With three sides to every story, the soulful singer-songwriter Bruce James simply tells it like it is. The 2009 release of Yours, Mine and the Truth (BMI), is most obviously rooted in traditional R&B and Soul music yet at the same time it conjures the grit of the Delta Blues and the wails of Psychedelic Rock. Recorded at the legendary Arlyn Studios in Austin, Texas, Yours, Mine and the Truth was captured live in just eight hours. The album was self-produced, engineered, and mixed by Bruce James and features his band the Soultet on all instrumentation. Bruce James’ musical history picks up early as a child growing up in Houston, Texas. Before finding his place on the keyboard, Bruce started out in the brass and percussion sections of his school and church bands as well as teaching himself guitar and bass. While attending Houston’ High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Bruce formed his first band, a funk/jazz group that was known for packing Fitzgerald’s nightclub. His next move was to the University of North Texas in Denton where he studied music. Admittedly though, here he found himself a better musician than a student, and subsequently left the university after two years for the school of hard knocks in Austin, Texas with his band Tunji. Soon, this group was playing their mix of punchy soul and improvised funk 250 nights a year at clubs and music festivals from Seattle to New Orleans. Tunji shared stages with the likes of Jimmy Smith, Burning Spear, Dr. John and Ju