Daisy DeBolt

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Daisy DeBolt (born July 19, 1945 in Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada ; † October 4, 2011 in Toronto ) was a Canadian folk , later also jazz musician ( vocals , accordion , piano , mandolin , guitar ) and songwriter .

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DeBolt was the daughter of the Winnipeg native musician and teacher Marjorie DeBolt. During her high school years she took guitar lessons from Lenny Breau . In 1965 she moved to Ontario , sang folk music and played the mandolin, accordion, guitar and worked as a songwriter. She played u. a. in the Allen Ward Trio, before she founded the folk duo Fraser & DeBolt with singer and guitarist Allan Fraser in the late 1960s , with whom she performed at folk festivals and in cafes in the Toronto area; In 1970 they toured the United States. In 1971 the album Fraser & DeBolt with Ian Guenther was released by Columbia Records , followed by Fraser & DeBolt with Pleasure (1973). In the mid-1970s, Fraser and DeBolt split. She began a solo career as a singer-songwriter; Stylistically, she moved in the following years between jazz, country, folk and blues. The Montreal Gazette described her as "the most astonishing, dynamic vocalist in the entire galaxy" . She also wrote film music for documentaries for the National Film Board of Canada in the mid-1970s and worked for the dance company Ballet Ys . She also played reggae with her band Don't Push Me Against the Fridge . She also appeared in the Calgary theater production Country Hearts , was musical director of Nickel production and wrote music for the YTV series 15 Love . She was married to the poet Robert Dickson .

Discographic notes

  • Soulstalking (1991)
  • I Can (1996)
  • Just Mountain Songs (2000)
  • Live Each Day with Soul (2002)
  • Lovers and Fantasies (2004)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Obituary in CBC News 2011
personal data
SURNAME DeBolt, Daisy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian musician, singer and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH July 19, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Winnipeg , Manitoba
DATE OF DEATH 4th October 2011
Place of death Toronto