- Was only 18 years old when renowned guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan praised him and asked James to open a concert for him.
- Is a 6-time Juno winner, his latest award being in 1999 for Best Producer. He was also nominated that year for Best Male Vocalist and Best Blues Album. Including his wins, he has been nominated for a total of 14 Junos in his career so far.
- Early in his career, James played guitar on Richard Marx's song "Thunder and Lightning".
- Performed for Queen Elizabeth II during her visit to James' home province of Saskatchewan in 2005.
- Has made appearances on the David Letterman show and Late Night with Conan O'Brian.
- Played a spoof of himself in an episode of the Canadian comedy series Corner Gas (2004).
- His 1988 self-titled debut, "Colin James", was the fastest-selling album in Canadian history up to that point.
- Has performed alongside such famous names as Carlos Santana, Albert King, Bonnie Raitt, Lenny Kravitz, Buddy Guy and The Cheiftains.
- Sang the introduction to the Canadian cartoon series "_George Shrinks_ (TV Series 2000)".
- Replaced his surname of Munn due to the encouragement of Stevie Ray Vaughan, who said that in a noisy room, Munn would sound more like 'mud'.
- As of the end of 2007, has completed 10 albums in his 25-year career, plus a compilation album entitled 'Then Again'.
- Has frequently collaborated with keyboardist Reese Wynans. Wynans was a member of Stevie Ray Vaughan's band Double Trouble. Vaughan had been the one who had given James a head start in his music career.
- His album 'Sudden Stop' was produced by 'Joe Hardy' from ZZ Top. James spent part of that year opening for ZZ Top as they toured.
- He had known Colin Linden as teenagers when they shared stages during Canada's folk festival circuit. Their first collaboration, "National Steel", won them a Juno Award for Best Blues Album. Linden went on to collaborate with James on several of his later albums.
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