Shotgun Jimmie

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Shotgun Jimmie
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Shotgun Jimmie, March 2012
Background information
Birth nameJim Kilpatrick
OriginCanada
Genres Indie rock
OccupationSinger-songwriter
Website shotgunjimmie.net

Jimmie Kilpatrick, formerly known as 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.

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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.

In 2025 he contributed a cover of Joel Plaskett's "Face of the Earth" to the Plaskett tribute album Songs from the Gang . [4] In April 2025 he announced he would be changing his stage name to Jimmie Kilpatrick and released Jimmie shortly afterwards. [5]

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