# Tim Vesely

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{{short description|Canadian musician and songwriter (born 1963)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name                = Tim Vesely
| image               = Tim Vesely cropped.jpg
| alt                 = 
| caption             = Vesely performing with the [Rheostatics](/source/Rheostatics) at [Massey Hall](/source/Massey_Hall) 2007
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| landscape           = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank -->
| background          = solo_singer
| birth_name          = 
| alias               = 
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1963|12|10|df=yes}}
| birth_place         = 
| origin              = [Etobicoke](/source/Etobicoke), [Ontario](/source/Ontario), Canada
| death_date          = <!-- {{death date and age|df=yes|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date 1st) -->
| death_place         = 
| genre               = [Indie rock](/source/Indie_rock)
| occupation          = 
| instrument          = [Bass](/source/Bass_guitar), [guitar](/source/guitar), [vocals](/source/singing), [keyboard](/source/keyboard_instruments), [mandolin](/source/mandolin), [accordion](/source/accordion), [double bass](/source/double_bass)
| years_active        = 1980–present
| label               = 
| past_member_of      = [Rheostatics](/source/Rheostatics)<br/>[The Violet Archers](/source/The_Violet_Archers)<br/>[Great Aunt Ida](/source/Great_Aunt_Ida)<br/>[L'Étranger](/source/L'%C3%89tranger_(band))
| website             = {{URL|thevioletarchers.com}}
}}
'''Timothy Warren Vesely'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ascap.com/repertory#/ace/search/workID/909017298 |title=AC DC ON THE STEREO |website=ASCAP |publisher=American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers |access-date=November 10, 2023}}</ref> (born 10 December 1963) is a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) musician and songwriter.  He is best known as a founding member of the [indie rock](/source/indie_rock) band [Rheostatics](/source/Rheostatics),<ref name="jam.canoe.ca"/> in which he shared vocal<ref name=CE/> duties with bandmates [Dave Bidini](/source/Dave_Bidini) and [Martin Tielli](/source/Martin_Tielli).  Vesely wrote much of the band's conventionally [pop](/source/pop_music) and [rock](/source/rock_music)-oriented material, including both of the band's most successful singles, "Claire" and "Bad Time to Be Poor".<ref name="viewmag.com"/>

Vesely announced his departure from the Rheostatics on 8 September 2006.  He played his final show with the band on 30 March 2007 at [Massey Hall](/source/Massey_Hall).<ref name="chartattack.com"/>

He has also released two albums with his own band, [The Violet Archers](/source/The_Violet_Archers),<ref>[http://exclaim.ca/music/article/violet_archers-end_of_part_one "Violet Archers The End of Part One"]. ''Exclaim!'', By Vish Khanna 1 Sep 2005</ref> and plays bass with [Great Aunt Ida](/source/Great_Aunt_Ida).<ref>[http://www.queensjournal.ca/story/2007-10-09/arts/former-rheostatic-carves-musical-territory/ "Former Rheostatic carves musical territory"]. ''Queens Journal'', 9 October 2007 Adèle Barclay</ref><ref name="allmusic.com"/> Vesely was also a member of [L’Étranger](/source/L'%C3%89tranger_(band)), appearing on that band's final album, ''Sticks and Stones'', in 1986.

==See also==
{{Portal|Music|Canada}}
*[Music of Canada](/source/Music_of_Canada)
*[Canadian rock](/source/Canadian_rock)
*[List of Canadian musicians](/source/List_of_Canadian_musicians)

==References==
{{Reflist
| colwidth = 30em
| refs     =

<ref name="allmusic.com">
{{cite web
| url         = http://www.allmusic.com/artist/tim-vesley-p335929/credits
| title       = Tim Vesely Credits
| author      = Kenyon Hopkin
| publisher   = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
| accessdate  = 2 December 2011
}}
</ref>

<ref name=CE>
{{cite encyclopedia
| url         = https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/rheostatics-emc
| title       = Rheostatics
| first       = Durrell
| last        = Bowman
| encyclopedia        = [Encyclopedia of Music in Canada](/source/Encyclopedia_of_Music_in_Canada)
| publisher   = [Historica Canada](/source/Historica_Canada)
| accessdate  = 26 August 2019
}}
</ref>

<ref name="chartattack.com">
{{cite news
 |title       = Rheostatics' Announce Their Final Concert
 |first       = Scott
 |last        = Bryson
 |newspaper   = [Chart](/source/Chart_(magazine))
 |issn        = 1198-7235
 |date        = 8 September 2006
 }}</ref>

<ref name="jam.canoe.ca">
{{cite web
| url         = http://jam.canoe.com/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/R/Rheostatics.html
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160310163543/http://jam.canoe.com/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/R/Rheostatics.html
| url-status  = dead
| archive-date = 10 March 2016
| title       = Rheostatics Biography
| date        = 29 November 2004
| publisher   = [Jam!](/source/Jam!)
| access-date  = 2 December 2011
}}
</ref>

<ref name="viewmag.com">
{{cite news
 |title       = The Violet Archers: Tim Vesely and co. cultivate their roots
 |first       = Mike
 |last        = Bell
 |url         = http://www.viewmag.com/viewstory.php?storyid=3403
 |newspaper   = [View Magazine](/source/View_Magazine)
 |issn        = 1495-1738
 |oclc        = 45058106
 |date        = 22 September 2005
 |accessdate  = 2 December 2011
 |archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20090210065230/http://www.viewmag.com/viewstory.php?storyid=3403
 |archivedate = 10 February 2009
}}
</ref>

}}

==External links==
*{{cite web
 |url         = http://radio3.cbc.ca/#/bands/The-Violet-Archers
 |title       = The Violet Archers Artist Page
 |work        = radio3.cbc.ca
 |publisher   = [CBC Radio 3](/source/CBC_Radio_3)
 |accessdate  = 2 December 2011
 |url-status=dead
 |archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20110301032334/http://radio3.cbc.ca/#/bands/The-Violet-Archers
 |archivedate = 1 March 2011}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Vesely, Tim}}
Category:1963 births
Category:Living people
Category:Canadian indie pop musicians
Category:Canadian indie rock musicians
Category:Canadian male singers
Category:Canadian rock bass guitarists
Category:Canadian rock singers
Category:Canadian male songwriters
Category:Canadian male bass guitarists
Category:Singers from Toronto
Category:People from Etobicoke
Category:Rheostatics members
Category:Writers from Toronto
Category:20th-century Canadian singer-songwriters
Category:21st-century Canadian singer-songwriters
Category:L'Étranger (band) members

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