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John Bottomley

About Me


Hello. My name is John Bottomley.
I got my start in music at the age of six playing classical piano. My first public performance i think i was eight when i sang for the Homefield school choir in England. The spitfire pilot Douglas Barder went to that school. I started playing guitar when i was fifteen and played in a Band called Celcius and also a band called Albatross. We mostly played in The Black forest area of Germany where i was living at the time. Celcius shared the stage with Bill Haley and the Comets as well as Vanity Fair who had a couple of hits in Europe.
I cut my teeth in the 1980's with a Band called Tulpa. Formed in 1981 in Toronto. Tulpa started out as a punk band and we played the clubs. Hundreds of them. My first record was in 1983 and was followed by two more releases with the band. Mosaic Fish on the Midnight music Label out of England, and also Live a CBGB's on the CB's Label out of New York City. Hilly Krystal managed us for awhile and we played his famous club many times. He mentioned us in his book "This Aint no Disco."
I released my first solo recording called Library of the Sun in 1990. It first came out on my own Label Crane/bag recordings and was soon picked up by Latent recordings run by Michael Timmins from the Cowboy Junkies. My second release on the Latent label was called Songs with the Ornamental hermits. It won me a Canadian Juno Award. BMG music signed me and i released Blackberry which spawned a couple of top ten hits in Canada. There have been many more releases since. The different styles i have dabbled in are rock, country, rockabilly, blues, folk, soul, hillbilly, pop as in popular, spoken word, celtic and a lilttle bluegrass. I have busked on the street, sang in clubs and coffee houses, music halls, theatres, fun fairs and festivals. There has been lots of highlights. Many more to come. My new reocording is called Songpoet and will be released in June 2007. Deep peace to you. Our love is gonna grow........
You Lose and You Gain

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SOLO RECORDINGS
Songpoet (2007)
Star in the Singing grove (2004)
The Crown of Life part 2 (2002)
The Crown of Life part 1 (2000)
Raggle Taggle (1998)
Blackberry (1995)
Songs with the Ornamnetal Hermits (1992)
Library of the Sun (1990)
With the Band TULPA
Live at CBGB's (1986)
Mosaic Fish (1985)
Apologize/mystical dreams single (1983)
BOOKS
Star in the Singing Grove (2004)
Here's the Candy (2001)
Triskelion (1995)
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 17/03/2007
Band Website: www.johnbottomley.net
Band Members: Radio for Songpoet

Radio ISA France
Radio Active CBC Edmonton-Canada
CBC Radio2 Rich Terfry Show-Canada
Hillbilly Rockhouse country music 24radio-Berlin Germany
Hyway 61 Italy
Dutch Roots Radio-Holland
Real Roots Cafe-Holland
Countryfile Havenstad fm-Holland
106.4 fm- Holland
RCF Radio-France
American music 103.1 fm Belgium
Radio ZRO Belgium
radio k89-8-France
CBC Radio1-Toronto Canada
CBC Radio-Victoria Canada
Mountain FM-Canada
Americana Tom Fahey-Nashville USA

Reviews for Songpoet

If Johnny Depp was going to make a record he would make one like this
-Peter North/The Edmonton Journal/ CKUA Radio Edmonton Canada


An Eloquent collection that lives up to its Songpoet Title, with a first rate suporting cast.
-Rock Reel Magazine UK

Songpoet is a collection of terrific songs presented with skill and passion
-Penguin Eggs Magazine

Masterwork
-Badishe Zeitung Swartzwald Germany

Packed with great Radio Songs
-CBC Radio1 Canada ..
Influences: Long Way to Go

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Awe of the Beatles magik, Charlie Chaplin, The Bands Last Waltz, Dylans Blood on the tracks. Appalachain folk songs, ghost towns, 400 year old inns, J.R.R.TolKien (when the stranger sits in the corner in the town of Bree) The Inklings. The Sparrow of Pigalle, The Blue Yodeller. Aurthur Rimbaud, Shakespeare, Shelley, Byron, and Keats. Henrick Boll (the clown). Dylan Thomas's Under milk Wood. The wind in the willows and all things under the Land of the summer stars.

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JOHN BOTTOMLEY: Songpoet

Singer/Songwriter. Roots, Folk

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JOHN BOTTOMLEY: Star in the Singing Grove

This is a Book Cd. There are 21 songs with 12 Chapters of a fantasy story.

