James Dunigan

by Jack Tuskera July 23rd, 2007
There's a small buzz in the room as people shuffle in to the dimly lit dive bar called the Saint to hear some original tunes. They're here to see none other than James Dunigan, who is doing sound and mic check. He asks, " Has anyone seen my the score of the game?" He is reminded that the baseball game he's asking about hasn't started yet. James mind is not on music at that moment, but then again he's got so much going on being a jack of mant trades and master of some as he says. He starts playing one of his originals called Fools of Desperate Measures, a grungy melodic ode to John Lennon that begs the question why can't people learn to passionately listen? The bar is full by now as James accepts his applause. James started playing guitar at 16, put it dopwn to pursue theatre, which he still acts and writes. He started writing his own songs a couple of years later. " I would start by recording some little diddies that made me think of the guitar on a pocket recorder and from there write some music to it, and the rest is history. "
He plays a 45 min set from which he ends with his newest song aptly titled Goodnight. For the past 45 minutes it has been just that listening to this up and coming artist captivate his Asbury Park audience. - Asbury Park Press