PJ Proby FORUM and PETER JAMES

We just picked up a link here from the P.J. Proby Forum about the Peter James Controversy.

We don't think there should be any controversy any more. The controversy was stirred by speculation because Peter James was not locatable. P.J. Proby knows he isn't Peter James. P.J. is alive and well, still touring, playing the music that made his life. We owe it to P.J. to believe him when he says he is not Peter James. He knows who he is. He knows what he recorded.

The story lies in the independent labels and small labels on big labels that made for the music business in that era and the fact that people who made demos for other artists sometimes launched careers of their own. It was not at all uncommon for a person with a song or two to approach a label and make a deal. This is something Cliff Gleaves did with Snuffy Garret over at Liberty.

At the time I don't recall anyone else I was around the studios in LOS ANGELES wearing an eye patch! I don't know why Peter wore one or for how long he wore on. It could have been a short term temporary eye-patch. The main thing is that Peter James was a real person and, it's my feeling, that like Jerry Capeheart and a lot of other people who worked in those studios at that time, most likely he has passed away. We remain open to hearing from the real Peter James or his family.

THE MYSTERY OF PETER JAMES - NO HE IS NOT P.J. PROBY

"Peter James is a real person. He is not P.J. Proby or someone else, recording under a fake name. I met him working with Jerry Capeheart at American Music. I saw him record at United Western. He did demos but he was also a producer. He was a white fellow, about 6 feet tall, thin, dark hair, and he wore an eye-patch!"

That's what Wes Bryan had to say when I asked him to help solve the Peter James Mystery that has been the talk of rockabilly and early rock and roll fans on YouTube recently.

I also contacted P.J. Proby and he says he never recorded under the name Peter James.

My own internet research brought up no evidence that Peter James continued to work after this period. But there is something new on the net everyday.

So if Peter James is out there, please contact us!

Christine Trzyna