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At the start of February the new Jim Bob album 'A Humpty Dumpty Thing' will be re-released. There are a few gigs to coincide with this
gig details here

And then there'll be two shows at the 100 Club in London on April 9th and 10th,
where Jim will perform with a full band.
gig details here

More soon.

Sadly, due to circumstances beyond our control this Thursday’s Wolverhampton Little Civic date has been cancelled, we’re very sorry for any disappointment. We plan to reschedule for early next year. More soon.

Due to manufacturing problems copies of Jim Bob's new album have been slightly delayed. The good news is that we are expecting our delivery early next week, which means we can post out the orders straight away and take them on tour. It does mean though that if you have ordered from Amazon, Play and the like - or plan to buy it in the shops then you won't be able to until a week later.

You can still download the fantastic three tracker ep BATTLING THE BOTTLE
from itunes

and also from Cherry Red

Download the new JIM BOB single 'BATTLING THE BOTTLE' with 'The Wheels on The Bus' and an acoustic version of 'Another Day at The Office' now.

You can get it from itunes and all the normal online stores. Or go to the Cherry Red online shop here:

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Take a look at the Rocky pastiche vid for the single here: mmm, eggs and beer and doughnuts

You can also download the vid from Cherry Red here:
watch it over and over

Jim Bob plays two live shows next April at the 100 Club in London's swinging Oxford Street. The first night Jim will perform something special with a few friends and on the second night he plays songs from 'A Humpty Dumpty Thing', 'School' and 'Angelstrike!' with a full band.

More details
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If you can still hear and walk after the Brixton Academy Carter show Jim Bob will be playing a few quieter songs on his acoustic guitar at:
ANTENNA HALLOWEEN FUND RAISING PARTY
3RD NOV 07: 5pm-2am

This is where Fruity and Jim rehearsed for the Carter shows.
Jim will be on around 10pm

‘To get things going a bit while we wait to hear about grants for the gallery studio, we are starting to raise funds to refurbish the gallery in preparation for a grand piano. We plan to re-surface the floor now that the sprung pine has settled into place, install new lighting for added control, insulate against cold and sound, build storage lockers and re-paint a new coat of white.

There will be a BBQ, free book give away, games and fun things as well as bands and DJs positioned all around the studios.’

http://www.myspace.com/antennastudios

THE BANDZ... JD AND THE LONGFELLOWS... MENDICANT... LOST IN SPACE... NOT TO DISTANT FUTURE... DEEP SOUTH... ZORA... JIM BOB... BABA LUCK... HIPSTERAY... THE DJS... PAUL SHINE ... THE WOLF SISTERS... DECPTION... SNEEBZ

There are 100 £5 advance tickets available from Antenna studios on 020 8653 5200. £8 on the night.

Antenna Studios: Hayes Lane, Crystal Palace, London SE19 3AN

Thank you for taking part in Humpty Dumpty Day and entering the competitions.
Here are the answers and the winners. All winners will receive an email and prizes will be sent shortly afterwards. Congratulations.

Competition number 1:
To win 2 guest tickets for the gig of your choice on Jim Bob’s Office Christmas Parties Tour the question was what item of furniture is Chris?
The answer is a noticeboard (from Ikea)
And the winner is Andrew Purvis

Competition number 2:
To win the t-shirt Jim hand printed with his own iron and wore for the Glasgow Barrowlands encore (as featured on the DVD ‘Back in Bed with Carter’ the question was what was written on the t-shirt Jim hand printed with his own iron and wore for the Glasgow Barrowlands encore (as featured on the DVD ‘Back in Bed with Carter’
The answer is STILL GAME
And the winner is Lee Taylor

Competition number 3:
To win a Quicktime video of Jim singing a song off the new album with a personal greeting message to you the question was how many words are there in the Jim Bob mini novel Word Count?
The answer is 12,294
And the winner (with the closest guess of 12,316 ) is gB

Competition number 4:
To win a Jim Bob selection pack the question was who plays the trumpet on the album ‘A Humpty Dumpty Thing’ ?
The answer is Lindsey Lowe
And the winner is Thorsten Mueller

Find all the Humpty Dumpty Day competitions on the Carter USM forum:
http://www.abdou.co.uk/forum/viewforum.php?f=3

Competition number 1:
To win 2 guest tickets for the gig of your choice on Jim Bob’s Office Christmas Parties Tour answer this question:
What item of furniture is Chris?
Email your answer to

humptydumptything@hotmail.co.uk

Answers and winners announced on Thursday
It’s a Humpty Dumpty Thing.

