| INTERVIEWS |
| INTERVIEW WITH PAUL JAMES (CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE) |
| On R&B and Rock�n�Roll: �Chuck Berry was rock�n�roll but they put him in R&B�there is so much stuff that is called rock�n�roll now�I do the kind of rock�n�roll that comes directly from the blues, like a doctored Jimmy Reed which was electrified Robert Johnson, I think�in a kind of way, a different dimension. On playing in Hamilton: �I�ve played there many times - I like it a lot. It�s a nice place�kind of quiet there.� On juggling his career with family responsibilities: �I�m not on the road as much as I used to be. In the old days I would book a tour and go up and play Sudbury and Timmins and Sault Ste. Marie and Thunder Bay and work my way out to Winnipeg and then Saskatoon and then to Edmonton and Kamloops and Vancouver, Whistler, Victoria and then start working my way back�Calgary and Regina, Winnipeg again, Thunder Bay, Sault Ste. Marie and then back to Toronto. It would take three months. I used to do that once or twice a year and then go out to the East Coast and St. John�s. It was great - I loved it! I got to see the whole country. That might have been at a point when I was single but then I did have a family later. They�re grown now, so to speak; I mean they�re old enough. I�ve separated from their mom but I see the kids every second week; it still works out. Living in Toronto is great because you can play in a lot of other towns and still sleep in your own bed�like Hamilton, Burlington, Mississauga, Scarborough, Guelph, Kitchener, Waterloo, Oshawa, Whitby, Peterborough�it�s all commutable. I can do that and every once in a while fly out to Vancouver on a Friday, play Friday and Saturday, come home Sunday and then have the kids come over on Monday. I�ve got bands in Vancouver, Calgary and Saskatoon that I occasionally play with. (continued on next page) |
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