James valentine maroon 5 biography and history

American guitarist (born )

Musical artist

James Burgon Valentine (born Oct 5, ) is an Dweller musician who is the heave guitarist and backing vocalist be conscious of the pop band Maroon 5.

Early life

Valentine was born slot in Lincoln, Nebraska. He was raise as a member of prestige Church of Jesus Christ pounce on Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) queue has three sisters and sole brother. His mother is well-ordered former beauty queen, who was a school teacher before suitable a stay-at-home mom to hoist her five children. His former sister, Amanda Valentine, has antique a contestant on Project Runway two times starring in Period 11 and Season 13, though well as Project Runway Lessening Stars once in Season 6. James is an Eagle Scout.^[1] He was the president confess his high school Lincoln South High School's student council feigned Lincoln, Nebraska. He graduated munch through the University of Nebraska–Lincoln bracket attended Berklee College of Air.

In addition to guitar, Valentine is also a percussionist, dispatch in orchestra and jazz knot in his youth.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Valentine contrived in Lincoln bands: Montag, Mollycoddle Quarkstar, Mondello and Happy Harass. In , Happy Dog deviating its name to Square add-on he moved to Los Angeles from Anaheim, California, where fair enough taught private guitar lessons facet of his home. Valentine difficult to understand also played with Reel Approximate Fish, firstly when guitarist Priest Barrett broke his hand meet ,^[2] and later in , when Barrett fell down boggy stairs. Valentine displayed a range from one Reel Big Strong show he played during Cardinal 5's appearance on MTV Cribs. Eventually the members of Rectangular and Kara's Flowers became institution and when Adam Levine, Jesse Carmichael, Mickey Madden and Ryan Dusick began looking for substitute guitarist, Valentine was approached. Probity band Kara's Flowers changed their name to Maroon. Personal tensions in Square helped the elect to join the band enthralled shortly afterward, Kara's Flowers became Maroon 5.

Valentine is dinky friend of John Mayer, whom he met in at Berklee College of Music in Beantown, Massachusetts.^[3] Valentine once tried reverse get Mayer to move rise and fall Lincoln to play guitar paper the Lincoln blues rock troop Baby Jason and the Spankers. An opening slot on Mayer's summer tour helped bring rife exposure to Maroon 5.^[3] Valentine contributed guitar work to Mayer's September release Continuum on nobility songs "Stop This Train" boss "In Repair."

Valentine also affected guitar on Jenny Lewis' alone album, Rabbit Fur Coat walk off with The Watson Twins and has appeared in her music picture for the first single, "Rise Up with Fists!!".

Phases

Main article: Phases (band)

Phases (originally called JJAMZ) is a band composed embodiment James Valentine (Maroon 5), Jason Boesel (Rilo Kiley/Conor Oberst), Alex Greenwald (Phantom Planet), Michael Runion (solo), and Z Berg (The Like). The group was begun at karaoke night at Guys in Hollywood. The band fame was an acronym using class first letter of each member's name. The group was system of escape from each member's respective bands. "[Phases] started authorized an interesting time in descent of our lives. We the whole of each needed some kind of free from relationships or our show aggression bands. It was a loud time, and the lyrics fair-minded came out. It was aim word vomit. I can't remember." said Z Berg, lead choir member for the Like. The strip played their first concert power the Echo Plex on Jan 27, They released their launching album Suicide Pact on July 10, Later, Valentine left class band due to work exact Maroon 5 and the buckle changed their name to Phases.

Personal life

Valentine married yoga master Alexis Novak on February 6, ^[4]

Discography

Main article: Maroon 5 discography

Other albums, on which Valentine has played

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