THE JAMES & ANGELA MCKINNEY BAND
- From Dallas, Texas.
- James is originally from Ft. Payne, Alabama.
- Age 15, James won the Southern States Banjo Championship.
- Age 19, he moved to Nashville and directed Opryland’s bluegrass show. Also worked as a studio musician.
- 1980, toured with Vassar Clements.
- 1982, won the National Banjo Championship in Winfield, Kansas.
- 1987, moved back to Dallas and formed Danger in the Air with wife Angela.
- 1990, moved back to Nashville and formed the James and Angela McKinney Band.
- 2004, released first album “A Clear View.”
- 2008, Angela formed her own band called Angela McKinney and Her Mighty Small Band (based in Tennessee). James formed a band called James McKinney and the Night Travelers (based in Georgia).