Dobson, Bonnie
Entry updated 10 February 2025. Tagged: Music, People.
(1940- ). Canadian folk singer-songwriter. Her best-known song, "Morning Dew", first recorded for the album Bonnie Dobson at Folk City (1962), tells of the last surviving man and woman after a nuclear apocalypse (see Post-Holocaust), with a lavish string arrangement to embellish the simple folk melody. The lyrics were inspired by the film On the Beach (1959), directed by Stanley Kramer. It has been covered on innumerable occasions by a wide variety of artists, perhaps most prominently The Grateful Dead, who made it a staple of their concert repertoire. [CWa]
Bonnie Dobson
born Toronto, Ontario: 13 November 1940
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