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Jimmy Bowskill
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City,
Province
Peterborough, ON
Website
www.jimmybowskill.com
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Style
Blues
/ Soul
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Band
Jimmy
Bowskill
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Band
Members
N/A
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Discography
Soap
Bars & Dog Ears
Old Soul |
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Video
by CanadaJams.ca
Rolling Stone with Jeff Healey, Jerome Godboo
& Dave Murphy
Instrument(s)
Guitar
Voice
Inspiration
N/A
Biography
Jimmy Bowskill just seems
to fit the script of a modern day artist destined to play the blues.
He burst onto the scene on B.B. King's birthday of all times, a brand
new B.B. Kid!! 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, alongside his now mentors and
bandmates, Jerome Godboo and Alec Fraser. With the addition of drummer
Bob Vespaziani, the Jimmy Bowskill band was completed. Since being
discovered in Southern Ontario, a whirlwind of activity has been
bestowed on Jimmy. His performances at major festivals such as The
Montreal Jazz Festival and The Mont Tremblant Blues Festival, as well
as coverage on CTV's Open Mike with Mike Bullard, CTV National New's
Success Story with Sandi 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. Jimmy will also be featured in OWL Magazine for their May,
"Who To Watch" issue. He's being profiled by TV
Ontario's show called "VOX" (Voice of Teens). With both OWL
Magazine and TVO centering around children, Jimmy is certainly taking
"Blues In The Schools" to another level! Jimmy will also be
featured on Cogeco Cable's A&E special called "Truly Local
People", which is scheduled to air on February 15th, 2004 at 7
p.m. He will be sharing the spotlight with other life-altering
individuals like Ian Miller, Roy Bonisteel, Leslie Frost and more.
Jimmy’s debut CD
“Old Soul” has been one of the top selling recordings for Festival
Distribution, Canadianblues.ca and Iridescent Music. The CD is
receiving airplay worldwide. Jimmy has been featured on CBC’s Metro
Morning with Sonia Arab and CBC’s Vinyl Café with Stuart McLean.
Jimmy has been
broadening his musical boundaries to Quebec, where much media exposure
has taken place. Playing in front of 5000 concert-goers chanting
"Jimmy!" "Jimmy!" has solidified a whole new
legion of loyal fans. Jimmy Bowskill has become the toast of the Belle
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