Solitaire (musician)

Solitaire
Solitaire performing live at Maryland Institute College of Art, 1985
Solitaire performing live at Maryland Institute College of Art, 1985
Background information
Birth nameJames L. Callahan
Born1965 (age 58–59)
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
GenresPop, electropop, synthpop, new wave, computer music
Instrument(s)Keyboards, microcomputer, drum machine
Analog synthesizers, keytar,
Vocals
Years active1983–1986

Solitaire was an American one-man project with pioneering live-electronics[1] created by James L. Callahan (born 1965) from Baltimore, Maryland, United States; who performed, wrote[2] and recorded [2] solo synth-pop music between 1983 and 1986. James Callahan (aka Solitaire) was the first “truly computerized” artist in the Baltimore area. As Solitaire, Callahan played keyboards and electronic drum machines as a one-man show.[3]

  1. ^ AnnaLogueRecords. "Various artists: echoes from our past". Retrieved 9 June 2007.
  2. ^ Vaccarino, Joe (September 2012). Baltimore sounds: an illustrated encyclopedia of Baltimore area pop musicians, bands and recordings (2nd ed.). MJAM Press. pp. 448, 495. ISBN 978-0-9754084-1-4.