Robbie MacNeill
Robbie MacNeill | |
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| Born | 1946 or 1947 (age 77–78) Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Occupation(s) | Surveyor, guitarist, singer-songwriter |
Robbie MacNeill (age 77–78[1]) was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he attended Queen Elizabeth High School.[1] He studied engineering at Dalhousie University for two years, and then went to Toronto to work as a surveyor in 1964.[1]
He is a guitarist and singer-songwriter who performed on CBC's Singalong Jubilee,[2] and worked as musical director on John Allan Cameron's series on CTV.[2] He has also performed at music festivals, such as the Home County Folk Festival, in London, Ontario[2] the Vancouver Folk Music Festival[3] and the Coffee House at the Coming Home to Brookfield annual celebration, in Brookfield, Nova Scotia.[1] He was also the Music arranger and conductor for the popular group The Privateers, billed as Eastern Canada's Only Professional Fork Chorus, in the late sixties early 70's.
He was a member of the trio Country Fair (which later became Graham County), with Toronto singer-songwriter Don Graham.[4]
In Anne Murray's autobiography All of Me, she described MacNeill: "... in addition to being a fine guitar player was a wonderful songwriter."[5] He has written several songs for Anne Murray, including "Robbie's Song for Jesus"[1] and "A Million More."[6]
References
- ^ a b c d e Carter, Lyle (August 11, 2015). "Talented musician". Truro Daily News.
- ^ a b c A Festival Who's Who: Home County Folk Festival, London, Canada, 1976. London, Ontario: Home County Folk League. 1976.
- ^ "1978 Artists". Vancouver Folk Music Festival. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
- ^ Longwell, Karen (October 23, 2011). "Country rock musician set to perform in Port Hope". NorthumberlandNews.com. Metroland Media Group Ltd. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
- ^ Murray, Anne; Posner, Michael (2010). All of Me. Toronto: Vintage Canada. pp. 55. ISBN 9780307398451.
- ^ Murray, Anne; Posner, Michael (2010). All of Me. Toronto: Vintage Canada. pp. 181. ISBN 9780307398451.
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