Name John Allen | Role Musician | |
Music groups Prairie Oyster (Since 1983), Great Speckled Bird Albums What Is This Country?, Great Speckled Bird, Different Kind of Fire, Blue Plate Special, String of Pearls: A Greatest Similar Joan Besen, Russell DeCarle, Michelle Josef | ||
First light john p allen with john drymon and rick harris
John P. Allen is a Canadian country, rock and bluegrass fiddler.
Allen was a member of the rock band Great Speckled Bird in the 1970s, and played with bluegrass bands the Good Brothers, Big Redd Ford and the Dixie Flyers. He played country fiddle as a member of Tommy Hunter's band. Allen was a longstanding member of the country band Prairie Oyster, winning six Juno awards.
In 2005 Allen recorded a CD, "The Canadian Violin", demonstrating various styles of fiddle playing in Canada.
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