Jamie McLean is a musician who’s most well known for being the guitarist for New Orleans own Dirty Dozen Brass Band. But McLean has a longer list of credentials and talents that make him much more than just a sideman in a famous act from The Big Easy.

 

His solo project, The Jamie McLean Band, has put him on the stage with such big name acts as the Black Crowes, North Mississippi Allstars, Soulive, Robert Randolph, and Widespread Panic. The band features Jamie on guitars and lead vocals as well as his brother Carter McLean (drums, percussion), Derek Layes (bass), Jon Solo (organ, piano, keyboards) and Shelby Johnson (backing vocals). McClean can do it all from songwriting, singing, an play a mean guitar, through his offering of a soulful mix of rock, r&b, blues, and pop inspired music.  

 

In part one of The Jamcast, Jamie and Ken discuss his first, concert, first guitar, current gear, the people he studied with, and the compositions and recording of his latest projects.