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Canadian singer and songwriter (1960–2011) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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 |
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