John Bottomley (September 17, 1960 – April 6, 2011) was a Canadian singer-songwriter.
He started in music in the early 1980s with the band Tulpa, which also included his brother Chris,"Singer-songwriter John Bottomley dies at age 50". CTV News, April 11, 2011. and launched a solo career in 1990 with his solo debut album Library of the Sun. He followed up with his second album, Songs with the Ornamental Hermits,"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 in 1992, and won the Juno Award for Most Promising Male Vocalist the following year.
His most successful album, 1995's Blackberry, spawned the Top 40 hits "You Lose and You Gain" and "Long Way to Go".
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 PositionsRPM 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" 1RPM 6 Blackberry "Long Way to Go" 15 29 1998 "Take You Higher" 53 — Raggle Taggle
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