He uses words like "terrifying" and "grateful" when he talks about his recent ordeal. He has not yet recovered completely after a drunken driver plowed into his car while the musician was driving home. His gig at Ameristar Casino's Bottleneck Blues Bar next week will be his second public performance since the accident, which left him with stitches, broken teeth and a fractured jaw. James says he was chatting on speakerphone with his wife, who was waiting for him at home, when traffic came to a standstill on a Los Angeles highway. He was forced to a stop, but the driver behind him rammed into his BMW. "I was talking to her, telling her I didn't know what was going on, and then kaboom," James says. "The impact was so hard. I never felt anything like that."

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