Great Speckled Bird

Biography

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, Ben Keith on steel guitar, Ken Kalmusky on bass and Ricky Marcus on drums. They were named after the song, "The Great Speckled Bird", as recorded by Roy Acuff (1936).

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Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Credited work

8 releases · 3 albums · active 1972–1979

  • Performance · 10
  • Other credits · 1

Studios: Thunder Sound · RCA Studios, Toronto · Toronto Sound Studios

Frequent collaborators

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