This section needs additional citations for verification. During his tenure with the Pretenders, Dave Edmunds and Billy Bremner from Rockpile were influential, as well as Nils Lofgren and Chris Spedding. Honeyman-Scott also credited Nick Lowe and Elvis Costello with their "big jangly" Rickenbacker-influenced guitar sound. Later, he was influenced by the lead lines and finger vibrato used by Mick Ralphs of Mott the Hoople. Early musical influences included Cream and the Allman Brothers Band. Honeyman-Scott acknowledged a number of influences on his guitar-playing ( Guitar Player, 1981). When Honeyman-Scott joined The Pretenders, he was growing vegetables and selling guitars in a music store in Widemarsh Street, Hereford, called Buzz Music. įellow members in The Cheeks included Chambers and ex- Mott the Hoople keyboardist Verden Allen, Kelv Wilson (bass guitar, vocals). Before joining the Pretenders, Honeyman-Scott played in several bands, including a precursor to The Enid with Robert John Godfrey, the Hawks (Kelv Wilson, bass guitar & vocals Dave Plowman, guitar Stan Speke, drums), The Hot Band, and The Cheeks. Honeyman-Scott, along with Pretenders bandmates Pete Farndon (bass guitar, vocals) and Martin Chambers (drums, vocals, percussion), came from Hereford. The songs " Back on the Chain Gang" and " 2000 Miles" were written as a tribute to him by Chrissie Hynde. With the band, Honeyman-Scott established a reputation, in the words of AllMusic, as "one of the most original and versatile guitarists of the early-'80s new wave movement." In addition to his role as lead guitarist, Honeyman-Scott co-wrote a number of songs for the band, sang back-up vocals and played keyboards on a few tracks. James Honeyman-Scott (4 November 1956 – 16 June 1982) was an English rock guitarist, songwriter and founding member of the band The Pretenders.
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