Jim Bob sings on new Chris T-T song ‘Earth Stood Still’.
Hear it now on Chris' myspace page

October 23rd is Humpty Dumpty Day

Due to unforeseen circumstances and bad weather the Yeovil In The Park gig with The Dammed has been cancelled
When we find anything out about ticket refunds we’ll pass it on

Jim Bob’s Glastonbury appearance time and place has altered slightly.
He will now perform a no nonsense festival-tastic singalong set at 22.50 on Friday 22nd June, on the Left Field main stage. He’ll be on after Cud and Joss Stone and immediately before somebody well known but as yet still unconfirmed. All as part of the Shelter night for Affordable Housing.

Jim will also be doing a spot of busking in the Left Field at 12.30 on Friday afternoon, by the Shelter "Wall of Shame". This is a 30 metre wall that Shelter are getting people to sign to ask the government to commit to building more social housing.

The new Jim Bob album has been recorded and mixed.

It’s called ‘A Humpty Dumpty Thing’.

The 13 song LP was recorded in London, Hampshire and Cornwall and features many of the musicians who played on Jim Bob’s ‘School’ album, plus a 12 voice teenage choir. There are electric guitars, a horn section, pop songs, rockers, acoustic tunes and ballads and it’s brilliant.

It’ll be a long wait, but to coincide with the album’s release at the end of November there’ll be a short tour of solo acoustic gigs, which Jim is calling ‘Jim Bob’s Office Christmas Parties’. Come along, photo copy your arse and call your boss a nob face.

There will also be a download single ‘Battling The Bottle (Fighting The Flab, At War With The World) with a video and a b-side song: Jim’s blackly comic version of ‘The Wheels On The Bus’.

As if this wasn’t enough, initial limited copies of the album will come with the twelve thousand word Jim Bob mini novel ‘Word Count’.

Jim Bob’s Office Christmas Parties tour dates so far l
(with more to be added soon)

Jim Bob has been busy working on his next album in London, Hampshire and Cornwall. It's practically there at last and should be released in November this year.

He's also been rewriting (again) his 'novel' and is once more looking for an agent/publisher.

There are a number of Jim Bob solo festival appearances booked (see LIVE section) , with more to be added.

And also the two Carter reunion gigs at Glasgow Barrowlands and Brixton Academy
more details here/

To check Jim's general mental state, click on his occasional blog

More soon

Check out this fantastic poster designed by the wonderful peeps on the Isle Of Man for our gig there.



Fantastic!

Welcome to the latest design of Jim's website, marking the September release of 'The Best of' album and supporting tour. Events which we, at Team Jim Bob, are all rather excited about.

I'd like to say that this website has had more reincarnations than Doctor Who, only I can't because my anorak-in-crime, Marcus Tandy would be straight on the 'K9 & bone' to take me to task... there have, in fact, been twice as many Dr Who's as versions of this site and that's not counting Peter Cushing.

Anyway, enjoy the revamp - more 'Tennants Super' than 'Eccles Cakes', we like to think - and I hope to see as many of you as possible during the tour.

Mr Spoons - Web Monkey

Jim Bob (me) has been commissioned to write a song (possibly) two for a fantastic new production of the pantomime 'Dick Whittington and His Cat' at the Barbican. Mark Ravenhill wrote the script and the panto will be directed by Edward Hall running from 29th November 2006 until January 20th 2007. Everyone involved in the project is award winning and critically acclaimed and Jim (me again) is delighted to be given this opportunity. More info here, including related fun for the kids – dressing up etc. I (Jim Bob) expect the ‘it’s behind you’, ‘oh no it isn’t’ gags to commence forthwith over on the Carter message board.

MORE INFORMATION HERE

An edited message from Marc about the special guests for the Water Rats shows in September:

On Thursday 28th September we have the wonderful The Indelicates. Fruitbat has produced their new single and they are skill. check 'em out

Then on Friday 29th September we have the marvelous Cable Street Spy Club. Like me (Jim Bob) the ‘club are managed by Marc and feature his brother on drums. Their debut single is released in early October on my (Jim Bob again) label The Ten Forty Sound.
listen to them here

I myself will be playing a mammoth best of set - with some new song songs too and on the Friday... a surprise

There are still about 40 tickets left for the Thursday, though there are only 10 tickets left for the Friday.

Buy your tickets here

Full tour details just this click away