PEDIGREED POP STAR BRITAIN'S JAMES BLUNT MOVES FROM GUARDING QUEEN TO TOP OF THE CHARTS.Byline: Fred Shuster Music Writer James Blunt sounds like John Cleese “Cleese” redirects here. For the actress and daughter of John Cleese, see Cynthia Cleese. John Marwood Cleese (IPA: /ˈkliːz/ doing a parody of an upper-class British twit. But what's refreshing is, the chart-topping Blunt, who's got a background to match the posh accent, makes no effort to disguise his pedigree. There are no fake lad-isms or attempts to notch up street cred street cred n. Slang Acceptability or popularity, especially among young people in urban areas. [street + cred(it). by feigning Gallagher brothers-style enthusiasm for canned beer, fries and public transportation for this pop star. The 28-year-old Blunt, who shares Elton John's management team, was born well and plans to continue living that way. A former soldier and member of the Household Cavalry The term Household Cavalry is used across the Commonwealth to describe the cavalry of the Household Divisions, a country’s most elite or historically senior military groupings or those military groupings that provide functions associated directly with the Head of state. who guarded the queen mother's coffin at her funeral, Blunt has struck a nerve with female fans around the world. His sensitive, ballad-strewn debut, ``Back to Bedlam Bedlam: see Bethlem Royal Hospital. bedlam from Hospital of St. Mary of Bethlehem, former English insane asylum. [Br. Folklore: Jobes, 193] See : Confusion Bedlam (Hospital of St. ,'' is the second-biggest-seller of the last 12 months, after Coldplay's ``X&Y.'' Last week, the disc cracked the Top 10 albums chart, passing the 900,000 sales mark. It's hard to get through a day without hearing the single ``You're Beautiful'' in a public place. ``I hope people don't start saying, 'Oh no, not him again,' '' said Blunt, who performs a pre-Grammy Awards show Tuesday at the House of Blues House of Blues (HOB) is a chain of music halls and restaurants founded in 1992 by Hard Rock Cafe founder Isaac Tigrett and his friend and investor Dan Aykroyd. It is a home for live music and southern-inspired cuisine, whose clubs celebrate African-American culture, specifically in Hollywood and is part of the Coachella Festival lineup April 30. ``I love having a song that seems to be affecting large numbers of people, but I don't want them to begin to hate me for it.'' Not likely. Blunt's gravelly grav·el·ly adj. 1. Of, full of, or covered with rock fragments or pebbles: a gravelly beach. 2. Having a harsh rasping sound: a gravelly voice. voice, green eyes and unshaven, shaggy-haired look has carried him into an estrogen-friendly zone, along with Damien Rice, David Gray David Gray can refer to:
John Clayton Mayer (born October 16, 1977) is an American guitarist and singer-songwriter. . And he's been earning rave reviews on the road. The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times noted, ``Strumming his acoustic guitar or slinging it to the side, Mr. Blunt has an authoritative charisma.'' Blunt, for his part, is equally moved by other artists. ``I look up to someone I know you've heard of - (indie icon) Cat Power,'' says Blunt, whose last name is actually Blount. ``She doesn't go to the top of the charts, and she doesn't sell millions of albums, but she can be very inspiring in the way she does things. She's got fans that live for her every word. It's every emotional music, and she makes that connection, which is what I want to be doing.'' Along with the love ballads on ``Back to Bedlam'' (Custard/Atlantic), Blunt penned ``Cry'' and ``No Bravery,'' songs inspired by his four-year stint in the British Army The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. It came into being with unification of the governments and armed forces of England and Scotland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. , during which he served in war-torn Kosovo. He jokes that he's been shot at more times than 50 Cent. ``It was a family tradition, and whether I felt entirely comfortable with it, I went and did my job and I loved it,'' he says. ``I made some great friends. But the life I've got now is much better.'' Born in Tidworth, Hampshire, to an army family that goes back generations, Blunt was sent to boarding school, and only began hearing rock music as a teenager at exclusive Harrow School, where a couple of Harry Potter films were shot. After Harrow, he went to Bristol University on an army scholarship to study aerospace engineering, then was shipped off to the Sandhurst military academy where Prince Harry started last summer. In 1999, he served six months in Kosovo, and had earlier protected the queen as a mounted guard. ``One thing I've become quite comfortable with from those years is not having a permanent place to live,'' Blunt says. ``Right now, I have all my stuff in storage and I'm living on a bus, basically. But I love it. It's a bit like the army, being surrounded by your mates.'' Fred Shuster, (818) 713-3676 fred.shuster(at)dailynews.com JAMES BLUNT Where: House of Blues, 8430 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood. When: 11 p.m. Tuesday. Tickets: $21. (213) 480-3232; ticketmaster.com. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: no caption (James Blunt) |
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