Jim Henman Bio

 

 Writing his first tune, at age 12, Jim spent much of his youth strumming a Stella acoustic guitar on the sandy shores of Clam Harbour, Nova Scotia. Jim wrote his first song on this Stella. Jim, with high school friends Myles Goodwyn, Greg Stephen, Dave Dodsworth & Doug Grace started the top 40 band, “Woodies Termites”. Jim and Myles went on to co-found the Canadian rock band, April Wine, in the fall of 1969 with Jim’s cousins, David and Ritchie Henman.  

Shortly after the release of their debut album in 1971, Jim decided to leave the band, moving back to the East Coast to start a family and pursue a career in Medical Technology.

Jim officially re-emerged onto the East Coast music scene in the 90s, co-writing and co-producing the album,” More Than My Share” for Cape Breton singer, Jeannie Beks. He also co-wrote the music for “Death the Musical”, a stage production performed both at Halifax’s Neptune Theatre and in French, at Théâtre Génération in Montréal. This musical score was later released on CD and you can hear it at https://open.spotify.com/album/393fHJBKi7G7O5IUlYjU68

In keeping a promise to his late friend, Canadian blues artist, Rick Jeffery, Jim completed and produced Rick’s final album, 13 Vultures in 2009. 

 

In 2009 Jim, as a co-founder of April Wine, was installed along with April Wine into the Canadian Music Industry Hall Of Fame and in April 2010, Jim had the great honour of receiving a Juno award, commemorating April Wine’s  induction into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.

Jim has recorded  three projects in last 15 years. Same Old Feeling at https://music.apple.com/ca/search?term=jim%20Henman%20same%20old%20feeling%20 and  

House Plants , a project inspired by writing songs with the fans at 10 house concerts in 2015 is  available at https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/no-way/1088532726?i=1088533392&app=itunes&ign-mpt=uo%3D4   .

Jim also recorded the cd “Before You Go” live off the floor with the Ellis brothers in 2020. 

Jim has also continued to perform these last 20 years at house concerts and soft seaters across the Maritimes. 

In spring of 2017 Jim was asked to join his old band mate, Myles Goodwyn,  sole remaining  original member and now the driving force behind April Wine’s success, in touring an acoustic show ” Just Between You And Me”. They have continued to perform across Canada into 2023 adding Bruce Dixon on bass in 2019 until Myles’s death in December,  2023.Jim and Myles have co-written and shared lead vocals on one of  Myles releases “Some Of These Children (They Never Grew Up)”. The song is their response to the finding of unmarked graves at some of the Residential Schools for Indigenous children sites. https://youtu.be/wlwAEGKu9F8?si=NwD4ypXIWsObyJ7Q .

They also co-wrote a Christmas tune “Ring The Bells” which Myles released  in 2021.  Jim was installed into the Canadian Walk Of Fame in Sept 2023 along with all present and past members who had “performed and recorded” with April Wine. 

Jim continues to perform as a solo artist and on with Dave Carroll and Lisa Richard sharing songs and stories for their fans . Check out Jim at  https://www.facebook.com/JimHenman/

Listen to Jim’s latest compilation CD “Everything” at https://soundcloud.com/a-jim-henman

A video sample from a solo show a few years ago in Nelson BC  at  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy85Z7sZG10&feature=youtu.be

Jim performs solo with his new show based on  his 55 years as a songwriter featuring a video presentation and also with Lisa Robert and Dave Carroll presenting entertaining stories and songs from all three  songwriter/performers for an engaging and entertaining night. 

 

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