John Bottomley
John Bottomley (September 17, 1960 – April 6, 2011)[1][2] was a Canadian singer-songwriter.
He started in music in the early 1980s with the band Tulpa, which also included his brother Chris,[3] and launched a solo career in 1990 with his solo debut album Library of the Sun.[3] He followed up with his second album, Songs with the Ornamental Hermits,[4] in 1992, and won the Juno Award for Most Promising Male Vocalist the following year.[3]
His most successful album, 1995's Blackberry, spawned the Top 40 hits "You Lose and You Gain" and "Long Way to Go".[3]
Bottomley died in 2011 in Brackendale, British Columbia. The coroner's report concluded that Bottomley killed himself and a family spokesperson confirmed that he had been suffering from clinical depression.
Discography
[edit]Albums
[edit]Year | Album |
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1984 | Mosaic Fish (with Tulpa) |
1986 | Live at CBGB's (with Tulpa) |
1990 | Library of the Sun |
1992 | Songs with the Ornamental Hermits |
1995 | Blackberry |
Triskelion | |
1998 | Raggle Taggle |
2000 | The Crown of Life, Part I |
2001 | The Crown of Life, Part II |
Here's the Candy | |
2005 | Star in the Singing Grove |
2007 | Songpoet |
2010 | The Healing Dream |
Singles
[edit]Year | Single | Chart Positions[5] | Album | |
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CAN AC | CAN | |||
1991 | "Barkeeper (Pour Me a Drink)" | — | — | Library of the Sun |
1992 | "Bell Tower Radio" | 29 | — | Songs with the Ornamental Hermits |
1995 | "You Lose and You Gain" | 1[6] | 6 | Blackberry |
"Long Way to Go" | 15 | 29 | ||
1998 | "Take You Higher" | 53 | — | Raggle Taggle |
References
[edit]- ^ "I Read The News Today... For April 8, 2011". ChartAttack. April 8, 2011. Archived from the original on April 10, 2011. Retrieved April 9, 2011.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "BOTTOMLEY FAMILY | Juno Award Winning Singer-songwriter John Bottomley Dies Unexpectedly at age 50". Archived from the original on April 27, 2011. Retrieved November 30, 2011.
- ^ a b c d "Singer-songwriter John Bottomley dies at age 50". CTV News, April 11, 2011.
- ^ "You oughta Juno: What happened to those artists voted most likely to succeed? Part 2 — 1986 – 1999". National Post, David Berry and Rebecca Tucker | March 14, 2015
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