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Jimmy Bowskill has been blowing audiences away worldwide. From the
Ukraine to Japan he’s left them begging for more and doing his
country proud!
Jimmy burst onto
the scene on B.B. King's birthday of all times. They not only share
the same birth date, but also the same laidback kindness,
generosity, humbleness and respect for the music they play and the
musicians who share the stage. Inspired by the late, great Robert
Johnson, Jimmy taught himself to play and sing by interpreting by
sight and sound but in his own natural style. At the tender age of
11, Jimmy was invited to join Jeff Healey onstage and has since
become an international enigma. He has been selling out theatres,
touring internationally and gaining a wide fan base. His music,
though heavily blues influenced blurs the genres and captivates a
young and new audience.
He has performed at many major festivals worldwide such as The
Montreal International Jazz Festival, The Mont Tremblant Blues
Festival, France’s Blues Sur Seine and Bay Car Festivals,
Ukraine’s Koktebel Festival, Toronto’s Downtown Jazz Festival,
Oakville, Burlington, Hamilton and many more, including representing
Canada at the World Exposition in Japan. Jimmy has been spotlighted
on many national and regional television programs. Coverage on CTV's
Open Mike with Mike Bullard, CTV National New's Success Story with
Sandie Renaldo and CTV's Canada AM have all featured his rise in
popularity and blues stardom. City TV's Breakfast Television also
hosted the Jimmy Bowskill band as their musical guests, as well as
The Toronto Show. Jimmy and his band performed on ZED TV, and are
annual guests at CBC’s Easter Seals Telethon. He was the musical
guest on CBC’s Bon Baisers De France and Musique Plus in Quebec.
Jimmy has been featured in OWL Magazine and has been profiled by TV
Ontario's "VOX" (Voice of Teens), YTV’s Girls TV.
CTV’s Balance TV and TVO’s Planet Parent and Studio Two. Jimmy
was also featured on Cogeco Cable's A&E special, sharing the
spotlight with local life altering celebrities. Jimmy’s debut CD
“Old Soul” was one of the top selling recordings for Festival
Distribution, Canadianblues.ca and Iridescent Music. His most recent
recording, Soap Bars & Dog Ears, was nominated for a Canadian
JUNO Award.
Jimmy has been
featured on CBC’s Metro Morning with Sonia Arab, CBC’s Sounds
Like Canada with Shelagh Rogers and CBC’s Vinyl Café with Stuart
McLean. Stuart then invited Jimmy as a guest on the 2004 Vinyl Café
Christmas tour of 20 cities. His Juno nominated CD, Soap Bars &
Dog Ears was also used by Seattle public radio to garner support
during a recent pledge drive.
Jimmy has had the
privilege of opening and sharing the stage with such legends as
Dickey Betts, ZZ Top, Jeff Healey, Garth Hudson and Deep Purple.
ZZ’s Billy Gibbons took special interest and invited Jimmy to join
him for lunch after catching his performance… an honour Jimmy will
never forget.
So, how does he sound?
- One of the most
spectacular performances (at Ukraine’s Koktebel Jazz & Blues
Festival) was by the 14-year-old Canadian boy wonder Jimmy Bowskill
and his band. The opening chords showed that the boy is not simply a
wunderkind but an exceptionally brilliant phenomenon in the world of
jazz. His incredible guitar technique and his strong free-flowing
vocal skills, along with his volcanic temperament, blew the audience
away. -The Koktebel Resistance, UKRAINE
- You did your
country proud!!! – Rene Leblanc, Canadian Pavilion, World
Exposition, JAPAN
- “Jimmy is the
best natural singer I've ever heard" - Colin James
- "Jimmy
Bowskill was on the right side of the stage and Healey was in the
middle. It was kind of like seeing Wayne Gretzky and Gordie Howe
getting to play on the same line at once" - The Night Scrawler,
The Toronto Sun
“This boy has
everything it takes. Oh Lord, no kidding, the voice he’s got and
the way he plays, he’s already there. I’ve never seen a kid like
this sing like this before. That’s the truth!” – Mr. Hubert
Sumlin
“Jimmy and his
band are a powerfully cohesive unit that would be a tough act to
follow on any festival stage and one that would have them swinging
from the rafters in any blues club down south” – Al Kirkaldy,
The Peterborough Examiner
Jimmy Bowskill may not see himself as a child prodigy, but when you
are under the age of 18, a child you still are. Jimmy is not your
typical teen. Onstage his presence captures and commands your
attention while his genuine true self engulfs you as he makes
friends with his audience. He has confidence and stage presence way
beyond his tender years, and it seems an old bluesman's lifetime of
performing skills in his bag of tools. Not a stranger to other
instruments, Jimmy also plays harmonica, bass, banjo and piano.
Jimmy Bowskill's
future is bright with intense shades of blue.
- Bruce Hall, Grand River Blues Society
View more about The Jimmy Bowskill Band at www.jimmybowskill.com
THE
JIMMY BOWSKILL BAND Has GUESTED WITH:
Alec
Fraser, Al
Cross, Jerome
Godboo, The
Weber Brothers, Frank
Girard
PETERBOROUGH
Venues
that THE JIMMY BOWSKILL BAND has PERFORMED in:
Showplace,
Red
Dog (The)
, Market
Hall (The) , Memorial
Centre
Contact
Information:
E-Mail: MEMSandDREAMS@aol.com
PLAYLIST,
DISCOGRAPHY, REVIEWS AND INFLUENCES:
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