Career
Bowskill began performing at a young age, and first played on stage at the age of eleven at Jeff Healey"s club in Toronto, Ontario. The next year he recorded his first album, and performed on the main stage at the Peterborough Folk Festival. In 2005 he was presented with a Maple Blues Award as "Best New Artist of the Year".
In 2010 he toured in Europe with Joe Bonamassa and Jeff Beck.
He also performed more locally at the Belleville Blues Festival. In 2011 he released his first live album,, produced by Ruf Records.
In 2012 Bowskill introduced his album at the Kincardine Lighthouse Blues Festival and also performed at the Windsor International BluesFest. The album was recorded at Metalworks Studios in Mississauga, Ontario While on tour in 2009 the Jimmy Bowskill Band included Wayne Deadder on bass and Dan Neill on drums.
In 2012 the band members were Ian McKeown on bass and Dan Reiff on drums.
November 2015 Jimmy Bowskill joined Canadian rock band The Sheepdogs playing lead, rhythm & pedal steel guitar. Jimmy is touring the release of The Sheepdogs 2015 record "Future Nostalgia".