James Godwin quietly scribbled things on paper bits while touring U.S. and Europe as the bass player for Jack Oblivian and John Paul Keith. He cautiously started playing them live as a member of the short lived New Mary Jane, which featured 1/2 of Memphis Rock legends The Grifters. During a bumpy and not well remembered summer of 2012 he began recording a batch of songs on a busted up 4 track along with friends/ musicians extraordinaire John Argroves and Dave Shouse. Those songs would become the first Ultrasounds ep “Lovers and Ghosts’, which cost about $30 to make, and sounds as if a cat is trying to claw it’s way out of your speakers.
After about a year of standing around and smoking cigarettes with friend and Memphis guitarist Luke White, the two finally set up a rehearsal with Argroves on drums, and local artist/musician David Johnson on bass.
After a year of shows and writing new songs under their belts, James and The Ultrasounds enter the studio in March to record the follow up to Lovers and Ghosts, with Memphis musicman/media darling Mark Edgar Stuart behind the board, making sure the band doesn’t stink up the joint.
