John P. Allen

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John P. Allen

vn, man, CA
Musician of Country and World

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.

Instruments

Violin
Mandolin
Backing Vocals
Acoustic guitar
Viola

Genres

Country
World
Rock
Folk

Plays With

Prairie Oyster

The Dixie Flyers

The Flathead Noodlers

Band Members

External Links

Wikipedia

MusicBrainz

Facebook

Discogs

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Acknowledgements

To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.

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