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㽶Ƶֱ: Colin James 㽶Ƶֱ Canada㽶Ƶֱs musical road warrior

TODAY IN B.C.: 㽶ƵֱOpen Road㽶Ƶֱ is his current Juno Award-winning album
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Colin James is a member of the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame. (Submitted photo)

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Colin James㽶Ƶֱs current album Open Road is his 20th studio album and his 19th nomination for Blues Album of The Year, winning at the 2022 Juno Awards.

In the latest installment of 㽶ƵֱToday in BC㽶Ƶֱ, host Peter McCully chats with the blues guitarist whose early years were playing traditional/Celtic music in his hometown of Regina.

㽶ƵֱIt was just a bunch of people getting together and playing dances,㽶Ƶֱ said James. 㽶ƵֱBut it was a great learning place for a 13-year-old. I was ears wide open all the time.㽶Ƶֱ

The first single for Open Road is 㽶ƵֱDown on the Bottom㽶Ƶֱ, a Bob Dylan tune from the 1960s.

㽶ƵֱYeah, he just wrote it and never put music to it,㽶Ƶֱ said James. 㽶ƵֱThe New Basement Tapes was put out a few years ago now, they recorded that song, and my producer liked it. I㽶Ƶֱm always happy to have another rock song in the group.㽶Ƶֱ

James is a member of the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame and has run into many interesting characters and great musicians over the years 㽶Ƶֱ and shares his thoughts and stories.

We㽶Ƶֱll also hear the single 㽶ƵֱDown on the Bottom㽶Ƶֱ - on this edition of Today in BC.

(Down on the Bottom/Dylan)

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Peter McCully

About the Author: Peter McCully

Peter has been a broadcaster and publisher on both of Canada㽶Ƶֱs coasts and has owned a small newspaper and run an advertising agency along the way.
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