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label
  • Great Speckled Bird
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name
  • Great Speckled Bird
dbo:genre
dbo:associatedMusicalArtist
  • Ian_Tyson
  • Ian_&_Sylvia
Subject
  • Musical groups from Toronto
  • Musical groups established in 1969
  • Canadian country rock groups
  • Musical groups disestablished in 1976
  • 1969 establishments in Ontario
  • 1976 disestablishments in Ontario
abstract
  • Canadian country-rock group active 1969 to 1976.
dbo:abstract
  • Great Speckled Bird was a country rock group formed in 1969 by the Canadian musical duo Ian & Sylvia. Ian Tyson sang, played guitar and composed. Sylvia Tyson sang, composed and occasionally played piano. The other founding members were Amos Garrett on guitar and occasional vocals, Bill Keith on steel guitar, Ken Kalmusky on bass and Ricky Marcus on drums. They were named after the song, %22The Great Speckled Bird%22, as recorded by Roy Acuff.The group was featured in the film Festival Express, a documentary about the music festival of the same name that took place in 1970. The shows were scheduled, and the performers traveled by train, across Canada. In the film, Great Speckled Bird performs %22C.C. Rider%22, along with Delaney Bramlett and members of Grateful Dead. A performance of the Dylan/Manuel song %22Tears of Rage%22, without the aforementioned accompaniment, is included in the extra features of the DVD release.In 1970, the group became the house band for the television show Nashville North, produced by the CTV network and filmed at the CFTO-TV studios in Toronto, which, after one season, became the Ian Tyson Show. The show ran until 1975.The group backed Ian & Sylvia until the duo parted ways in 1975. They also backed Ian Tyson as a solo artist, for his 1973 debut solo album and his live performances, until 1976.
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  • The Great Speckled Bird
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homepage
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  • 4771c3fe-f594-4428-ab9e-ec4c541177f0
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  • 56d838ae53a7ddfc01f95ca1
wikipedia
schema:dissolutionDate
  • 1976
schema:foundingDate
  • 1969
schema:members
wsb:allMusic_page
wsb:amazon_page
wsb:discogs_id
  • 2006649
wsb:location
wsb:name_without_accent
  • Great Speckled Bird
wsb:record_label
  • Columbia
  • A&M Records
  • Stony Plain Records
  • Ampex
wsb:wikia_page
wsb:wikidata_page
schema:genre
  • Country Rock
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