Simply put, James Duke is an inspiration. very rewarding, you’re basically traveling the Curran, and he is part of the Passion family. I’ve
Although he’s played with some of the biggest whole time. There were four locations, two in known him casually for a long time, he was the
names and worship teams in ‘the business’, Atlanta, D.C., and Dallas, so literally it was like singer in a band called Bellarive from Florida,
he’s just as humble as he is talented. Whether play the first night in Atlanta, go straight to the and when I was with John Mark a few years
you love guitar, want to make it your career, or airport and fly to Dallas, play that morning, go ago we did some tours and shows with them.
some combination of the two, ‘The Duke’ is the straight to the airport and fly to D.C., play that So, I’d kind of known him for a long time but
kind of role model we could all use more of. night, go straight to the airport and fly back to we reconnected a couple years ago, and he is
So, starting in February, you’ll be able to hear Atlanta, and play the next morning. So, it was a launching his own solo project through Passion.
directly from James every month via his monthly whirlwind, but it was pretty incredible actually, it This was for his launching of that, so it was
column here in [WM]. In the meantime, we was really great. really cool to be a part of it. He is such a great
wanted to take this opportunity to dig deep
with one of our favorite Worship guitar players!
singer and musician. He is such a good guitar
[WM] Who were you there with this time?
player, he’s a piano player, he’s just a musician’s
musician, a great songwriter, a great leader, so
[WM] James, we are super excited to connect
[James] I was playing with a guy named Sean
it was really awesome to be a part of it.
with you again and that we have the pleasure
of hearing your voice in the mix moving forward! [WM] When we spoke last you mentioned that
You just got back from Passion 2019, what was balancing family and career is key to you. When
this year like? did you first make the jump from worship team
volunteer to professional musician, and can you
[James Duke] It was really great. It was
describe that process?
probably my favorite Passion that I’ve been
a part of to date. It was very exhausting but
[James] It sort of happened, not by accident,
Step Into the Light // Sean Curran, Passion 2019
January 2019
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