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Valdemar Horsdahl

Folk singer / songwriter / producer from Victoria BC
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Valdemar Horsdahl
"Valdy"

Folk singer/songwriter/producer

Hall Of Fame Inductee 2008
Lifetime Achievement Award

The other day I found an old acetate that I thought was gone forever. It's the original version of 'Play me a Rock and Roll Song' recorded in Vancouver in the fall of 1969. This one was produced by Terry Jacks and was never released or heard by more than the people involved because Valdy got his record deal shortly after this and recorded the song again in LA. . That is the one that became the hit and got radio play. Valdy and I had just finished the Hosanna band and Jacks had heard a single that band had made a few months earlier.(nobody ever heard that either) Jacks hired me to play on r+r song based on what he called the 'pedal steel licks' he thought he had heard on the Hosanna recording. It was actually my old black Telly through Eddy Paterson's Leslie doing my very early Clarence White imitation. Yikes!..............other than Valdy and me, I can't remember who the other players are. The studio is Baroka Sound in Vancouver, where the second Poppy Family album was made. ( It was at this session that Terry asked me to join the Poppy Family) The noise level is horrible...over the 37 years, the paper envelope chemically reacted to the vinyl and created a very rough surface and... it is in mono. It is a little bit of Victoria history though. Live off the floor to 8 track Scully. Valdy put on some vocal harmony and tambourine and I think that was it. Norm MacPherson September 2007

A little background to the song: "Rock and Roll Song": Valdy, a virtual unknown (at least to us) in 68 (perhaps it was 69) played in a concert at Esquimalt High School in the gymnasium. Sitting next to me in the bleachers was "wise-guy" Kerry Ireland who tired of Valdy's folk music and hollered out: "Play some Rock and Roll !" an occasion now immortalized in song - Bob Cadwallader
Folk/Celtic/Latin/World
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27
Oct
2023
19:30
Moved, note new venue - Live Wire Music Series presents: Valdy, Mia Kelly
One of Canada's most influential singer-songwriters
$25-$30
The Spire
Event can be attended in person
30
Mar
2023
19:00 23:00
BC Showcase: Jim Byrnes Band, Stephen Fearing, Valdy, Early Spirit, Tom & Kaliss...
The Rogue Folk Club, in partnership with Music BC and the Canadian Folk Music Aw...
$36
Mel Lehan Hall at the St. James Community Square
Event is live streamed / online.Event can be attended in person
11
Dec
2022
19:30 22:00
Sunday Night Folk
Victoria Folk Music Society weekly gathering; Dec 11 Valdy
$8
Sons of Norway
Event can be attended in person
30
Jan
2021
19:00 21:00
For Our Future World Concert: Wavelengths Community Choir, The Gettin' Higher Ch...
Join the Gettin' High Choir and Wavelengths Community Choir for their 2nd Online...
Free
Online
Event is live streamed / online.
19
Oct
2019
19:00 22:00
Vadly: Valdemar Horsdahl, adam dobres
 
Edward Milne Community School Theatre
Event can be attended in person
19
Oct
2019
19:00 22:00
Vadly: Valdemar Horsdahl, adam dobres
Featuring Canadian folk legend VALDY! With special guest ADAM DOBRES!
$25
Sooke Community Theatre at EMCS
Event can be attended in person
16
Mar
2019
19:30
Valdy Goes Big Band: Valdemar Horsdahl, The Victoria Jazz Orchestra, Monik Nordi...
The Victoria Premier Has Been Announced of Valdy Goes Big Band Canadian folk ...
$32-$37
Alix Goolden Performance Hall
Event can be attended in person
22
Feb
2018
20:00
The Contenders (ft), Gary Fjellgaard , Valdy
​The CONTENDERS are made up of Valdy and Gary Fjellgaard. Both of these Juno A...
Blue Frog Studios
Event can be attended in person
17
Mar
2017
19:30
Valdy
The Mary Winspear Centre is pleased to present Canadian music legend Valdy. Play...
$25
Mary Winspear Centre
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13
Jan
2017
19:30
Valdy, Karel Roessingh
VALDY, Born Paul-Valdemar Horsdal in Ottawa, Ontario, is well known for his song...
$20-$25
Upstairs Lounge - Oak Bay Recreation Centre
Event can be attended in person
24
Jul
2016
15:00 15:45
Jon and Roy, Valdy, Matthew and Jill Barber
 
$125
Island Folk Festival
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23
Jul
2016
15:00 15:45
Jon and Roy, Valdy, Matthew and Jill Barber
 
$125
Island Folk Festival
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13
Nov
2015
20:00
Valdy
Blue Frog Studios is delighted to welcome back Valdy for another fascinating eve...
$35
Blue Frog Studios
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04
Sep
2014
20:00 23:00
Valdy
Valdy, born Valdemar Horsdal in Ottawa, has been part of the fabric of Canadian ...
$25
Blue Frog Studios
Event can be attended in person
03
May
2014
11:00 15:00
Valdy, Big Twang Theory, Lazy Mike & the Rockin' Recliners, Riverside Bluegrass...
 
Free
Open Air Venue
Event can be attended in person
12
Oct
2013
20:00 22:00
Valdy, Graham Wardrop, Lindsay May
Valdy has been part of the fabric of Canadian pop and folk music for over 34 yea...
$23.50-$28.50
The Farquhar at UVic
Event can be attended in person
07
May
2013
19:30 22:30
Turn It Up for Hillary's Ride: Valdy, Roy Forbes, Rick Scott, West My Friend, Ro...
Benefit Concert Concert website http://need2.ca/tiu-4-hillarys-ride/ Hillar...
$28
Alix Goolden Performance Hall
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13
Jun
2009
19:30
WOYAYA: The Gettin' Higher Choir, Valdy
- Dreaming in Four-Part Harmony with special Gues Valdy
$15-$20
Alix Goolden Performance Hall
Event can be attended in person
12
Jun
2009
19:30
WOYAYA: The Gettin' Higher Choir, Valdy
- Dreaming in Four-Part Harmony with special Gues Valdy
$15-$20
Alix Goolden Performance Hall
Event can be attended in person
23
Aug
2008
20:00
Valdy, Gary Fjellgaard
 
$30
Evergreen Cultural Centre
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Valdy
Vocals / Guitar
1968 - present

Past Projects

Darren St. Claire Quintet
Bass
60s
The Foundry Brass
Bass/Vocals
60s
Hosannah
Vocals / Guitar
1970

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