Ray Legere

Ray Legere and his band Acoustic Horizon on stage at the 2015 Tottenham Bluegrass Festival

Ray Legere is a Canadian bluegrass fiddler,[1] mandolinist[2][3] and band leader from Sackville, New Brunswick.[4]

As a young man, Legere played in the Wyatt Rice band in the late 1970s.[5]

In 1987, Legere joined the Lonesome River Band.[6]

In 1990, Legere played fiddle on the album The Lynn Morris Band.[7][8] In 1998, Larry LeBlanc of Billboard magazine named him as one of Canada's leading bluegrass musicians.[9]

In 2014 Legere played mandolin on Jared Lutes' album A Matter of When.[2] and played fiddle on the album Bill Emerson and the Sweet Dixie Band.[10] His band Acoustic Horizon performed at the 2015 Tottenham Bluegrass Festival.

Legere also performed in the third video of the United Breaks Guitars trilogy.[11]

References

  1. ↑ Neal Walters; Brian Mansfield (1998). MusicHound Folk: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink. ISBN 978-1-57859-037-7.
  2. 1 2 Bob Mersereau, "Jared Lutes - A Matter Of When". East Coast Music, Wed, Mar 12, 2014, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
  3. ↑ Jazz Education Journal. International Association for Jazz Education. 2003. p. 37.
  4. ↑ "Arthritis Society hosts sexy fun-raiser" By: Maureen Scurfield. Winnipeg Free Press, 30 September 2011.
  5. ↑ Vladimir Bogdanov; Chris Woodstra; Stephen Thomas Erlewine (2003). All Music Guide to Country: The Definitive Guide to Country Music. Backbeat Books. pp. 637–. ISBN 978-0-87930-760-8.
  6. ↑ Appalachian Journal. 1992. p. 427.
  7. ↑ Kurt Wolff; Orla Duane (2000). Country Music: The Rough Guide. Rough Guides. pp. 241–. ISBN 978-1-85828-534-4.
  8. ↑ Disc Collector. 1990. p. 27.
  9. ↑ "Bluegrass Enjoys Popularity of Grassroots, Indie Population"Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (11 April 1998). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 1–. ISSN 0006-2510.
  10. ↑ "Echoes"Bluegrass Unlimited. Bluegrass Unlimited. 2008. Volume 42.
  11. ↑ Patricia Swann (18 February 2014). Cases in Public Relations Management: The Rise of Social Media and Activism. Routledge. pp. 254–. ISBN 978-1-134-06027-6.
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