Allan Fraser (musician)

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Allan Fraser
Born (1948-07-21) 21 July 1948 (age 75)
St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada
Genres Folk
Years active1970 present
Labels Columbia

Allan Hugh Fraser (born 21 July 1948 in St. Stephen, New Brunswick) is a Canadian folk musician and songwriter. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, he was part of Fraser & DeBolt (along with Daisy DeBolt), and released two albums with Columbia Records. Many artists have recorded his songs, including John Oates, The Duhks, [1] Cassell Webb, Cal Hand with Leo Kottke, Tom Russell, and Penny Lang.

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He lived in Montreal from 1994 with the artist Donna Louthood, [2] until her death in 2011. He has three grown children: folk singer Kaya Fraser, [2] Jade Fraser, and Simon Fraser.

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  1. (21 February 2005). "Interview: The Duhks discuss and perform their music, part two", All Things Considered .
  2. 1 2 Dunlevy, T'Cha (31 January 2008). "Coming full circle to song", The Gazette , p. D1.

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