Dalannah Gail Bowen: 8th Annual Program – Blues Song IMA Nominee

Contact: Dalannah Bowen
902-239 E Georgia St.
Vancouver, BC V6A 4J7
Canada
604-642-2502

dalannahgailbowen (at) yahoo.ca
www.dalannahgailbowen.com

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Dalannah Gail Bowen is a versatile high-energy vocalist whose experience as a performer ranges from intimate nightclub and café shows to fronting big bands and concert tours. Gail started her musical career working in an all-female band out of Winnipeg, Manitoba opening for The Guess Who and The Monkees. Since then, Dalannah’s career has given her the opportunity to play with many of the greats in the jazz and blues industry.

Dalannah has spent time in San Franscisco and Oakland, playing with musicians as diverse as  Carl Lockett, the Sy Klopps Blues Band (Steve Miller’s rhythm section) and Grammy-award winner Dr. Ed Kelly.

Performances…

Dalannah has opened for B.B.King, Buddy Guy, Sammy Price, Pee Wee Clayton, Taj Mahal, Rick Danko, The Temptations, Mary Wells, Martha Reeves and many others…

She has also worked with Willie Dixon, James Cotton, Big Joe Duskin, Lloyd Glen, Walter “Shakey” Horton, King Curtis, Lenny Breau, Carl Lockett, Rick Danko, Jerry Doucette, Jim Byrnes, Freddie Hubbard and Pat Coleman to name a few…

Behind the scenes…

Dalannah Gail Bowen has been a vocalist for forty years. Her life as a musician started in 1965 when she worked for the great Frank Wiener who operated the well-known Hungry Eye in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The all-girl band, The Feminine Touch, worked the circuit and had their first big gig after just three months opening for The Monkees. They were the opening act, on many occasions, for The Guess Who and toured Canada and the United States.

A year later Dalannah, then know as Gail, went on the road with the Colored Rain and ended up in Edmonton where the band worked the club scene with such groups as Papa Bear’s Medicine Show, Black Snake Blues Band, The Privilege, Taj Mahal and a newly-formed band out of England called Led Zeppelin. It was a great time to be a musician.

In 1976, Dalannah came to Vancouver where her special style of blues and jazz were well received. Performances included venues like The Cave, The Commodore, Oil Can Harry’s and Rohan’s.

In 1977, working with the late Gary Switlo, Paul Hovan and Betty Chabba, Dalannah was part of a project called “Ladies In Lights” which profiled women in music.

This was the first television/radio simulcast in Vancouver history, but this event also had another purpose. It was a benefit for The Children’s Christmas Stocking Fund. The impact on Dalannah was immediate and since then she has dedicated her life to addressing social issues through music. For 25 years, Dalannah has created & produced musical signature events that raise funds for charitable organizations. Socials issues such as anti-apartheid, poverty, health, childrens needs, the aboriginal elders and people in need have all benefited from funds raised by Dalannah through musical endeavors.

Dalannah Gail Bowen has received an honorary Juno for her work, an International Women’s Day Award and many other acknowledgements. In 2005, The Yale Hotel honored her with a reception honouring her community work as a musical activist.

Dalannah was a recent nominee for the prestigious Minerva Foundation’s 2007 “Women In Music” award.