James Lanman (musician)
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James Lanman in 2017
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| Born |
James Purcell Lanman July 8, 1983 San Francisco, California |
| Residence | California |
| Citizenship | American |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley |
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| Years active | 2008–present |
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| Genres | Neo soul |
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| Website | jameslanman |
James Lanman is an American singer-songwriter from California. Lanman founded the indie pop rock band, “The Good Hurt” in Seattle circa 2009. After four years and two national tours playing festivals such as SXSW and CMJ, he launched a solo career in 2013 and produced his debut album Live at the Blue Boar Inn in 2017. This album kicked off his "The 100 Days Tour", a national grassroots singing tour.
Lanman is the second of five sons of Dr. Richard Lanman and Alanna Purcell Lanman, born on July 8, 1983. He grew up and attended high school in Los Altos, California where he played four sports but ironically did not make the cut for the prestigious Main Street Singer’s program. Lanman would later attend the University of California, Berkeley, where he graduated with a B.A. in Theater and Performance Studies as well as a minor in Rhetoric in 2007.
Lanman’s music career began as a house music DJ in high school. He later worked as a resident DJ in Florence, Italy where he purchased a used guitar for $60 and began writing songs on it. His career as a singer songwriter took him up and down the West Coast from Los Angeles to Seattle where he performed with The Seattle Rock Orchestra at the Moore Theatre. Singing gigs took him abroad to London and Scandinavia, where Lanman starred in an internationally televised commercial for IF Insurance Company singing a cover of Stevie Wonder’s Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing.
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