Born Jill Byrem on 13 October 1946, Bloomsburg, P.A.; married to John Croston, c. 1971 (death, 1974); married to Aaron Anderson (divorced in 2007). Education: studied at the University of Brigham, Utah. Addresses: Office, 820 Cartwright Road, Reno, NV 89521. Dalton Productions, LLC. Site—-Dalton Lacy J. Web: http://www.lacyjdalton.com.
Lacy J. Dalton became one of the most successful “outlaw” country singers of the early 80s with hard-happy tunes that represented her real-life experience. Following the 1979 award as Best New Female Vocalist of the Country Music Association, she releases a succession of albums, both commercial and critical. Also a major concert attraction, Dalton played more than 300 concerts a year throughout the 1980s and published an original album practically every year. Dalton slowed her pace significantly in the 1990s as she entered the music business in her fourth decade. In 1999 she founded the Let ’em Run Foundation, an organisation dedicated to saving wild horses, where she continued to record and perform in Nevada. Homepage: http://www.letemrun.com/.
Jill Byrem was born in Bloomsburg, a small town in eastern Pennsylvania’s mining land, on 13th October 1946. Her father, who played guitar, mandolin and banjo, worked in a wilderness reserve as a chasing guide, while her mother was a waitress and bartender. Both parents enjoyed country tunes singing. As she recounted later in 1980 in an interview with Time “More than singing, I loved the music. Country music is the art of narration.” After finishing high school, Dalton decided to pursue art at Brigham Young University (BYU) in Utah, despite her affinity for music. She finished a year at BYU before determining that her artistic talent was better utilised to write, sing and play guitar. She moved from Minnesota to work as a shorter-order chef and started singing with local folk artists. It was the beginning of a career in music, but a recording contract took Dalton more than a decade.
She insisted that the parents of Dalton come home to Pennsylvania. She complied, but departed shortly thereafter to New York’s Greenwich Village, a lively folk-music scene centre in the mid 1960s. She was performing in cafes and other modest venues. In 1967 Dalton moved to Santa Cruz, California, to set up a “Office” psychedelic rock band. There she met the band’s partner and band manager, John Croston. Later in Los Angeles, they spent some time trying to get Office’s career out. A number of record offers were then offered to Dalton, but only if she agreed to leave the band. Later the band broke up, but Dalton and Croston remained together. They married and had a son, Adam, around 1971. In a 1971 strange accident, Croston was paralysed when he collided with another pool swimmer. He died in 1974, leaving the widow Dalton in Santa Cruz to support her child, while singing concerts nights and weekends.
Lacy J. Dalton (born Jill Lynne Byrem in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania on 13 October 1946), is an American composer and musician with several decades of career that has touched millions of followers. Lacy J Dalton was invited to the International Hall of Fame North American Country Music Association in March 2017 and nominated for a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018.