{
  "id": 8018424,
  "title": "'You can make it happen:' Blues great Colin James hopes memoir can inspire young musicians",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/you-can-make-it-happen-blues-great-colin-james-hopes-memoir-can",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-17T12:02:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Calgary Herald",
    "slug": "calgary-herald",
    "url": "https://calgaryherald.com/entertainment/books/you-can-make-it-happen-blues-great-colin-james-hopes-memoir-can-inspire-young-musicians"
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  "summary": "In 1977, Colin Munn’s mother took him on a bus trip throughout western Canada and into the United States. The future blues musician was 12 and years away from re-christening himself Colin James. He was still Colin Munn from Regina at the time, a somewhat boisterous seventh-grader who had already started showing promise as a […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}