Bobby Jameson
| Bobby Jameson | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Robert Parker Jameson |
| Also known as | Bobby James Chris Lucey Jameson |
| Born |
April 20, 1945 Geneva, Illinois, United States |
| Died | May 12, 2015 (aged 70) San Luis Obispo, California, US |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 1963-1985 |
| Labels | Jolum, Talamo, Decca, Brit, Surrey, Mira, Current, Penthouse, Verve, GRT |
| Website | http://bobbyjameson.blogspot.co.uk/ |
Robert Parker Jameson (April 20, 1945 – May 12, 2015), known as Bobby Jameson, was an American singer and songwriter, who was briefly as a major star in the early 1960s and later recorded with The Rolling Stones, Frank Zappa and others. He is now perhaps best known for his 1965 album Songs of Protest and Anti-Protest (released in the UK as Too Many Mornings) which was issued in the US under the pseudonym Chris Lucey.
Bobby Jameson was born in Geneva, Illinois, but by the age of 10 was living with his mother, stepfather and brother in Tucson, Arizona. He and his brother began to learn guitar and entered talent contests, before his parents divorced. The brothers and their mother then lived in various small towns in Arizona, before moving to Glendale, California in 1962. Credited as Bobby James, he made his first record, "Let's Surf", with Elliot Ingber on guitar, on the Jolum label in 1963.
The following year, while he was sharing a house in Hollywood with Danny Whitten, Billy Talbot, and Ralph Molina (later of Crazy Horse), Jameson met Tony Alamo, who became his manager and promised to make him a star. Alamo mounted a major promotional campaign in the music press, describing the 19-year-old Jameson as "The Star Of The Century" and "The World's Next Phenomenon". Jameson later wrote:
"For some reason, that is still a mystery to me to this day, Tony just started promoting me in Billboard and Cashbox magazine without ever telling me he was going to do it. He just showed up one day in a coffee shop in Hollywood with a copy of both publications and I was in them. We had no contract, no agreement of any kind and no record. But there I was, world wide in both mags. I don't know what I can say to describe how weird it was to be nobody and then have that happen....The ads continued to run for 9 weeks doubling in size with each new edition. Half page, three quarter page, full page and so on. By the 8th week the ad ran in Billboard only and was a 4 page, full color fold out..."
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