{{Short description|British musician and author}} {{EngvarB|date=August 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}} {{Infobox musical artist | image = Jim Bob at Relentless Garage.jpg | caption = Jim Bob performing at The Garage, 2010 | name = Jim Bob | landscape = yes | background = solo_singer | birth_name = James Robert Morrison | birth_date = | origin = London, England | genre = {{hlist|Punk rock|acoustic}} | years_active = 1978–present | label = {{hlist|The Ten Forty Sound|Cherry Red|EMI|Big Cat|Rough Trade|Fierce Panda}} | past_member_of = {{hlist|Jamie Wednesday|Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine|Jim's Super Stereoworld}} | website = {{Official URL}} }} '''James Robert Morrison''',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://drownedinsound.com/news/5997-goodnight-jim-bob-on-the-road |title=Goodnight Jim Bob... on the road |publisher=Drowned in Sound |date=2 February 2003 |access-date=12 April 2017 |archive-date=17 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180617165748/http://drownedinsound.com/news/5997-goodnight-jim-bob-on-the-road |url-status=dead }}</ref> known as '''Jim Bob''', is a British musician and author. He was the lead singer of the 1990s indie punk band Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine.<ref name="AMBIO">{{cite web |last1=Monger |first1=James Christopher |title=Jim Bob Biography |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000846511#biography |website=Allmusic |access-date=27 September 2025}}</ref> Writing both as J.B. Morrison<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/jb-morrison/6944 |title=J.B. Morrison |publisher=Pan Macmillan |date=2 February 2020 |access-date=6 December 2025}}</ref> and under the name Jim Bob, he has written six novels, two volumes of memoir and published a lyric collection.

==Biography== The album ''Pop Up Jim Bob'' was released on Cherry Red Records in August 2020, peaking on the official UK album chart at number 26. Jim Bob's 13th solo album, ''Who Do We Hate Today'', was released on Cherry Red Records on 20 August 2021 and reached 34 in the UK album charts, his second top-40 solo LP. His 14th solo album, ''Thanks For Reaching Out'' was released on Cherry Red Records in June 2023 and peaked at number 9 on the UK Independent Albums Chart.<ref name="OCC"/>

Morrison released his autobiography, ''Goodnight Jim Bob: On the Road with Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine'', in 2004.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jarvis |first1=Toby |title=Book Review: Jim Bob - Goodnight Jimbob: On The Road With Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine / Releases / Releases // Drowned In Sound |url=https://drownedinsound.com/releases/4720/reviews/10014- |website=Drowned in Sound |date=23 July 2004 |access-date=27 September 2025 |archive-date=7 October 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251007052207/https://drownedinsound.com/releases/4720/reviews/10014- |url-status=dead }}</ref> His debut novel, ''Storage Stories'', which took six years to write, was released<ref name="Kent dilemma">{{cite news |last=Britcher |first=Chris |title=Carter USM's Jim Bob on reunions, money and an artistic dilemma |work=Kentnews.co.uk |date=25 May 2012 |url=http://www.kentnews.co.uk/home/carter_usm_s_jim_bob_on_reunions_money_and_an_artistic_dilemma_1_1389112 |access-date=18 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714165057/http://www.kentnews.co.uk/home/carter_usm_s_jim_bob_on_reunions_money_and_an_artistic_dilemma_1_1389112 |archive-date=14 July 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> on the day of a UK general election, 6 May 2010, by Ten Forty Books.

==Solo discography== All releases credited as Jim Bob unless otherwise stated. See Carter USM and Jamie Wednesday for those bands' discographies. {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Albums |- ! Title !! Year !! Peak<br>UK albums<ref name="OCC">{{cite web |title=JIM BOB Hits |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/58326/jim-bob/ |website=Official Charts Company |access-date=5 September 2025}}</ref>!! Peak<br>UK Ind<ref name="OCC"/> |- | ''Goodnight Jim Bob'' || 2003|| || |- | ''Angelstrike'' || 2004|| || |- | ''School'' || 2006|| || |- | ''A Humpty Dumpty Thing'' || 2007|| || |- | ''Goffam'' || 2009|| || |- | ''What I Think About When I Think About You''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Male |first1=Howard |title=CD review: Jim Bob, What I Think About… (The Ten Forty Sound) |url=https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/cd-review-jim-bob-what-i-think-about-the-ten-forty-sound-8918099.html |work=Independent |date=1 November 2013}}</ref> || 2013|| || |- | ''Jim Bob Sings Again'' || 2016|| || |- | ''National Treasure (Live At The Shepherd's Bush Empire)'' || 2018|| || |- | ''Pop Up Jim Bob'' || 2020|| style="text-align:center;"|26||style="text-align:center;"|5 |- | ''Who Do We Hate Today'' || 2021|| style="text-align:center;"|34||style="text-align:center;"|4 |- | ''The Essential'' || 2022|| ||style="text-align:center;"|14 |- | ''Thanks for Reaching Out''<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishnews.com/arts/2023/06/30/news/noise_annoys_rory_nellis_phillip_watts_d_alton_neil_brogan_problem_patterns_and_jim_bob-3392712/|title=Noise Annoys: Rory Nellis & Philip Watts d'Alton, Neil Brogan, Problem Patterns and Jim Bob|newspaper=The Irish News|last=Roy|first=David|date=30 June 2023|access-date=4 July 2023}}</ref> || 2023|| style="text-align:center;"|94||style="text-align:center;"|9 |- | ''Stick'' || 2025|| ||style="text-align:center;"|3 |- | ''Automatic'' || 2025|| ||style="text-align:center;"|5 |}

==Bibliography== *{{cite book |title=Goodnight Jim Bob: On the Road with Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine |date=2004 |publisher=Cherry Red |isbn=9781901447231}} *{{cite book |title=Storage Stories |date=2010 |publisher=Ten Forty |isbn=9780956404909}} *{{cite book |title=Driving Jarvis Ham |date=2012 |publisher=The Friday Project |isbn=9780007468324}} *{{cite book |title=The Extra Ordinary Life of Frank Derrick, Age 81 |date=2014 |publisher=Pan |isbn=9781447252757}} *{{cite book |title=Frank Derrick's Holiday of A Lifetime |date=2015 |publisher=Pan |isbn=9781447292029}} *{{cite book |title=Jim Bob From Carter: In The Shadow Of My Former Self |date=2015 |publisher=Cherry Red |isbn=9781909454729}} *{{cite book |title=A God Awful Small Affair |date=2020 |publisher=Cherry Red |isbn=9781909454798}} *{{cite book |title=Harvey King Unboxes His Family |date=2020 |publisher=Cherry Red |isbn=9781914565298}} *{{cite book |title=Jim Bob: Where Songs Come From |date=2024 |publisher=Cherry Red |isbn=9781914565335}}

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==External links== * {{Discogs artist}} * {{Allmusic}} *[https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20060618140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/35372/20060619-0000/www.geocities.com/tomato_records/trm3.3.pdf Interview with Jim Bob] in TRM{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

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