Jim Moffatt

After growing up on the streets of Chatham Ontario, attending high school and finishing with no fixed address, attending numerous universities in both the US and Canada with a goal of football and wrestling, being a Zodiac pilot for Greenpeace “Save the Whales” and a short term in a Newfoundland jail for anti-sealing protests, Jim turned his attention to playing music.

With his first test being in Calgary Alberta at the 1st Studio 1/ Keen Craft (Long and Mcquade) music award he walked away with top prize as a member of the duo “Bow River Lumber Company.” This was not a small feat as names such as Jan Arden, Oliver Krall, Scott Parsons and Jenny Allen were also on the program.

(Hi; Jim here….I bet you’re thinking “If this guy’s so great why have I never heard of him?” That’s simple. You never heard of me because just as I was starting to “make it” I went through a relationship loss, and I broke. Plain and simple. I sold all my gear and tried to quit the business. Did too for about 10 years. But as a friend of mine from the Nanaimo Folk club said “The big dog is back.” That’s all I want to say on the matter. I know some will think its not cool to bring it up but one thing I have learned is when there is a giant elephant in the room and nobody talks about it, it only get bigger. If you want to know more, ask me. Now, back to the important stuff.)

Jim has opened for Utah Phillips, Rosalie Sorrels, Connie Calder, Michael Lewis, and Scott Parsons, to name a few. His style and musical influences include such all-time-greats as Stan Rogers, Harry Chapin, Chris De Berg, John Prine, and James Taylor.

Jim’s been around folk festivals, having played the Home County Festival in London Ontario, Blackfalds Folk Festival in Alberta and Vancouver Island Folk Festival and others. He has played universities from Windsor to Ottawa, from London to Thunder Bay to Calgary. He has been featured in L.A. at the Pier 1 Show, and was a band member with groups such as Hero, Panic and The Bow River Lumber Company. His first love has always been a singer-songwriter writing music to bring images to his listeners’ minds.

Jim also is a believer in social media and has a fan list of 350. His FaceBook profile has over 1600 fans and grows every day. This has all happened since December last year. ReverbNation lists Jim as number 2 in Victoria BC, 25th Nationally and 296th Globally in the Folk Listings. Not bad for a songwriter who only started to pursue the rankings less than a year ago.

Recently, Jim has been instrumental in creating and hosting the “Art of the Song” songwriters’ group in Victoria, BC. Jim is also a member of the Canadian Song Writer’s Association (SAC), SOCAN, BCCMA, and VFMA.

Jim is now playing both solo and as a duo with Mike Sampson. As a duo think “Jim Croce meets Godzilla. Beautiful guitars, full wonderful vocals and just a touch of the monster to keep it interesting.” When solo, he’s all Jim Moffatt.
Contact: Janice Cochrane 1-250-380-9390