SINGER-SONGWRITER.

WE'RE SO EXCITED TO HAVE HIM WITH US ALL THE WAY FROM LONDON.

ONE OF MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE ARISTS ON THE PLANET EARTH, THE

ALWAYS TR DELIGHTFUL MR. JAMES B IS HERE C WITH US!

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) HOW NICE TO SEE YOU, YOU'RE

DOING WELL.

>> I HAVE BEEN LUCKY AND FEELING SAFE AND HOPING EVERYBODY ELSE

IS DOING ALL RIGHT.

>> James: I'M VERY HAPPY THAT YOU'VE GROWN THE HAIR BACK.

YOU GOT A TRIM.

>> I HAD A TRIM AND WAS ENJOYING THAT, AND THERE WAS A MOMENT

WHERE I WAS LETTING IT COME THROUGH A BIT AND -- THIS WAS A

WHILE BACK, I WAS GOING OUT AND DOING ALL SORT OF DIFFERENT

THINGS, AND I SAW NONE OTHER THAN ELTON JOHN.

HE SAW THE HAIR COMING THROUGH AND SAID I LOVE THIS IS COMING

AND I THOUGHT, THIS IS A GOOD SIGN, I BETTER KEEP GROWING IT.

>> James: I LIKE IT.

I'M GLAD.

>> James: I READ THE STORY.

YOU HAVE SO MANY BEAUTIFUL GUITARS, BUT ONE GUITAR THAT'S

IN YOUR POSSESSION HAS A VERY UNEXPECTED HISTORY.

TELL US ABOUT THIS GUITAR, WHERE IT'S FROM AND HOW IT ENDED UP IN

YOUR POSSESSION.

>> I HAVE IT WITH ME IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT.

>> James: I'D LOVE TO SEE IT.

>> HERE IT IS.

THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL GIFT SO YOU CAN EVEN SEE IT YOURSELF.

THE BEAUTIFUL GIFT IS AN ACOUSTIC GUITAR.

I WAS TRAVELING TO L.A. TO DO SOME SONG WRITING WITH SOME

PEOPLE.

GETTING ON THE PLANE WITH A GUITAR CAN BE A HASSLE AS MANY

PEOPLE KNOW.

SO THEY WERE VERY KIND AND LENT ME A GUITAR A COUPLE OF TIMES.

I SAID, I WONDER, YOU SELL G GIBSONS, CAN I BUY IT FROM YOU.

THEY SAID THERE ARE ONLY TWO, THEY WERE COMMISSIONED BY A FILM

COMPANY.

THEY CAME BACK TO ME AND SAID, OKAY, WE CAN SELL IT TO YOU, THE

FILM COMPANY WANTED THE OTHER ONE, BUT YOU CAN HAVE THIS, HERE

YOU GO.

I SAID, OH.

A COUPLE OF YEARS LATER, THE MOVIE CAME OUT, AND IT WAS "A

STAR IS BORN" STARRING BRADLEY COOPER AND THIS GUITAR.

>> James: OH, WOW!

HAVE YOU PLAYED "SHALLOW" ON IT YET?

>> I'M STILL WAITING.

IT'S A SLIM CHANCE I WILL RUN INTO BRADLEY COOPER ONE DAY AND

HE'LL BE ABLE TO SHOW ME WHEN I PLAY THIS GUITAR THOUSAND PLAY

>> James: I HOPE THERE'S A CAMERA THERE TO CAPTURE THE

MOMENT.

I'M SUCH A FAN OF YOUR WORK.

>> THANK YOU.

>> James: YOU SAID THE ALBUM IS A TRIBUTE TO YOUR GIRLFRIEND

LUCY, WHICH I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN TOGETHER FOR A LONG TIME.

>> YEAH.

>> James: HAS SHE HEARD IT YET?

WHAT DOES SHE THINK OF IT?

>> LUCY IS, OF COURSE, MY KIND OF GREATEST OF THE CRITIC AND

SHE'S THE MOST HONEST IN THE BEST WAYS THAT I ABSOLUTELY

NEED.

THE PEOPLE OUT THERE THEY MIGHT MEAN IT AND IT'S SO GREAT TO

HAVE LUCY.

SHE GOES THROUGH THE PROCESS OF ME WRITING THE SONGS AND

LISTENING TO THE MUSIC COME THROUGH AND SHE GOES THROUGH IT

WITH ME.

I CAN GO TO HER AND SAY IS THIS WHAT I THINK IT IS?

THIS FIRST SINGLE, "CHEW ON MY HEART," SHE LOVED IT.

I'M GLAD IT DOESN'T ALWAYS GO LIKE THAT BUT WHEN SHE DOES LOVE

IT FIRST TIME, IT MEANS THE WORLD.

>> James: WE'VE GOT A PERFORMANCE COMING UP SHORTLY,

WHICH I HAVE TO THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR THE

EXTREME EFFORT THAT MUST HAVE GONE IN TO THIS PERFORMANCE.

IT MADE ME FEEL INCREDIBLY NOSTALGIC AND HOME SICK.

HOW DID YOU PULL OFF THIS PERFORMANCE?

>> WITH A LOT OF COURAGE AND TRUTH.

THE IDEA CAME UP ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE, YOU KNOW, ABOUT A WEEK

BEFORE WE STARRED TO PUT IT TOGETHER, LIKE, AND MAKE IT A

REAL THING, AND I JUST ROLLED WITH IT.

I WAS, LIKE, THIS IS GREAT, LOPEFULLY IT'S GREAT.

I THOUGHT, GIVE JAMES A LOOK OF LONDON AND SOMETHING TO REMEMBER

AND ENJOY.

AND ONLY WHEN I GOT OUT OF THE CAR WHEN WE ARRIVED AT THE B.I.

AND WALKED OVER TO IT, AND I WAS LOOKING UP, AND I REMEMBERED I

WAS TERRIFIED OF HEIGHTS.

>> James: WELL YOU ARE PERFORMING AT QUITE A HEIGHT AND

IT IS A BEAUTIFUL PERFORMANCE AND SONG AND YOU'RE GOING TO GET

TO SEE THIS PERFORMANCE WHEN WE COME BACK.

JAMES BAY WILL BE HERE.

COME ON BACK, EVERYBODY!