Bill Plaskett
| Bill Plaskett | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1945/1946 London, England |
| Origin | London, England |
| Genres | Indie Rock, Folk Rock, Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, and Guitar |
| Labels | MapleMusic Recordings, New Scotland |
| Associated acts | Joel Plaskett |
Bill Plaskett is a British-Canadian folk, rock, Jazz and indie rock musician,[1] best known as a founder of the Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.[2]
He is the father of Canadian folk rock musician and JUNO award winner Joel Plaskett,[3] with whom he recorded the collaborative album Solidarity in 2017.[4] He has also been a contributing musician on some of Joel's other albums, including Three.
Biography
Plaskett was born in either 1945 or 1946 in London, England, in the 1960s he learned how to play banjo from his father in a traditional jazz and skiffle group, he later learned how to play electric bass in his high school rock band known as Section 62. In the mid to late sixties he travelled throughout the United States of America before immigrating to Vancouver, BC in 1967. He lived there until moving to Lunenberg, Nova Scotia just before his son Joel was born in 1975.[5]
References
- ↑ "A Plaskett family affair". The Globe & Mail. 2017-02-17. Retrieved 2017-07-09.
- ↑ "Joel Plaskett’s new album is a veritable kitchen party". The Globe and Mail, March 13, 2015.
- ↑ "POP LIFE: From the family tree back to the roots". The Chronicle Herald. 2017-06-27. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
- ↑ "Bill and Joel Plaskett get it right more than wrong on Solidarity". Now Magazine. 2017-02-16. Retrieved 2017-08-03.
- ↑ "Joel And Bill Plaskett Bio". Atlin Arts & Music Festival, 2017.