James Burton

James Burton has over 29642 followers across Spotify, LastFM, YouTube Music, Deezer, Twitter and Songkick. Currently we track 6 digital music and social platforms for James Burton. When AVR-Music Stats last calculated the current growth of James Burton's social media following, it was roughly 7 followers per day. We collect data on 10,000’s of rappers, singers, musicians, producers, bands & DJs from around the world across multiple genres including edm, rock, hip hop, grime, pop, jazz, folk and many more. Found something missing? You can add data for James Burton here.

James Burton's Music Bio

James Burton was born in Dubberly, Lousiana on August 21, 1939. He first picked up the guitar at age 13. By the time he was 15, he was recording with Dale Hawkins. He also got a job as the lead guitar player on the Louisiana Hayride, backing artists like George Jones and Johnny Horton. By 18, Burton moved to California to work with Ricky Nelson. With Ricky, he recorded Hello, Mary Lou and other classics. James became very in demand as a session player and before long he was the most in demand guitarist on the west coast. Read more on Last.fm

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