Colin James & The Little Big Band 3 Released October 3, 2006 Buy this CD         Email          Name             City   State/Prov       Country                                           Limelight Bio Blues Room Career Highlights Colin's Story Electronic Press Kit Six-time Juno award-winner Colin James has driven his 10-album, 25-year career with his blues influenced guitar mastery and soulful vocals. James was only 18-years old when he captured the attention of guitar legend Stevie Ray Vaughn, who marveled at the prodigious talent, decided to take him on the road through the Canadian prairies, and later the United States. It wasn't long after that the young musician began opening for the likes of John Lee Hooker, ZZ Top, Steve Winwood and Keith Richards, James was also the first to be signed to the then fledgling Virgin America label. With the seductive, smash hit "Why'd You Lie?², the rocker ³Voodoo Thing² and ³5 Long Years", he managed to break the record for most albums sold on a first release by a Canadian artist and has since maintained the integrity of a truly enduring artist. Today, capturing the authenticity of the R&B sound of the 40's, 50's and 60's, James and his Little Big Band bring audiences back to the jump blues basics. A clever blend of rare covers and originals that mix swinging rhythms and dance floor contagion, LBB has brought with them the spirit of rockin' boogie and smooth, brooding blues. It¹s been said that Colin James is an artist that takes the time to "go backwards in order to move forward", playing respects to legends and the sounds that made them legendary. "No one, however, will be surprised to hear Colin James and the Little Big Band playing a brand of R&B that was once dispensed in loose, flawless three-minute bursts during which a razor-sharp rhythm section would spar with sizzling horns, some tough guitar-string bending, a church-influenced keyboard and a possessed vocalists It's the type of sound that helped rule the airwaves in the heyday of Atlantic Records in the 1950s and '60s," Perusse, Bernard (Feb. 8, 2007). The Montreal Gazette This Christmas, LBB delivers the same vibrant sound in the form of a holiday album that will feature some of the season's classics as well as some hand-picked rarities by the likes of Louis Armstrong and Louis Prima. ³It was really cool to pick from a songbook that I have liked over the years knowing that it also needed to suit the LBB-type style.² says James. ³I really enjoyed singing songs like I'll Be Home For Christmas as well. These are songs you've heard all your life and really conjure up past Christmas seasons and memories from way back in your childhood.² He adds with a laugh, ³It was a slightly surreal experience as it was late spring, early summer in Nashville and I would be walking down the tree lined streets near the studio singing Let It Snow hoping no one could hear.² Horn-drenched with the piano and guitar dexterity fans have grown to know and love, Colin James and The Little Big Band Christmas album is set to release in November 2007. Accompanying this release will be a nationwide Christmas symphony tour playing in Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Regina, Saskatoon, Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver. Site designed by Maple Solutions in co-operation with Promofact.