Roy Forbes (born 1953-02-13) is a Canadian singer-songwriter who began his career in 1971 after winning a "Battle of the Bands" competition in Dawson Creek. His first 4 albums (plus a Christmas LP with Connie Kaldor) were released under his childhood nickname “Bim” and are currently unavailable unless you (a) find used vinyl or (b) contact Roy and haggle out a price for CD rips - thanks!
A number of Roy Forbes studio albums (and one live LP) have been released up to his latest in 2020 (“Edge of Blue”) and they are all exceptional; his songs have been recorded by Sylvia Tyson, Garnet Rogers, Valdy, and Susan Jacks among others. He was also a member of CanFolk supergroup UHF with Shari Ulrich and Bill Henderson which put out 2 albums in the nineties.
“Can’t Catch Me” is the lead off track from the first Bim LP “Kid Full of Dreams” which made the top ten in parts of Canada:
Bim’s third album Thistles was produced by Emmit Rhodes with a great line up of session musicians - here is the second track “Right After My Heart”:
If you’re on the west coast, catch him in concert.
Below is an article from the 1977-04-30 weekend edition of the Globe and Mail weekend magazine - how does Bim feel about being a star?
An article from the 1990-02-22 Globe and Mail Folk Notes section: