◇ image via WikipediaColin James
Colin James is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Chilliwack, Odds and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Those roots explain a lot about how Colin James arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Harlequin, Sass Jordan, The Jeff Healey Band, 54-40 and Chilliwack, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Long John Baldry, Loverboy, Johnny Hallyday, The Chieftains and Richard Marx, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 18 connections around Colin James, reaching back through Chilliwack and forward to Long John Baldry. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Colin James connections
Colin James grew out of Chilliwack, Odds and Stevie Ray Vaughan, shares an orbit with Harlequin, Sass Jordan, The Jeff Healey Band and 54-40, went on to shape Long John Baldry, Loverboy, Johnny Hallyday and The Chieftains. 18 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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