VALDY
(*1945)
VALDY [Born: Paul Valdemar Horsdal on September 1, 1945 in Ottawa, Ontario] The son of Danish parents, Valdy began playing the guitar as a teenager, took piano lessons for five years, and learned orchestration from Professor Robin Wood, the dean of a music school in Victoria, British Columbia. His love of playing guitar and piano drew him to Montreal in 1964. He joined the folk group The London Town Criers who would tour coffeehouses from Montreal to Regina. Briefly he joined The Prodigal Sons…