Steve Dawson (Canadian musician)
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Steve Dawson is a Canadian guitarist, singer, and music producer. Dawson has produced albums by Jim Byrnes, Kelly Joe Phelps, Old Man Luedecke, The Sojourners, and The Deep Dark Woods. He has won two Juno Awards. He frequently collaborates with keyboardist Chris Gestrin, bassist Keith Lowe and drummer Georr Hicks. He has been a member of the duo Zubot & Dawson, and of the group The Great Uncles of the Revolution.
Career[edit]
In 2001, Dawson came together with Jesse Zubot, Kevin Turcotte, and Andrew Downing to release an album, Great Uncles of the Revolution Stand Up!, which won a Western Music Award.[1][2][3] In 2002, The Great Uncles of the Revolution performed at the Montreal Jazz Festival, and were presented with the Grand Prix de Jazz de Montreal.[4]
Dawson also won the Independent Canadian Music Award for Roots Album Of The Year twice, in 2000 and 2002.
Dawson continued to perform with the Great Uncles[5] and with the duo Zubot & Dawson, who won a 2003 Juno Award for Roots/Traditional Group Album with their recording Chicken Scratch.[6]
A second Great Uncles of the Revolution album, Blow the House Down, won a 2004 Juno Award for Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year.[7] In 2007, 2008, and 2009 Dawson was named Producer of the Year at the Western Canadian Music Awards.[8][9][10]
In 2005, 2006, and 2010 he won the Canadian Folk Music Award.[11] Dawson's album Nightshade appeared in Acoustic Guitar magazine's “Top 10 Guitar Albums of the Year - 2011”.
In 2012, Dawson released an album, Nightshade, through the label Black Hen Music.[12]
References[edit]
- ^ "Great Uncles of the Revolution Stand Up!". Allmusic Review by Eugene Chadbourne
- ^ "Downing, Turcotte, Zubot and Dawson Great Uncles of the Revolution Stand Up". Exclaim!, by Michael Johnston. Dec 01, 2001
- ^ "Nickelback, Delerium collect awards". The Globe and Mail, Vancouver, Mar. 08, 2002
- ^ "Uncles take home Montreal jazz prize". The Globe and Mail, July 8, 2002, Mark Miller
- ^ "Looking back on the local scene". Medicine Hat News, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada/ December 31, 2003.
- ^ "2003 Juno Awards winners list." Billboard, 4/7/2003
- ^ "Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year 2004". Juno Awards website
- ^ "2007 Western Canadian Music Award Winners". BreakOut West. Archived from the original on 2024-02-14. Retrieved 2023-12-10.
- ^ "2008 Western Canadian Music Award Winners". BreakOut West. Archived from the original on 2024-02-14. Retrieved 2023-12-10.
- ^ "2009 Western Canadian Music Award Winners". BreakOut West. Archived from the original on 2024-02-14. Retrieved 2023-12-10.
- ^ "Musicians honoured all across the country. Toronto guitarist and klezmer band among those given prizes". Toronto Star- Toronto, Ont. Quill, Greg Nov 22, 2010 Page: E.6
- ^ "Steve Dawson – Nightshade". CKUW Radio, February 21, 2012 by Jesse Blackman