Like any painter worth his salt, Jimmy Rankin knows how to make a lasting impression.
Except that, as a man who has won four SOCAN-sponsored ECMA-and-Juno Songwriter Of The Year Awards for the chart-topping “Fare Thee Well Love,” “You Feel The Same Way Too,” “Followed Her Around” and “Midnight Angel,” his canvas isn’t restricted to an easel and a few tubes of paint.
It’s framed by experience — and depending on how the Cape Breton native channels his idea — a masterstroke of an alt. country, adult-contemporary or rock-flavoured arrangement depicting his life, emotions and observations with resonating finesse.
Just hand him a guitar — preferably an acoustic Gibson; give him a little think-time and watch Jimmy — no, hear him — weave some aural magic.
