Only Three Lads: The Kingbees' Jamie James - Top 5 Road Trip Albums

Only Three Lads: The Kingbees' Jamie James - Top 5 Road Trip Albums

From Pantheon - Podcasts for Music Lovers by Pantheon Media

April 28, 2026 · 1h 45m

About this episode

Jamie James discusses his top 5 road trip albums and shares stories from his music career.

Get your motor runnin', head out on the highway. Yup, this week we're looking for adventure...and whatever comes our way...because it's an O3L Road Trip! Everyone's piling in the van and bringing five albums with them. Our Third Lad this week has not only spent countless hours on the road, but has made some great road trip albums himself! Jamie James is best known as the singer/songwriter/guitarist of the new wave/roots rock band The Kingbees. The Kingbees recorded two albums for RSO Records (Robert Stigwood's classic label that was also home to Bee Gees and Eric Clapton) - the first of which included the Billboard Top 100-charting single "My Mistake" in 1980. Jamie has also played with a late-70s touring version of Steppenwolf, and spent decades playing with musically inclined actors (or is it dramatically inclined musicians?) Harry Dean Stanton and Dennis Quaid. Better yet, Jamie has a new album out on Oglio Records called Straight Up. It channels a lifetime of grit, heartbreak, and swagger into a punchy collection of blues and rock n' roll tunes. You'll hear some amazing tales of rock n' roll - including crashing Apple Records headquarters, getting bottled off the stage while…

People in this episode

Guest: Jamie James

Topics covered

  • road trip albums
  • music stories
  • new wave
  • roots rock
  • rock n' roll

Keywords

  • road trip
  • albums
  • The Kingbees
  • music stories
  • Jamie James

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Kingbees, RSO Records, Oglio Records

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