James Honeyman-Scott was an English rock guitarist, songwriter and founding member of the band The Pretenders.
17 Facts About James Honeyman-Scott
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When James Honeyman-Scott joined The Pretenders, he was growing vegetables and selling guitars in a music store in Widemarsh Street, Hereford, called Buzz Music.
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James Honeyman-Scott acknowledged a number of influences on his guitar-playing.
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James Honeyman-Scott credited Nick Lowe and Elvis Costello with their "big jangly" Rickenbacker-influenced guitar sound.
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Hynde and James Honeyman-Scott have both acknowledged the influence their contrasting styles had on each other.
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In May and June 1982, James Honeyman-Scott was first in Los Angeles and then in Austin, Texas, for a short visit with his wife Peggy Sue Fender, whom he had married in April 1981.
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Two days after the dismissal of Pete Farndon, James Honeyman-Scott was found dead in a girlfriend's apartment of heart failure caused by cocaine intolerance.
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James Honeyman-Scott was 25 years old at the time of his death.
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James Honeyman-Scott was buried in the churchyard at St Peter's Church, Lyde, Herefordshire.
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James Honeyman-Scott was the last important influence on my playing before I went out on my own.
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James Honeyman-Scott is credited with discovering Violent Femmes, who opened for the Pretenders at the Oriental Theatre in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, while the band was on tour.
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At the group meeting on 14 June 1982, James Honeyman-Scott suggested bringing Robbie McIntosh into the group in some capacity.
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In 2005, James Honeyman-Scott was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame alongside Hynde, Farndon and Chambers as a member of the Pretenders.
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James Honeyman-Scott used a number of guitars during his professional career, including the following:.
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Just before joining the Pretenders, James Honeyman-Scott used an Ibanez Gibson-Explorer style with an Electro-Harmonix Clone Theory pedal and Marshall amplifier in an attempt to emulate the Rickenbacker 12-string sound on songs by Elvis Costello and Nick Lowe.
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James Honeyman-Scott recorded most of his guitar parts for the Pretenders debut album using a Gibson ES-335 or Gibson Les Paul.
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James Honeyman-Scott owned several acoustic guitars including a Gibson Dove, Martin D-28, and a Guild 12-string.