although you catch my drift.), so it’s no wonder that musicians talk about them as well. One such is Chris Isaak, who has a lot of great songs, even though he is known for this one. I am not claiming this one is terrible, to be honest, it is incredible. There is this twangy guitar, located somewhere between a dream and an elegy, paired with Isaak’s yearning vocals that present us with an oxymoron, i.e. an intense whisper, going all the way, yet not reaching the catharsis. It all transforms this tale into something Roy Orbison would do, had he had the Isaak’s producers.

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Kirkus Reviews "Wicked Game": "... a Gritty Look at the Guitarist's Success and Ultimate Downfall"

Kirkus Reviews “Wicked Game”: “… a Gritty Look at the Guitarist’s Success and Ultimate Downfall”

Kirkus Reviews just ran an excellent review of my book, “Wicked Game: The True Story of Guitarist James Calvin Wilsey.” “James Calvin Wilsey may not be a household name, but he’s certainly well known in some circles,” begins the review. “As a guitarist for Chris Isaak, he created a riff that not only helped make the song “Wicked Game” a hit, but also has gone down in history as one of the best…

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Chris Isaak - Heart Full Of Soul