Jamie Moses (born 30 August 1955) is an English rock and pop singer and guitarist. He was formerly a member of The Brian May Band,

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, Mike & the Mechanics and Broken English.

Biography

Moses was born in the

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county town of

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. His mother was English, while his father was an American member of the U.S. Air Force. He grew up in various parts of the United States and Japan, according to the change of location in his father's postings.

Career

A self-taught guitarist, he has been playing since the age of ten and began his professional work by performing material from artists such as

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. He was playing on Air Force bases and on radio and TV by the age of 13. When his father retired from the Air Force, the family returned to England, where he has been a freelance musician ever since. Koeln1998_Brian_May_and_Jamie_Moses

He co-founded the

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band Los Pacaminos in 1993, led by Paul Young and has been second guitarist for

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since 1992. Between 2005 and 2008, he was second guitarist and backing vocalist for

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, Hiding In Public, and the party band Jamie & the Falcons (fka The World Famous Red Sox) and also toured for many years with Tom Jones.

Personal life

Moses has one daughter (Katy Anne, b. 1981) and two sons (Benjamin James, b. 1989 and Charles Jackson James (Charlie), b. 2010) and is married to Sarah Louise Moses (née Benton).

Selected discography

* Merlin: ''Merlin'' (album 1974) *

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: ''I Used to Be an Animal'' (album 1988) * Judy Cheeks: ''No Outsiders'' (album 1988) *

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: ''The Happy Club'' (album 1993) * SAS Band: ''SAS Band'' (album 1994) * Paul Young: ''Acoustic Paul Young'' (EP CD 1994) * The Brian May Band: '' Live at the Brixton Academy'' (album/video, 1994) * Paul Young: ''Paul Young'' (album 1997) * Tony Hadley: ''Tony Hadley'' (album 1997) * Roger Chapman: ''A Turn Unstoned?'' (album 1998) * Brian May: '' Another World'' (solo guitar on "Slow Down") (album 1998) * Mike + The Mechanics: ''Mike & the Mechanics Live'' (album 1999) * SAS Band: ''The Show'' (album 2000) * Robbie McIntosh: ''Wide Screen'' (album 2001) * Los Pacaminos: ''Los Pacaminos'' (album 2002) * Various Artists: ''Nelson Mandela 46664 Concert, Amandla'' (album 2002) * Rock Kids: ''Kids Will Rock You'' (album 2003) * Drew Barfield: ''Deep Water Terminal'' (album 2004) * Hiding in Public: ''Silent Exchange'' (album 2005) *

: '' Return of the Champions'' (CD/DVD, 2005) * Queen + Paul Rodgers: '' Super Live in Japan'' (DVD, 2006, Japan only) * Los Pacaminos: ''Los Pacaminos Live'' (album 2006) * Hiding in Public: ''What Lies Ahead'' (album 2007) * Broken English: ''The Rough With the Smooth'' (album 2007) * Samantha Horwill: ''Figure of 3'' (album 2007) *

: '' Live in Ukraine'' (DVD 2009) * Hiding in Public: ''Worlds Away, Yards Apart'' (album 2009) * Melissa Israel: ''Ghost of a Girl'' (album 2009) * Charlotte Gordon Cumming: ''The Brave Songs'' (album 2010) * Mike & the Mechanics: ''The Road'' (album 2011) * Hiding In Public: ''Inner Anarchist'' (album 2012) * Band of Sisters: ''Issues'' (album 2013) * Zididada: ''Fix Your Heart'' (album 2013) * Los Pacaminos: ''A Fistful of Statins'' (album 2014) * Right Said Fred ''Exactly'' (album 2017) * Los Pacaminos : ''Viva!'' (live album 2018)

References

External links

Official website

from BrianMay.com * {{DEFAULTSORT:Moses, Jamie 1955 births Living people musicians from Ipswich English rock guitarists English people of American descent Musicians from Suffolk Los Pacaminos members Queen + Paul Rodgers members