Willie P. Bennett : biography
William Patrick "Willie P." Bennett (26 October 1951 – 15 February 2008) was a Canadian folk-music singer and song writer, harmonica player, and mandolinist.
Awards and Tributes
Bennett co-wrote the song "Goodbye, So Long, Hello" with Russell deCarle. The song was recorded by deCarle’s band Prairie Oyster, released as a single, and named the 1990 Song of the Year by the Canadian Country Music Association.
In 2010, Bennett was inducted into the Canadian Country Music Association’s Canadian Country Music Hall of Honour.http://www.ccma.org/halloffame/profile.cfm?AwardID=801
David Essig, producer of Bennett’s first two albums, paid tribute to him in the song "Willie P", released on the 2009 album Double Vision (with Rick Scott). Canadian country singer Corb Lund wrote a song for Bennett on his 2009 album Losin’ Lately Gambler, entitled "It’s Hard to Keep a White Shirt Clean".
Discography
Singles
Year | Single | CAN Country | Album |
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1969 | White Lines | — | Single only |
1989 | The Lucky Ones / Ain’t Got No Notion | 19 | The Lucky Ones |
Train Tracks / Goodbye So Long Hello | — |
Albums
Year | Album | Label |
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1975 | Tryin’ to Start Out Clean | |
1977 | Hobo’s Taunt | |
1979 | Blackie and the Rodeo King | |
1985 | The Lucky Ones | |
1991 | Collectibles Vol 1 (Anthology) | |
1993 | Take My Own Advice | |
1998 | Heartstrings |
Other Contributions
Year | Album | Artist | Label | Details |
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1975 | Light Medium Heavy | The Dixie Flyers | Boot Records | Harmonica, band member |
1975 | Collage | Various Artists | Bytown BFFTF 1 | Incls "White Line" from Tryin’ to Start Out Clean |
1976 | Cheaper To Lease | The Dixie Flyers | Boot Records BBG 6002 | Harmonica, band member |
1976 | Sisteron | Doug McArthur | ||
1977 | Larger Than Life | Denis Lepage | Boot Records BBG6001 | Lead vocal & additional lyrics, "John Henry, The Gambler"; Harmonica |
1977 | Just Pickin | The Dixie Flyers | Boot Records BBG 6004 | Harmonica, band member |
1978 | For Our Friends | The Dixie Flyers | Boot Records | Harmonica, band member |
1979 | Five By Five | The Dixie Flyers | Boot Records | Harmonica, band member |
1979 | Denis Lepage & Station Road | Denis Lepage & Station Road | Boot Records BBG 6005 | Harmonica |
1979 | Live at the Nervous Breakdown | Various Artists | "Has Anyone Seen My Baby Here Tonight" (live), with Mendelson Joe (mislabeled "Storm Clouds" on LP cover) | |
197? | It’s High Time | Coyote | ||
1981 | Sings Hank Williams | Sneezy Waters | ||
1987 | Indiana Road | Fred Eaglesmith | Mandolin, harmonica, backing vocals, band member | |
1990 | Different Kind of Fire | Prairie Oyster | Co-wrote "Goodbye, So Long, Hello" with Russel deCarle | |
1991 | There Ain’t No Easy Road | Fred Eaglesmith | Mandolin, harmonica, backing vocals, band member | |
1991 | Connecting Lines | Pat Temple & His High Lonesome Players | Harmonica, band member | |
1993 | Drinking With The Poet | Scott B. Sympathy | Smokeshow Records FPD 3121 | Harmonica |
1993 | Things Is Changin’ | Fred Eaglesmith | Mandolin, harmonica, backing vocals, band member | |
1994 | From The Paradise Motel (live) | Fred Eaglesmith | Barbed Wire Records BWR2001 | Mandolin, harmonica, harmony vocals, band member |
1995 | Drive-In Movie | Fred Eaglesmith | Mandolin, harmonica, backing vocals, band member | |
1996 | High or Hurtin | Blackie & The Rodeo Kings | True North TNSD 0115 | Vocals, harmony vocals, harmonica, mandolin |
1996 | Slightly Haunted | Lynn Miles | Philo | Mandolin, harmonica |
1996 | She & She & She | Bird Sisters | Bird Sisters | Harmonica |
1997 | Blue Plate Special | Prairie Oyster | Velvel | |
1997 | Flying Jenny | Linda MacRae | Stony Plain | Harmonica |
1997 | Lipstick, Lies and Gasoline | Fred Eaglesmith | Razor & Tie | Mandolin, electric mandolin, harmonica, harmony vocals, band member |
1998 | Painter Passing Through | Gordon Lightfoot | Reprise | Harmonica |
1998 | Industrial Lullaby | Stephen Fearing | Red House | Harmonica |
1999 | Festival to Go: All Canadian Sampler Vol. 2 | Various Artists | Festival Distribution FDI 003 | Includes "Restless Wind" from Heartstrings |
1999 | 50 Odd Dollars | Fred Eaglesmith | Razor & Tie | Mandolin, harmonica, harmony vocals, band member |
2001 | Ralph’s Last Show (Live) | Fred Eaglesmith | Mandolin, harmonica, backing vocals, band member | |
2001 | Walk On | Terry Tufts | Borealis | Harmonica, Jew’s harp |
2002 | Falling Stars and Broken Hearts | Fred Eaglesmith | Mandolin, harmonica, backing vocals, band member | |
2003 | Bailin | Fred Eaglesmith | AML Records | Mandolin, harmonica, harmony vocals, band member |
2003 | The Official Bootleg Series, Vol. 2 (Live) | Fred Eaglesmith | Mandolin, harmonica, backing vocals, band member | |
2003 | Dirty Rotten Shame | Stephen Hogg | ||
2003 | Just A Songwriter | Kenny Butterill | No Bull Songs | Mandolin |
2005 | Roger Marin Jr | Roger Marin Jr | Co-wrote "It Breaks My Heart" with Roger Marin Jr. | |
2006 | Milly’s Cafe | Fred Eaglesmith | Mandolin, harmonica, backing vocals, band member | |
2007 | Lovers Find Reasons | Lindsay Jane | ||
2007 | Anywhere | Paul O’Toole | Mandolin on "Creepy Coated Love Song" | |
2008 | Tinderbox | Fred Eaglesmith | Mandolin, harmonica, backing vocals, band member |