Colin James

Colin James is one of Canada's great guitarists, having learned from some of the best, as well as learning on his own time. Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Colin grew up loving the blues. According to him, it was all he would listen to for a time in his life, and he started to learn the guitar at an early age of eight years old. Dropping out of high school in Grade 10, Colin moved to Saskatoon and formed a band called the Hoodoo Men. It was this band, and an 18-year old Colin playing the guitar like he was born to it, that caught the eye of master guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan. Impressed with what they were playing, he invited them to open up acts for him in Saskatoon, and later in the United States. Although Colin had played for John Lee Hooker and George Thorogood, it was Vaughan that would make Colin's big break a reality. Colin released his first album "Colin James" in 1988. The album featured such songs as 'Voodoo Thing', the classic hit 'Why'd you lie?' and 'Five Long Years' that