Shotgun Jimmie

Shotgun Jimmie
Shotgun Jimmie, March 2012
Background information
Birth name	Jim Kilpatrick
Origin	Canada
Genres	Indie rock
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter

Website	shotgunjimmie.net

Musical artist

Shotgun Jimmie is the stage name of Jim Kilpatrick, a Canadian singer-songwriter.^[1] Formerly associated with the band Shotgun & Jaybird, since that band's breakup he has released several albums as a solo artist.

His 2011 album Transistor Sister was named as a longlisted nominee for the 2011 Polaris Music Prize.^[2]

On March 24, 2017, a 30-track tribute album to Kilpatrick and his songwriting was released via bandcamp.com, by a fan-driven label known as “Comin’ Around Records".^[3] Artists featured on the album included Kilpatrick's former Shotgun & Jaybird bandmate Frederick Squire, as well as Michael Feuerstack, Spencer Burton, Huron, By Divine Right, Eamon McGrath, Jenny Omnichord, Woodpigeon, Old Man Luedecke and Selina Martin.

Discography

The 6000 True Stories of Love (2004)
The Onlys (2007)
Still Jimmie (2009)
Paint it Pink (2009, EP)
Organ Donor (2009) (Limited to one copy, auctioned off with an Organ)
Transistor Sister (2011)
Everything Everything (2013)
Field of Trampolines (2016)
The Heat Death (2018) (With José Contreras of By Divine Right as The Heat Death)
Transistor Sister 2 (2019)
VHS EP (2019)
Hardly Working (2024) (With Ariel Sharrat and Mathias Kom of The Burning Hell)

References

^ "Shotgun Jimmie’s lates ‘Transistor Sister’ may be his best LP to date". The Sheaf, March 11, 2011.
^ "2011 Polaris Music Prize Long List announced" Archived 2015-10-02 at the Wayback Machine. aux.tv, June 16, 2011.
^ "The Sum of Our Parts: Celebrating the Impact and Influence of Shotgun Jimmie". secreteast.ca, April 13, 2017.