1992 BMG Music Canada. More By John Bottomley. See All. The Crown of Life.

He found greater success with 1992’s Songs with the Ornamental Hermits, which helped Bottomley nab his only Juno, and his follow-up album - 1995’s Blackberry - featured the top 10 single, You Lose You Gain. Bottomley continued releasing solo material until his death. His latest CD - The Healing Dream - hit stores in November. Bottomley was a deeply compassionate person who was concerned with the growing turmoil in global events, read a statement issued by Bottomley’s brothers, Paul and Chris

He followed up with his second album, Songs with the Ornamental Hermits, in 1992, and won the Juno Award for Most Promising Male Vocalist the following year. His most successful album, 1995's Blackberry, spawned the Top 40 hits "You Lose and You Gain" and "Long Way to Go. .Bottomley died in 2011 in Brackendale, British Columbia. The coroner's report concluded that Bottomley took his own life and a family spokesperson confirmed that he had been suffering from clinical depression.

He followed up with his second album, Songs with the Ornamental Hermits, in 1992, and won the Juno Award for Most Promising Male Vocalist the following year. His most successful album, 1995's Blackberry, spawned the Top 40 hits "You Lose and You Gain" and "Long Way to Go".

His most successful album, 1995's Blackberry, spawned the Top 40 hits "You Lose and You Gain" and "Long Way to Go". Contents. Live at CBGB's (with Tulpa). Library of the Sun. 1992. Songs with the Ornamental Hermits.