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JOHN BOTTOMLEY: The Crown of Life

Art, poetry, acoustic guitar and childlike keyboards. This is pure music.

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JOHN BOTTOMLEY: Raggle Taggle

A psychedelic,modern blues,rock and roll record

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JOHN BOTTOMLEY: Blackberry

This is a roots recording.it sits well on the ground.

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JOHN BOTTOMLEY: Songs with the Ornamental Hermits

This was a very interesting recording.It won a Juno Award in Canada.T.Bone Burnett mixed this. Its literature and music put together.

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JOHN BOTTOMLEY: Library of the Sun

Oh well its got loud noisy stuff and its got quiet stuff.My first solo recording after doing 150 backwood bars.

The Ballad of Jacob Peck

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Barkeeper (pour me a drink)

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Recordists

T.Bone Burnette (Grammy award winner)
David Kershenbaum(Grammy award winner)
Pat McCarthy(REM, Waterboys, Robbie Robertson)
Mark Howard(Daniel lanois, Bob Dylan)
Colin Linden and John Wynot(Juno award winners)
Bob Doidge(Gordon Lightfoot)
Jocelyne Lanois
John Oliveira
Jobi Baker
Paul Baker
Vincent Jones

Musicians

(Guitars)
Bill Dillon (Robbie Robertson, Joni Mitchell, Daniel Lanois)
Niel Clark(Loyd Cole and the Commotions)
Colin Linden (Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, Bruce Cockburn)
John Lewis (Ronnie Hawkins)
Colin Cripps(Junkhouse, Crash Vegas)
Robby Steineger
Tim Gibbons
George Guerra
Luke Ducet (Sarah Malachlan)
Steve Dawson
John Anderson

(Bass guitar)
John Dymond (Bruce Cockburn, Blackie and the Rodeo Kings)
Daryl Johnson (Daniel lanois, Emmylou Harris)
Alan Anton (Cowboy Junkies)
Jocelyne Lanois (Martha and the muffins, Crash Vegas)
Brian Manato (Sarah Malachlan)
Chris Bottomley
Steve Lucas
Corinne Culbertson(Bif Naked)

(Woodnotes and Keys)
Richard Bell (Janis Joplin, The Band)
Benmont Tench (Tom petty and the Heartbreakers)
Vincent Jones (Grapes of Wrath, Sarah Malachlan)
Steven Jameison

(Drums)
Gary Craig(bruce Cockburn, Ann Murray)
Ashwin Sood(Sarah Malachlan)
Jobi Baker(May Moore)
Rick Lazar(Loreena Mckennitt)
Ronald Jones(Daniel Lanois)
Glenn Milchem(Blue Rodeo)
Great Bob Scott(Tulpa)
Mike Severin(tulpa)
Dean Richards
Dave King
Barry Mirochnick

(Fiddle)
Hugh Marsh(Bruce Cockburn)
Daniel Lapp(Victoria's Fiddler)
Moritz Behm

(Cello)
George Koller(Loreena Mckennitt)
Ann Bourne(Jane Sibery)

(Lap Steel)
Kim Deschamps(Cowboy Junkies, Blue Rodeo)

(Oboe)
Adam Weinman
(Harp)
Ruth Sutherland
(The Hamilton Elgar Choir)
Sounds Like: A Riverboat Dandy
Record Label: Crane/Bag Recordings/Latent Recordings/BMG.
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

John Bottomley/The Mountain Hammered Vol 1 and 2

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Silver leaf

When i was walking on my daily romp through the forest, i passed by the spot where last year i ran into a Grizzly. Backyard grizzly. Anyways i was talking to a friend about the state of out planet an...
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Shakespeare and Company Paris

On January7th 1931 Sylvia Beach put on the first poetry reading at the first Shakespeare and Company. The poet was none other that Edith Sitwell. It is a tradition that has been going on ever since. O...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 23:47:00 GMT

London and Paris

Returning to London Town for 3 acoustic shows. The Bedford on the 3rd of April. Good acoustics on Orchid in Piccadilly Circus on the 4th. (This is a brand new venue)Also The Regal Room on the 5th of A...
Posted by on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:19:00 GMT