Mentored by 6-time GRAMMY® winner and blues guitar legend Stevie Ray Vaughan, bluesman Colin James’ own career is becoming legendary via his 8-Juno Award wins (Canada’s GRAMMY® equivalent), 30 Maple Blues Awards, multi-platinum record sales, and being inducted into the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame. Yet what is missing from this prodigiously gifted guitarist’s career is a GRAMMY® nomination.

To a recording artist, having a bunch of big-name guests on your album can be a double-edged sword: It’ll get you some attention, sure, but there’s always the danger you’ll find yourself pushed out of the limelight—a supporting player in your own production.

To a recording artist, having a bunch of big-name guests on your album can be a double-edged sword: It’ll get you some attention, sure, but there’s always the danger you’ll find yourself pushed out of the limelight—a supporting player in your own production. Fortunately, no one elbows Colin James into the wings.

From the rolling prairies of Saskatchewan to the Open Road of a storied career, multi-award-winning, chart-topping, and multi-platinum-selling guitarist Colin James releases his 20th studio album on November 5th via Stony Plain Records. Open Road was mixed at the iconic Abbey Road Studios in London.