Name: Colin James
Start: 2024-06-26T19:30:00-04:00
Location: Jimmy's Jazz & Blues Club

“'𝑶𝒑𝒆𝒏 𝑹𝒐𝒂𝒅' 𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑪𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒏 𝑱𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔' 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒓.”
— 𝑩𝑳𝑼𝑬𝑺 𝑹𝑶𝑪𝑲 𝑹𝑬𝑽𝑰𝑬𝑾 (2021 𝑨𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎 𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 𝒐𝒇 '𝑶𝒑𝒆𝒏 𝑹𝒐𝒂𝒅')

𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢-𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐦 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭, 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 & 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐍 𝐉𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐒' 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟑𝟎 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝟐𝟎 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦𝐬, 𝟖 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐨 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬, 𝟑𝟎 𝐌𝐚𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢-𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐦 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬. His latest album, 2021's 'Open Road', won a 2022 Juno Award for "Best Blues Album" and was Nominated for the 2023 "Blues Rock Album of the Year" at the Blues Music Awards. The album debuted at #2 on iTunes Blues Chart and peaked at #10 on the Billboard Blues Chart.
𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧’𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫, 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬. 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟖 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦, 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐬 “𝐕𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐨𝐨 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠” 𝐚𝐧𝐝 “𝐅𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬,” 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭-𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲. It won him his first Juno Award and an opening spot on tour with Keith Richards. His second album, 'Sudden Stop', featured his hit “Just Came Back,” which reached #3 on the U.S. Radio Charts and earned him the Juno Award for “Single of the Year.” Colin was next credited with launching the swing revival, thanks to his wildly popular Little Big Band, which has released four successful albums to date.
𝐇𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟔’𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦, '𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬', 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐭: the album spent 10 weeks at #1 on the Roots Music Report’s Blues Chart. It also landed him one of his biggest hits: “Riding in the Moonlight,” a Willie Dixon song that garnered millions of streams on Spotify.

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟖 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦, '𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐓𝐨 𝐆𝐨', 𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐌𝐑 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟐𝟒 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝟏𝟒 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐩 𝟏𝟎. He continues to sell out shows with 100,000+ tickets sold on tours over the past 3 years. Colin was inducted into the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame in 2013.

𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝’𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠, Bonnie Raitt, Albert Collins, Pops Staples, Robert Cray, Albert King, Keith Richards, Lenny Kravitz, ZZ Top, Mavis Staples, Luther Allison, Roomful of Blues, Bobby King and Terry Evans, John Hammond Jr., The Chieftains, Carlos Santana, Little Feat, Johnny Hallyday, Jeff Healey, and Buddy Guy. In addition to his own recording and touring Colin is a prolific songwriter, his music has been recorded by the likes of Maria Muldaur, Johnny Hallyday and Lucinda Williams. Colin supported Buddy Guy on his 2022 Sold Out Tour.
"𝑻𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒖𝒔 ‘𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘’ 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒈𝒏𝒊𝒛𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒂𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒖𝒏𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒉𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒂𝒔𝒎...𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝑶𝒑𝒆𝒏 𝑹𝒐𝒂𝒅, 𝒊𝒕’𝒔 𝒂 𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄 𝒂𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎."
— 𝑩𝑳𝑼𝑬𝑺 𝑩𝑳𝑨𝑺𝑻 𝑴𝑨𝑮𝑨𝒁𝑰𝑵𝑬 (2021 𝑨𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎 𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 𝒐𝒇 '𝑶𝒑𝒆𝒏 𝑹𝒐𝒂𝒅')
"𝑪𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒏 𝑱𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 '𝑶𝒑𝒆𝒏 𝑹𝒐𝒂𝒅'...𝑫𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒂 𝒇𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒚...𝑯𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒍𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅."
— 𝑹𝑶𝑪𝑲 & 𝑩𝑳𝑼𝑬𝑺 𝑴𝑼𝑺𝑬 (2021 𝑨𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎 𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 𝒐𝒇 '𝑶𝒑𝒆𝒏 𝑹𝒐𝒂𝒅')
"𝑱𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒏..."
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