James Calvin Wilsey
Guitarist
1957 –
Who is James Calvin Wilsey?
James Calvin Wilsey is an American musician. He played bass with San Francisco punk band The Avengers, but become better known as the lead guitarist for Stockton crooner Chris Isaak's band Silvertone. His playing was featured on Isaak's albums Silvertone, Chris Isaak, Heart Shaped World, and San Francisco Days.
It was Wilsey's Fender American Vintage 62 Reissue Stratocaster, and in particular his use of reverb, delay and gentle tremolo, which gave a distinctive 1950s honky tonk/1960s surf sound to Isaak classics such as "Wicked Game" and "Blue Hotel".
Having apparently dropped the moniker "Calvin", Wilsey released a solo album of guitar instrumentals in 2008, titled El Dorado, which pays homage to musical influences such as Duane Eddy, The Shadows, Billy Strange, James Burton and Link Wray
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- Born
- 1957
Logansport - Also known as
- Wilsey, James Calvin
- James Calvin Wilsey
- James Wilsey
- Nationality
- United States of America
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on July 23, 2013
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