Shotgun Jimmie

Jimmie Kilpatrick is a previous member and founder of the defunct but legendary Canadian band Shotgun & Jaybird. He is popularly known as Shotgun Jimmie of the said band which was organized at Ajax, Ontario. The group had successful album releases from the year 2003 when the first started out until 2006. Around the year 2004, he was out on his own, fled Ajax and lived a secluded life in the Marshwinds Farm. During those solitary moments in his home studio, he composed and recorded his own music and created his first solo album The Onlys which was produced by Delorean Records.

The use of warm guitars, echoing drums, and organic rhythms became the musical characteristic of Shotgun Jimmie’s songs in the album The Onlys. The solo debut contained thirteen songs with interestingly creative lyrics. This included the rhetorical “Onomatopoeia”, indie rock songs such as “Janitor’s Luck”, and a song he composed that is close to a country ballad, “Big City Boi.” There were also songs that talked about cereal toppings and instrumental jams.

His second album is entitled “Still Jimmie”, which has a more contemplating atmosphere than the first release. His songs would talk about his nostalgic experiences of his Yukon days or being apart from the family.

The screen name Shotgun Jimmie was coined back in his high school days when he was challenged by his friends in a competition to occupy the passenger seat of another person’s van. Being competitive in nature, he took the dare and from then on, his colleagues started calling him Shotgun Jimmie.

Shotgun Jimmie is a one-man band that has both the talent of a vocalist and a songwriter. He had a successful launching of his first solo album at Sackville, NB in October of last year. Following the said concert, he had series of performances with Baby Eagle and Construction Deconstruction.

To follow the release of the album Still Jimmie, Shotgun Jimmie will be having a US debut tour with Attack in Black which is also a Canadian rock band from Welland, Ontario. For three consecutive weeks, the “Old Magic Red Eye Tour” will witness both bands travel through the United States. They will visit various cities in the Eastern Coast and the Midwest. They will also take a stop in Austin, Texas for the Flatstock Festival. An artwork on the tour with photos highlighting the concerts will be showcased by Pedal Printing, a print studio based in New York.

Here is a comprehensive schedule of Shotgun Jimmie’s anticipated US tour with Attack in Black:

• March 20th

Attack in Black / Shotgun Jimmie @ Flatstock Festival
Austin, TX

• March 21st

Attack in Black / Shotgun Jimmie @ Flatstock Festival
Austin, TX

• March 22nd

Attack in Black / Shotgun Jimmie @ Flatstock Festival
Austin, TX

• March 23rd

Attack in Black / Shotgun Jimmie @ 1919Hemphill
Fort Worth, TX

• March 24th

Attack in Black / Shotgun Jimmie – no specific venue yet
TN

• March 25th

Attack in Black / Shotgun Jimmie @ The Nunnery
Louisville, KY

• March 26th

Attack in Black / Shotgun Jimmie @ Gigantic
Bloomington, IN

• March 27th

Attack in Black / Shotgun Jimmie @ Skylab
Columbus, OH

• March 28th

Attack in Black / Shotgun Jimmie @ Division Avenue Arts Collective
Grand Rapids, MI

• March 29th

Attack in Black / Shotgun Jimmie @ Artists Image Resource
Pittsburg, PA

Being a debut tour, these shows will allow exposure on Shotgun Jimmie’s second album. These series of performances is also a major full-length tour for the band Attack in Black. Those who are into the old school rock n’ roll and indie rock music genre may catch one of the live concerts of the two rock bands in any of the given schedules.