Drake Jensen was born in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, on Cape Breton Island in Canada.
13 Facts About Drake Jensen
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At age four, influenced by his mother's love of country music, Jensen connected to John Denver through "Country Roads".
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Drake Jensen was bullied as a child and left Grade 8 because of it.
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Drake Jensen's first recording was a 2001 cover of Anne Murray's "A Little Good News", which received airplay throughout the Maritimes and was a favorite of CBC Radio One.
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Drake Jensen dedicated the video of his single, the title track to his album "On My Way to Finding You", to the memory of Ottawa teenager Jamie Hubley, who committed suicide after having been severely bullied.
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Drake Jensen was one of the headliners at Waterloo Region's tri-Pride music festival on June 1,2013.
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In December 2013, Drake Jensen continued the collaboration with Canadian songwriters Graham and DaSilva by releasing the original Christmas single "Live Every Day " along with a video produced by Jonathan Edwards of Corvidae Music.
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Drake Jensen released a cover of Gene Autry's "Here Comes Santa Claus", and is donating the proceeds to Santa Canada, an organization co-founded by friend Larry O Lantz to bring Santa and the Christmas spirit to terminally ill children, at any time of the year.
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In 2016, Drake Jensen recorded "Wherever Love Takes Us", with a video filmed at Ottawa's Capital Pride.
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Drake Jensen teamed up with Vancouver's Patrick Masse in 2017 to record the duet "Go Your Own Way".
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Drake Jensen attended the book's launch at the British Library in London on September 8,2017, hosted by the BBC's Simon Fanshawe.
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Drake Jensen gave musical performances and participated in a discussion panel along with the author and Princess Julia.
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In 2007, Drake Jensen moved to Ottawa and in 2008, married partner Michael Morin, who is his personal manager.