James Walbourne
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James Walbourne is a British singer, guitarist, and multi-instrumentalist. He is the current lead guitarist in The Pretenders as well as one-half of The Rails.
Walbourne performing with The Rails in 2015
The Pogues
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The Pogues are an English Celtic punk band founded in King's Cross, London, in 1982, by Shane MacGowan, Spider Stacy and Jem Finer. Originally named Pogue Mahone—an anglicisation of the Irish phrase p
James Walbourne
…and there he became a member of the bands Pernice Brothers and Son Volt. He became a member of The Kinks’ front-man Ray Davies’s solo band and of The Pogues. In 2008, he was recruited to The Pretenders by Martin Chambers just before the Break Up the Concrete tour. In 2005 he formed a band, Royal Gun, with…
The Pogues performing in Munich in 2011. From left to right: Philip Chevron, James Fearnley, Andrew Ranken, Shane MacGowan, Darryl Hunt, Spider Stacy and Jem Finer.
The Pogues in Brixton, 2004
The Pogues with Shane MacGowan, 11 October 2006 in San Diego
The Pogues on 1 August 2010 in Amsterdam