James (centre) with "Spredthick" at the 1980 Towersey Festival
Hilary James (double bass) at the 1980 Towersey Festival
Hilary James is a British musician. A vocalist and multi-instrumentalist she plays guitar, double bass, mandobass (bass mandolin) and is a singer, and songwriter. She works mostly with her partner Simon Mayor and with their ensemble the Mandolinquents. Mayor and James originally toured as the duo "Spredthick".