Shotgun Jimmie Explained

Shotgun Jimmie
Background:	solo_singer
Birth Name:	Jim Kilpatrick
Origin:	Canada
Genre:	Indie rock
Occupation:	Singer-songwriter
Associated Acts:	Shotgun & Jaybird

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)

Notes and References

1. http://thesheaf.com/arts/2011/03/11/shotgun-jimmies-lates-transistor-sister-may-be-his-best-lp-to-date/ "Shotgun Jimmie’s lates ‘Transistor Sister’ may be his best LP to date"
2. http://www.aux.tv/2011/06/2011-polaris-music-prize-long-list-announced/ "2011 Polaris Music Prize Long List announced"
3. http://secreteast.ca/2017/04/sum-parts-celebrating-impact-influence-shotgun-jimmie "The Sum of Our Parts: Celebrating the Impact and Influence of Shotgun Jimmie"