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The Dixie Flyers is a bluegrass band based in London, Ontario, Canada. The band first came together in 1974,〔("Ken Palmer put the ‘man’ in mandolin –R.I.P.". ) ''Toronto Moon''. 〕 and has become one of Canada's best known bluegrass bands.〔("Dixie Flyers" ), ''The Canadian Encyclopedia'', retrieved 4 March 2013 〕 Original members of the band were guitarist Bert Baumbach, mandolinist Ken Palmer, harmonicist Willy P. Bennett, bassist Brian Abbey and Dennis LePage on the banjo.〔Reaney, James, ("Flyers mark 30 years of gigs" ), ''London Free Press'', 5 June 2004〕 Although lead vocalists Baumbach and Palmer have been continuous members, over the years the band has seen a number of changes in the lineup.〔Meyer, Sean, ("Celebrating 35 years of making music " ), ''The Londoner'', 5 May 2010〕 Dixie Flyer band members have included:〔〔Schneider, Jason, ("Dixie Flyers Right on Track" ), album review at exclaim.ca〕 *Guitar: Bert Baumbach *Fiddle: Gordon Stobbe, Peter Robinson, and John P. Allen. *Mandolin: Ken Palmer (died October 30, 2013)〔(Ken Palmer passes" ). ''Bluegrass today'', 3 November 2013.〕 *Bass: Brian Abbey, David Zdriluk, Chris Ingram *Banjo: Dennis LePage, David Jack, David Talbot, Paul Hurdle ,Walter Maynard,and Darin Parise *Harmonica: Willy P. Bennett and Mike Ethelston *Dobro: Al Widmeyer, Blair Heddle, Darin Parise The Dixie Flyers played at the Carlisle Bluegrass Festival in 1975,〔 where they met Bill Monroe, and were subsequently invited to play at Monroe's Bean Blossom Festival in Indiana, USA. 〔Adler, Thomas, (''Bean Blossom: The Brown County Jamboree and Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Festivals'' ) University of Illinois Press, 2011,〕〔Reaney, James, ("Jack Richardson music awards" ), ''The London Free Press'', 26 February 2013〕 The band also played at the Cambridge Millrace Festival〔Reid, Robert, ("Dixie Flyers land in Cambridge for bluegrass concert" ), ''The Guelph Mercury'', 29April 2010〕 and the Blueberry Bluegrass Festival in Stony Plain, Alberta.〔(Festival History - Blueberry Bluegrass Festival )〕 They also played several times at the Canterbury Folk Festival in Ingersoll, Ontario.〔(Canterbury Festival - Archives )〕 The band performed regularly at the Flint Folk and Bluegrass Festival in Michigan.〔 The Flyers recorded a series of albums on the Boot Records label during the 1980s.〔 They were the hosts of a television show called Bluegrass Express on CFPL in London in 1985 and also took part in a weekly radio show for seven years.〔("Dixie Flyers" ), ''Allmusic''〕〔 The band appeared on the Tommy Hunter Show, and for a time managed the Back 40 Bluegrass Festival at Woodstock, Ont. 〔 In 2013 the Dixie Flyers were inducted into the London (Ontario) Music Hall of Fame.〔〔("The Dixie Flyers Receive JRMA Hall Of Fame Honours" ). ''Country Music Association of Ontario Newsletter'', 2 May 2013. 〕 ==Discography== Albums: 〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dixie Flyers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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