Biography
Ian & Sylvia & The Great Speckled Bird was a variant of Great Speckled Bird, 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. The band was named after the song, "The Great Speckled Bird", as recorded by Roy Acuff (1938).
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