Jim Moffatt - BluesMan

Artist Bio Bio: 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. Jim’s musical influences include such all-time-greats as Stan Rogers, Harry Chapin, Chris de Berg, John Prine, and James Taylor. He has opened for the likes of Utah Phillips, Rosalie Sorrels, Connie Calder, Michael Lewis, and Scott Parsons to name a few.