Nathan James

Nathan James is an American roots and blues artist from Oceanside, California whose three-piece band, the Rhythm Scratchers, blends 1920s acoustic blues, juke-joint hill country, 1950s uptown blues, and 1960s soulful R&B. A singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, he performs on his handmade washboard guitar and a custom foot-percussion box while singing and playing harmonica and kazoo. He won the 2007 International Blues Challenge with Ben Hernandez, has recorded and toured with the likes of James Harman, Kim Wilson, and Pinetop Perkins, and has released albums including What You Make of It and Natural Born That Way.