Mick's Guitarist Threatened to Quit

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[Wow, even in his solo band Mick just can't escape temperamental guitarists. It IS a curse]

From a Times Colonist article on Colin James
http://www.timescolonist.com/enterta...532/story.html

By Adrian Chamberlain, Times Colonist November 7, 2012

These include Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley (an Allen Toussaint song popularized by Robert Palmer), John Lennon's Jealous Guy and Oh Well, an early Fleetwood Mac hit.

He got the chance to meet and play with Fleetwood Mac drummer Mick Fleetwood a couple of years ago. James was invited to Maui to play a New Year's Eve charity show in 2010 with Fleetwood, Alice Cooper and members of the Doobie Brothers and Metallica.

James says Fleetwood was interested in permanently adding James and Jonny Lang as guitarists in his band. The plan fell apart after a member of Fleetwood's group protested and threatened to quit. However, James did get to play Black Magic Woman and Shake Your Moneymaker with his hero.

After such a long and storied career, one might wonder why James hasn't yet written an autobiography.

In fact, he says he was approached by Victoria writer Chris Gudgeon to collaborate on one. James was interested, but ultimately decided he had too much on his plate.

As ever, the music comes first.

"I just want to make records, man," James said. " I just want to make better and better and better records."


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