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Valentine McCallum (born 10 October 1963) is an American guitarist and singer-songwriter. Career. McCallum has toured with, and served as a studio musician for many well-known musicians.
8 ott 2021 · Guitarist Val McCallum has his own story as part of the Jackson Browne-James Taylor tour. Headed to Fort Worth with two singers, McCallum is an accomplished musician in his own right. And he...
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- Take A Sad Song…
By the age of seven, Val was already learning guitar, thanks mainly to the encouragement and ability of his older brother Paul, and his mother’s insistence on them taking lessons at Fred Walecki’s famous Westwood Music store. Westwood was only a two-mile hop from the family home, so Val would jump on his skateboard and hang out on the couch. Joe Wa...
Val recalls his influences in those formative years. “From then on, it was all Keith Richards, because he is the greatest riff-writer of all time. Then Jimi Hendrix – but that was harder to learn, because Jimi had all these subtleties in his playing and they weren’t easy for a youngster to capture,” he says. Thinking back, Val tells us: “The neat t...
Val linked up with Jackson Browne following a spell as guitar player for Vonda Shepard’s band. Vonda was one of Jackson’s backing singers – but also performed the music for the Ally McBealTV show in the 1990s and 2000s. Val takes up the story: “That show ran for about seven years, but when it ended, I realised I had to find some work. Thankfully, J...
As he works on the final stages of his new album Chateauguay (named after the woodland behind his Vermont home), Val McCallum’s own songwriting prowess is tinged with sadness, as his earlier solo album At The End Of The Daytestifies. “It’s a very personal record, and I was able to pull it all together thanks to my friend and producer Tony Berg – an...
2 set 2022 · From Val McCallum's new album Beau Bow De Lune, he sings his tune "Simple Isn't Easy" at #NormansRareGuitars! Make sure you check out this full album, link b...
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David Keith McCallum (19 September 1933 – 25 September 2023) was a Scottish actor and musician. [1] [2] He gained wide recognition in the 1960s for playing secret agent Illya Kuryakin in the television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E . [3]
We caught up with guitarist Val McCallum to talk solo works, touring with Jackson Browne, and we found out who goes by the name of "Richard the Turd".
Val's skill, ability to adapt, relentless pursuit of tone, and overall likable personality is what have made him an elite figure among the industry's hired hands a guitarist's guitarist...
