Jamie Gilliam,

Guitars and Vocals

Jamie Gilliam started playing his father's guitar at age 4, so following in Dad's footsteps was only natural.

“My heroes have always been guitar players,” Gilliam says. "First and always my dad, then Les Paul, Merle Travis and Clarence White. These were the guys my Pop turned me on to."

At seven years old summer vacation for Jamie was a road trip to Nashville and The Grand Ole Opry, and a show of his role models. "The advent of Rock and Roll had a huge impact on me," says Jamie. "It drove me in a new direction and gave me my own music. If you listen close enough, you can hear the Nashville and British influences. Today my list of guitar heroes is so long its boring, but one guy is always at the top."

Over the last two decades Jamie has played in a few notable projects in and around the western U.S. but he says of TWELV30: “I’ve found a great bunch of guys here, we can go in any direction that suits us from a raw edged rock tune to an intensely personal country ballad. I feel really lucky to be a part of this project. After all, how many people get to write the soundtrack to their life?"

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