Shotgun Jimmie

Shotgun and Jaybird was formed around the later part of 2003, when Shotgun Jimmie and his friend Dick met up in Yukon and decided they wanted to perform together. The two have known each other for some time already and since they are both musicians who belonged to a band before, they thought it would be a really great idea to get back in the music scene again, together. It was not so easy at first, there was just the two of them and the shows they had were limited.

Luckily, they found the third person to join them, Dom Lloyd and the trio performed at the Pit for sometime and recorded their first album. Later on, they went to Sackville where they recorded their second album Sackville Classics for the Simple Ukulele. They invited a female vocalist to join them, Julie Doiron and drummer Paul Henderson. In 2006, their record “Trying to Get Somewhere” reached the top 2 spot in the charts and it was their best year ever. They toured all over Canada and even had the opportunity to perform with Canadian indie music legend Chad VanGaalen. Unfortunately, one of their members decided to leave the group and they eventually disbanded in 2007 after performing their last show in Moncton, NB.

Although Shotgun and Jaybird was short-lived, it gained a sizeable popularity to the indie rock music market. Shotgun Jimmie, who is now doing solo performance, has become even more famous to Canadian indie music enthusiasts than before. He has already recorded and produced two albums which made impressive sales record and some of the songs even got into the top 20. Even with just four years of playing some great music, Shotgun and Jaybird has really paved the way for Shotgun Jimmie to become a better, more impressive indie musician.