James Meston (born 1975) is an Australian, Adelaide-based radio producer, announcer and podcaster. He has produced and co-announced the 'Arch D Radio' show on 1079 Life FM since 2011, and produced a number of series of podcasts related to Catholic education and Catholic spirituality since 2019. From 1993 to 2017 he was a

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guitarist with the stage name "Sweet Baby James", who was named as Official Ambassador of the 2007 Australian Blues Festival. He has played onstage with Jeff Healey and

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. In 1997, he moved to London, England, and regularly worked with David Hadley-Ray,

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and a short stint with The

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, filling in for regular guitarist Andy Fairweather Low while he was on tour with

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in 1998. Meston worked as both a trio and, from 2002, as a duo with drummer Rob Eyers in Sweet Baby James and Rob Eyers. They released a 2005 album ''Rhythm 'n' Blues'' ( Black Market Music), followed in 2010 with ''Double Voodoo Blues''.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Meston, James Australian blues guitarists Australian male guitarists 1975 births Living people Musicians from Adelaide 21st-century guitarists 21st-century Australian male musicians 21st-century Australian musicians