Colin James About Being Summoned by Stevie Ray Vaughan at the Last Minute...TWICE!!

Please Smash the SUBSCRIBE button B4 you go any further. Help me eclipse 1000K by the end of the month Thanks in advance. Anyway it helps me get great interviews like this one and I have some big ones you don't want to miss. Colin is a nice relaxed gent and doesn't look like he ages as you can see. We chat about about his career...his near shattering miss of a lightning burst recently above his home in Vancouver and the work he has done with many stars including Brent Butt and Bonnie Raitt ! Other talking points are him opening for Stevie Ray Vaughan and George Thorogood... who it just happens will be playing May 12 just a few hours East of Colin playing here in the Soo; wouldn't' that have been a great double bill.
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[@rickkemp2749]

Did Stevie's guitar have 13 gauge strings?

[@bordercityrocktalk7576]

I should ask Colin. He might know as he played his guitar 🎸🎸

[@rickkemp2749]

@@bordercityrocktalk7576 Iv'e wondered about that for years.

[@bensblues]

@@rickkemp2749 stevie played a custom 13 - 56 set so while 13s are massive for e flat and standard, the low end strings were lighter than they would be on a typical set of 13s. He switched them out sometime in or after 1989 and changed to 11s

[@rickkemp2749]

@@bensblues Thanks, I was really wondering if the guitar lent to Colin had 13 gauge strings, and, if so, how he felt about playing it.