The Late Colorblind James at the Grassroots Festival 1996

[baggottbib]

Wonderful stuff. I only left this comment to cancel out the 1 'dislike' posted at the header. What kind of fool must have logged that!?

[Cloud1242]

im actually good friends with the drummer's son :D

[BestMusicExpert]

I used to play this on my radio show on a local (Rochester NY) alternative radio station. Love the instrumental breaks, great musicianship!

Was he forgetful or something? Didn't he know his own lyrics?

And how did he die? I knew he had passed, but didn't know why.

This song is actually called "Considering A Move To Memphis"

[58goshawk]

Heart attack, July 2001

[janetmarshall1]

@58goshawk

No, not a heart attack. Chuck suffered an arrhythmia while swimming. He aspirated water and drowned.

[58goshawk]

@janetmarshall1

Thanks Janet. Looks like you knew him very well

[janetmarshall1]

@58goshawk He was my husband and best friend.

[58goshawk]

@janetmarshall1 Hi Janet, I found that out by searching just before your reply and felt a bit of a heel but You Tube wouldn't let me add to my comment. Well at least we can all still enjoy his music - what a great legacy. Warm wishes for the UK, Steve

[58goshawk]

@58goshawk That should be FROM the UK!

[janetmarshall1]

@58goshawk I'm very happy to "meet" a fan - there's a lot of misinformation out there on the web. One thing's for sure, Chuck always felt much more understood in the UK than he did here, so I will take you at your first word and send warm wishes FOR the UK!

[janetmarshall1]

@BestMusicExpert

He just liked reading from the black book.

[tuttt99]

It's OK to disturb me

- that's what I came here for!

RIP Colorblind James.

[missmaeco]

The Grassroots days...one day camping out in your car then three days of tent camping surrounded by friends, great music, dancing and fun! I miss those days and those friends!

[plattform5163]

Thanks for the story and the music, liked it!!!!

[mistaben2k]

Great tune.

[robiniddon]

Why is this music so addictive ... I saw them twice ... once in Edinburgh in, err, the early nineties and once before that in Manchester. I'm not normally given to letting myself go, but CJBE just got you going.

Once seen, never forgotten!

Thanks for posting.

[devaint81]

My uncle mike used to take me and my friends to this festival and always demanded we watched colorblind they rock and this morning i used this clip because my girlfriend, she is considering a move to grad school a move to grad school

[borgerwith]

I saw Colorblind James Experience in Bergen, Norway in 1989, and met them backstage. A great band!

[chr1ssboy]

Thank you

[ooofest]

One of the greatest songs in the world. Seriously.

Thank you.

[mitchell1996]

I cant believe how great they are - i only discovered CBJE 2 months ago through a friend who also saw these guys in Manchester in the 80's.

Mutlee is right - check out the podcastsof David Mcintyre - some fantastic rare material.

I have been trying to collect all their cds with relative success - i take it the first CBJE album never made it to cd (i can only get hold of vinyl)

Also cannot get hold of the greatest hits album - anybody help????

[muttleee]

Thanks so much for posting this. Btw for anyone looking for CBJE albums you can get some from the stubdaddy records site. You might also want to check out David McIntire's CBJE podcasts which you can find at his blog, 'rexhavoc'. They're excellent.

I saw CBJE at Manchester Polytechnic in 1989, I think it was. Awesome stuff. I wish they'd got the recognition they deserved.

[lacuminale]

Thanks so much for posting this. It's such a gift to be able to see and hear my beautiful brother again. We all miss him so much.

[ed4music]

I didn't realize Kitty had a sister....First Otto and then your brother ; God Bless, he touched many, and continues to.

[lacuminale]

four sisters, actually...Chuck used to comment on being outside the "sister loop"; and one other brother as well...

Thanks for your thoughts.

[ady24]

great great artist-they should make the albums available again! i cant find any anywhere :-(

cheers for the great footage :-)

[ClownPoet]

This is the first record I heard in the 1990's, by virtue of the fact that it was played immediately after the chimes of midnight at a New Years Eve club I was attending. Great track. Obviously it was also the first record of the 1990's which I danced to.

[oleedee]

amazing. does anyone have mp3's of the albums? i can only get hold of two albums on vinyl and would love to listen to the rest of the songs i used to have on tape, especialy the first album!

[klausflouride]

Can't believe you've got these CJE songs. Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou. First heard them doing a Peel session years ago. Brilliant stuff.

[grandaddy72]

thirded. fantastic to hear this live. fledgling circus remains to this day one of my favoutite ever songs. thanks or posting. cheered up a very dull evening!

[rayolite]

enjoy!

[alanforduk]

Thanks for posting this. I'm a BIG fan of CBJ. Saw him/them play two fantastic gigs in England, and bought every one of their albums (and traded a few concert recordings too).

We miss you, Chuck.

[nodger66]

seconded. saw the band in Hull... one of the best nights of my life. and in Hull too.

[thefreocookster]

I too saw this band in London in the late 80s - one gig at The Tramshed was particularly great... mesmerising in fact. I've got a couple of vinyl albums in my collection... I gotta ask though, why did the boy throw the clock out the window?

[rayolite]

curious

[borgerwith]

Answer: To stop the time!

[GUMN99]

It's and old Xmas Cracker joke......

Q. Why did the boy throw the clock out of the window ?

A. Because he wanted to see time fly !

[janetmarshall1]

@GUMN99 The song actually refers to a friend of Chuck;s who committed suicide.