Biography:

JAMES SPEER IS A CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED AND LOCALLY LOVED PIANO-MAN, WHO’S MUSICAL STYLE INCLUDES SOULFUL ORIGINALS, JAZZ-INFUSED CLASSICS AND UNIQUE VERSIONS OF MODERN POP.

FROM POWERFUL AND ENERGIZING TO MELLOW AND COOL, HIS CHARISMATIC VOICE HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS A CROSS BETWEEN STING, JOHN MAYER AND RAY CHARLES, INFUSING HIS WIDELY-DIVERSE SONG LIST WITH CREDIBILITY AND CHARACTER.

A MUSICIAN KNOWN AND RESPECTED BY HIS PEERS, JAMES HAS PERFORMED AND RECORDED WITH SOME OF AUSTIN'S BEST-KNOWN ACTS, INCLUDING BOB SCHNEIDER, MONTE MONTGOMERY, VALLEJO, GEORGE DEVORE, THE SCABS, M.C. OVERLORD, MALFORD MILLIGAN, ADY HERNANDEZ AND TYRONE VAUGHN.

James has opened for Jewel, Van Morrison, Tower of Power, Colin Hay, Little Feat, John Waite, Jimmy Smith, the Moody Blues, the Scabs, Monte Montgomery, Vallejo(also played with) and Bob Schneider to name a few.