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Colin James - Bad Habits Audio CD

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Colin James Band: Colin James
Title: Bad Habits
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Release Date: 1995-09-19
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Saviour 2: Freedom 3: Standin' on the Edge 4: Real Stuff 5: Better Days 6: I Can't Hold Out 7: Bad Habits 8: Forty-Four 9: Walkin' Blues 10: Atlanta Moan 11: Speechless

SWEET!
James but I will echo what other reviewers have said. aside from this disc I don't know much about Mr. This is a real slick and smooth CD with some sweet grooves. Colin has a real nice voice as well. The songs are well written and performed with FREEDOM being a standout. [. . . ].


One of Canada's best kept secrets...
Where SRV relied on himself and his guitar to drive almost every song, Colin's approach gives everyone involved their own space, making the album sound more like a band than a solo artist. It's tempting (very much so) to compare Colin James with Stevie Ray Vaughan, but that doesn't really do him justice. This is a good thing. His discipline opens up everything for a collaboration that allows the music to rise above first glance expectations. The first time I listened to it, I gave it a nod as a decent piece of work. It was the third time around that I began to notice the little things that make the difference between a garden variety blues album suited to background music while balancing my checkbook and a carefully crafted effort that reveals a tacit love for the music they play, demanding the listener's attention and appreciation. The songs themselves fall into a fairly narrow range of blues and blues rock, but the variety he offers within that scope sets this album pretty close to the top of the genre.


Bad Habits
Very good effort and the beginning of a trend for Colin James. Colin James, rocker from Canada shows his blues talent on this CD. Actually, the trend began with 'The Little Big Band I' in 1993. This CD was a mix of rock and blues. The trend would then continue with 'National Steel' in 1997 and 'The Little Big Band II' in 1998.


bayou/funk from vancouver?
John for the last 20 yrs. First off, I'm a strat playin blues dude, took a chance on this cd and WHEWEEEE this guy sounds like he's been hanging around with Dr. Excellent production, vocals, kim wilson on harmonica. There is'nt a dog on this cd, 100% listenable. He's not Walter Trout or Alvin Lee, maybe Sonny Landreth kicked up a notch. Backup vocals & the B-3 round the cuts out to the max. I guess in Canada they don't believe in filler cuts. Ax players take notice, TONE TO THR BONE!!.


A NOTHER GREAT BLUES CD
After another week it has grown on me. Once again I was too quick and reviewed this CD after only a couple of listens and got it wrong. The singing is like a slightly rougher ROBBEN FORD and suits most of these songs very well. The songs are excellent and the guitar work very tasteful. His phrasing and guitar styling at times sound familiar but he adds enough of his own to create his own style. His guitar tone is gorgeous, complimented by first class backing and superb production. Colin James promises great things for the future and I will have to buy the rest of his releases.


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