User:Ryguy913

I've just gotten started as a User on Wikipedia. I've been editing articles for a little while, but haven't created an article, yet.

I'm planning to create an article on Scottish musician Jim Malcolm, and would welcome any assistance or advice or feedback (once it's up online) from other users. For starters, I'm using the page for American musician Jim Henry as a template.

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Fans first discovered Jim Malcolm in the Sundogs, an eclectic "swamp-boogie-swing" group that was one of New England's hottest touring club and dance hall bands in the late 80's/early 90's. In 1993, Jim released his debut solo disc, Into the Blue, whose title track garnered national praise and still gets airplay 15 years later. Signed to Signature Sounds in 1995, Jim released Jacksonville, which hit the upper reaches of the Gavin Americana chart and received significant airplay throughout the country.

In 1997, Jim joined with acoustic axe man Brooks Williams to record Ring Some Changes, a soulful album of guitar duets which continues to be a favorite among fans. Never straying too far from his small-town roots, Jim Henry released The Wayback in 1999, whose title track is an anthem to the importance of family. The disc, recorded live and unedited, features cream-of-the-crop players.

It was about this time that Jim started to explore the world of being a side man. Though not the usual career path, the shift allowed him to do a little on-the-job training with some other instruments. He started to play mandolin and dobro and picked up his electric guitar once again. He soon found himself being asked to play with other folks. Lots of folks. The Burns Sisters. Then Mark Erelli. The Kitchen Table. Deb Talan. The Weepies. Cliff Eberhart. The Nields. As his chops improved, so did his resume. And so did his arsenal of available instruments. To this day, it's not uncommon to see Jim on stage with an asortment of instruments from his collection: acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, dobro, lap steel, baritone, and 12-string guitar.

In 2003, Jim got a last-minute call from Tracy Grammer, who - following the sudden, untimely death of her partner Dave Carter - found herself suddenly in need of an accompanist on the east coast. Jim Henry was the first name on the lips of people in the know. In only 3 days Jim learned the lion's share of the Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer repertoire. Tracy and Jim's first show at the Iron Horse Music Hall in Northampton, MA went so well they have been playing together ever since. Says Tracy, "I can't imagine not having Jim by my side. I have come to count on his sensitive playing and glorious singing. He is a musical force whose presence is huge without over whelming, always subtle and reliably strong." Tracy's first solo release, Flower of Avalon, features Jim on dobro, mandolin, acoustic guitar, electric guitars and backing vocals-something on every track.

It was during the Avalon sessions that Jim met his long-time guitar hero John Jennings and songwriting hero Mary Chapin Carpenter. Jennings was sufficiently impressed with Jim's ability that in 2006 he asked Jim to sub for him on a show he couldn't do with Mary Chapin. Subsequently, Mary Chapin asked Jim to join her band for her 2007 summer tour.

As of August 2010, he's still touring with Mary Chapin Carpenter, with their final performance of the season being at the Filene Center in Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, in Vienna, VA.

Discography

 * Tipsy Courting (with wife-to-be Susie Malcolm (nee Allan) (1998, out of print, soon to be available as a download on CDbaby.com)

Albums recorded as lead vocalist/guitarist with the band Old Blind Dogs
 * The World's Room (1999)
 * Fit? (2001)
 * Gab o Mey (2003)
 * Old Blind Dogs Play Live (2005)

Solo Albums
 * Sconeward (1995)
 * Rohallion (1998)
 * Resonance (2000)
 * Home (2002)
 * Live In Glenfarg (2004)
 * Tam o' Shanter & Other Tales (2005)
 * Acquaintance - The Songs of Robert Burns (2007)
 * Bard Hair Day (2009)
 * First Cold Day (2009)
 * Sparkling Flash (2011)