Bonnie Dobson

Bonnie Dobson
Birth nameBonnie Dobson
Born (1940-11-13) November 13, 1940 (age 83)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
GenresContemporary folk music
Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar
LabelsHornbeam

Bonnie Dobson (born November 13, 1940, Toronto, Ontario, Canada)[1][2] is a Canadian folk music songwriter, singer, and guitarist, most known in the 1960s for composing the songs "I'm Your Woman" and "Morning Dew". The latter, augmented (with a controversial co-writing credit) by Tim Rose, became a melancholy folk rock standard, covered by Skating Polly, Fred Neil, Ralph McTell, Lulu, Nazareth, the Grateful Dead, the Jeff Beck Group, Robert Plant, the Pozo-Seco Singers, The 31st of February (including Gregg Allman, Duane Allman, and Butch Trucks of The Allman Brothers Band), Long John Baldry, DEVO and Einstürzende Neubauten, among many others.

  1. ^ "Bonnie Dobson". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica. 2007. Retrieved November 30, 2016.
  2. ^ "Bonnie Dobson". AllMusic Biography by Richie Unterberger