Vera Johnson

Vera Johnson (June 13, 1920 – November 9, 2007) was a Vancouver folk singer-songwriter and author. She was known for creating original songs on a variety of topics, some of them controversial, including religion, sex, divorce, censorship, liberation, politics, and family.

In an autobiographical essay, Johnson recounts how she learned to sing and play music in 1949, and how she viewed her writing, whether through music, short stories, or plays, as a means for political change. Her song "The Fountain" described the "hippie protests" of 1968 Vancouver.

Discography

Live Albums Bald Eagle (1974) The Bald Eagle Homer Johnson Oh Canada You Can't Let Your Hair Hang Down A Song for Michael The Do-It-Yourself Divorce Pierre Trudeau The Word Jesus Was a Preacher Layabouts The Gentle Rain of England That Minx from Pinsk

That's What I Believe (1978) The Oldest Swinger in Town The Fountain The Indian The Queerest Critter Coming Home The Sweetheart of Sordido V Women's Liberation Blues God's not Dead Thomas Arkinstall Mrs. Ballantyne Nagamma That's What I Believe Written works

Short Stories

Essays TitleDateFirst published inNotes"Wanderlust"July 1934Nature Magazine