Jim Campilongo

Jim Campilongo
Background information
Born (1958-07-08)July 8, 1958
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Genres Pop, rock, country, jazz
Occupation(s) Musician
Instruments Guitar
Years active 1990s–present
Labels Blue Hen
Associated acts The Little Willies
Website jimcampilongo.com

Jim Campilongo (born July 8, 1958) is a New York guitarist from San Francisco and a member of The Little Willies with Norah Jones.[1]

Campilongo plays a Fender Custom Shop Campilongo Signature Fender Telecaster. He employs a hybrid right-hand technique that involves the use of both a plectrum and his fingers. He holds a mandolin pick between his thumb and forefinger while plucking with his middle and third fingers.

He is a teacher and a contributing editor for Guitar Player magazine.[2]

Musical career

Campilongo was born in South San Francisco, California, California.[3] When he was nine, he discovered the Beatles and Jimi Hendrix, courtesy of his two sisters. He became interested in improvisation, saying in one interview, "I knew I liked improvisation and long musical journeys...so I used to buy albums based exclusively on how long the tracks were...That's how I discovered John Coltrane Live in Japan, John McLaughlin Devotion, a couple of different Cream albums."

Campilongo's career began in the mid-1970s. He studied guitar in San Francisco with Bunnie Gregoire, who taught him to embrace many genres of music, including the work of jazz guitarist George Van Eps and country singer John Denver. He used green stamps to buy his first guitar. During high school, he played with his friend and drummer Ken Owen, and when he was seventeen he began performing with local bands.[4] One of Campilongo's biggest influences at the time was blues guitarist Roy Buchanan.

His recording career started in San Francisco in 1996 when he formed Jim Campilongo and the 10 Gallon Cats. After several years, he left the group and recorded Table for One in 1998.

In 2002, he moved to New York City and formed his Electric Trio, which toured Europe and Scandinavia and recorded the album American Hips for Blue Hen Records. In 2003, he formed the group The Little Willies with Norah Jones, Richard Julian, Lee Alexander, and Dan Rieser.

He has played with Al Anderson, Bright Eyes, Cake, J. J. Cale, Steve Cardenas, Burning Man, Chris Cheek, Nels Cline, Patrick Stewart, Charlie Hunter, Adam Levy, Sunny Ozell, David Rawlings, Peter Rowan, Teddy Thompson, Martha Wainwright, and Gillian Welch.

Campilongo released Orange in 2010. In 2011, "Awful Pretty, Pretty Awful" was nominated for Best Instrumental Song at the 10th Annual Independent Music Awards.[5]

His album Dream Dictionary (2014) included Chris Morrissey (bass) and Josh Dion (drums). Other contributions came from Steve Cardenas, who played on two acoustic songs, and Norah Jones, who sang the album's only vocal on "Here I Am" by Ray Charles.

On Last Night, This Morning Campilongo joined the Honeyfingers with Luca Benedetti (guitar), Jonny Lam (pedal and lap steel guitar), Roy Williams (acoustic guitar, piano, organ), Dave Speranza (double bass) and Russ Meissner (drums). Vintage Guitar magazine called it "a brilliant record with magic and artistry".[6]

In 2017 Campilongo produced Zephaniah Ohora with co-producer Luca Benedetti that All Music described "…just enough warmth and echo to suggest the softer records emanating from Bakersfield in the '60s and '70s, and that is precisely the right musical bed for OHora".[7] In 2018 he released Jim Campilongo Trio- Live at Rockwood Music Hall with Chris Morrissey and Josh Dion.[8] The album included guitarist Nels Cline. In 2018 he collaborated with Chihoe Hahn to create the Hahn Campilongo Model C boutique Telecaster guitar.[9]

Discography

Solo

  • 1998 Table for One
  • 2001 Live at the Du Nord
  • 2003 American Hips
  • 2006 Heaven Is Creepy
  • 2008 Almost Christmas
  • 2010 Orange
  • 2014 Dream Dictionary
  • 2015 Last Night, This Morning
  • 2018 Live at Rockwood Music Hall NYC

With the 10 Gallon Cats

  • 1996 Jim Campilongo & the 10 Gallon Cats
  • 1997 Loose
  • 2000 Heavy

With the Little Willies

  • 2006 The Little Willies
  • 2012 For the Good Times

With Honeyfingers

  • 2015 Last Night, This Morning[10]

As guest

With Joe Goldmark

  • 1997 Steelin' the Beatles
  • 1999 All Hat No Cattle
  • 2001 Strong Like Bull but Sensitive Like Squirrel
  • 2007 Seducing the 60's
  • 2018 Blue Steel (writer I Want to be with you Forever, guitar)

With Mudville

  • 2003 The Glory of Man Is Not in Vogue
  • 2007 Iris Nova

With Preacher Boy and the Natural Blues

  • 1995 Preacher Boy & The Natural Blues
  • 1996 Gutters and Pews

With Stephen Yerkey

  • 1995 Confidence, Man
  • 2006 Metaneonatureboy

With others

References

  1. ↑ Perlmutter, Adam (20 February 2018). "Jim Campilongo: Show and Tele". Premier Guitar. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "Articles by Jim Campilongo". GuitarPlayer.com. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  3. ↑ California Birth Index
  4. ↑ "Jim Campilongo — Bio". www.jimcampilongo.com. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "Jim Campilongo - Independent Music Awards". Independent Music Awards. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  6. ↑ Jordan, Oscar (1 September 2015). "Jim Campilongo". Vintage Guitar. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  7. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "This Highway". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  8. ↑ Jordan, Oscar. "Vintage Guitar - May 2018 - open - 30". www.nxtbook.com. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  9. ↑ "Model C". Hahn Guitars. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  10. 1 2 "Jim Campilongo | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
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