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James Ibold (born October 1955), is an American blues guitarist/producer, singer, songwriter best known for his warm dynamical guitar tones and the ability to improvise creative, melodic guitar solos on the fly. Big Joe Duskin introduced him as his "consummate guitarist for over thirty years" on their final performance together on the Arches Piano Stage at the Cincinnati Blues Festival.

Biography
James Ibold came from a musical family where his father and sisters were musician and mother was an artist painter. There were alway musical instruments in their home along with friends and neighbors jamming. He started taking piano lessons at an early age with a teacher who showed him how to read and write music. He began alto saxophone lessons as soon as he entered elementary school. That teacher introduced him to multiple instrumentation, conductor sheets and orchestration. One of their neighbors went to England and returned with the latest record. It was an unusual 45rpm with a standard sized spindle, the A side titled; 51st Anniversary and the B side titled; Purple Haze by Jimi Hendrix. It was never the same again for anybody interested in guitar, no exception. When Ibold was about 11 or 12 years old an older cousin of his explained how a Arbiter Fuzz Face (Jimi Hendrix) worked on an oscilloscope by squaring off the sine wave. This was the beginning of his tonal quest. Some of his school mates and kids in the neighborhood put together a band, most evenings you could find them practicing songs they would hear on AM radio. At age 13 he found himself performing to a near capacity crowd in WSAI's “Battle of the Bands” at the Cincinnati Royals NBA venue, The Cincinnati Gardens. As a teenager he was a patron at The Ludlow Garage, a music venue that hosted a variety of acts such as Mountain, Grand Funk Railroad, Cold Blood, Herbie Mann, B.B King and The Allman Brothers Band. This exposure increased his pursuit of guitar. His influences include Sonny Sharrock, Freddie Robinson and Wes Montgomery. By age 17 Ibold was picking up some session work at tristate studios. Among other sessions were some with Charles Spurling, Billy Nelson and Wes Boatman.

As Ibold continued his education he completed many courses and would then return to traveling. In 1977 he received certification for advanced recording engineering techniques.

Playing with Big Joe Duskin took him to many destinations opening acts and sharing the stages with Magic Slim, Son Seals, Buddy Guy, and Muddy Waters.

Discography

 * "Live ELECTRIC Boogie!"  Big Joe Duskin featuring James Ibold (Mirage Independent) 1985
 * "Impostors the Bold Face Horns"  James Ibold and the Impostors (Mirage Independent) 1992
 * "Plus The Bold Face Horns Live"  James Ibold and the Impostors (Mirage Independent ) 1994
 * "In the Third Degree"  James Ibold and the Impostors (Mirage Independent) 1996
 * "Shades Of Blue"   Big Joe Duskin – Ida Bea (Virgin) 1998