James Hay is a Western Canadian electric blues guitarist and singer/songwriter based out of Kelowna, British Columbia. With thirty years of sideman experience in blues bands behind him, these days you can catch James working as a solo blues act or fronting the James Hay Blues Band.
The James Hay Blues Band is a hard driving, swampy, delta slide, blues, jump, jive, swing and boogie trio fronted by James Hay on guitar & vocals, with "Boogie Man" Blue Rooney on the bass guitar and PJ “Like the Pyjamas" Hermann on the drums.
They perform original material as well as blues selections from the 1920’s to present day including artists such as Booker White, Memphis Slim, T-Bone Walker, Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Otis Rush, Ray Charles, John Mayer, Eric Clapton, and many more.