John Bottomley (September 17, 1960 – April 6, 2011)12 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
Albums
| Year | Album |
|---|---|
| 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
| Year | Single | Chart Positions5 | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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" | 16 | 6 | Blackberry |
| "Long Way to Go" | 15 | 29 | ||
| 1998 | "Take You Higher" | 53 | — | Raggle Taggle |
References
References
- "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.
- "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.
- "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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