Bonnie Dobson

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Bonnie Dobson (born November 13, 1940 in Toronto ) is a Canadian folk singer and songwriter .

She lived and toured mostly in the United States in the first half of the 1960s . Because of her bright soprano voice, she has been compared with Joan Baez , among others, but without reaching their popularity or commercial success. She accompanied herself on the guitar and interpreted her own tracks, pieces by other songwriters such as Fred Neil or Gordon Lightfoot and traditionals.

She wrote her most famous song in 1961 with the apocalyptic ballad "Morning Dew", which in 1967 became a folk-rock standard thanks to a revised version by Tim Rose , which has since been covered by numerous performers of various styles. The most famous of these include The Grateful Dead , Nazareth , Episode Six or Robert Plant , stylistically idiosyncratic revisions come from, among others, Long John Baldry , Devo or the Einstürzende Neubauten . Dobson himself recorded this title again in 1969 on the album "Bonnie Dobson" with an orchestral arrangement.

In 1969 she moved to England , where she later recorded a few albums, but withdrew from the music business in the 1980s. In 2007 she was on stage again for the first time as part of the concert “The Lost Ladies of Folk”. This was followed by further appearances and in 2014, Take Me for a Walk in the Morning Dew , a studio album with new recordings of well-known songs and some new titles.

Discography

  • 1960: Dear Companion (Prestige)
  • 1960: She's Like a Swallow (Prestige)
  • 1962: At Folk City [live] (Prestige)
  • 1962: Sings a Merry-go-round of Children's Songs (Prestige)
  • 1964: For the Love of Him (Mercury)
  • 1969: Bonnie Dobson (RCA)
  • 1970: Good Morning Rain (RCA)
  • 1972: Bonnie Dobson (Argo)
  • 1976: Morning Dew (Polydor)
  • 2010: Looking back (Biber)
  • 2014: Take Me for a Walk in the Morning Dew (Hornbeam)

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  1. ↑ Alex Gallacher: Bonnie Dobson returns with new album folkradio.co.uk, May 17, 2014, seen November 22, 2015

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SURNAME Dobson, Bonnie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian folk singer
DATE OF BIRTH November 13, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Toronto