Great Speckled Bird (band) Members
The Great Speckled Bird may refer to: * "The Great Speckled Bird" (song), a southern hymn * ''The Great Speckled Bird'' (newspaper), an Atlanta underground newspaper * Great Speckled Bird (band), a Canadian country-rock group ** ''Great Speckled Bird'' (album), their eponymous album * ''Speckled Bird (The Choir album) ''Speckled Bird'' is the eighth studio release, and seventh full-length studio album, from Christian alternative rock band The Choir (alternative rock band), the Choir, released in 1994. The album is largely a remixed and reworked version of the ...

The Great Speckled Bird (song)
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun '' thee'') when followed by a ...
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The Great Speckled Bird (newspaper)
''The Great Speckled Bird'' was a counterculture underground newspaper based in Atlanta, Georgia from 1968 to 1976 and 1988 through 1990. Commonly known as ''The Bird'', it was founded by New Left activists from Emory University and members of the Southern Student Organizing Committee, an offshoot of Students for a Democratic Society. Founding editors included Tom and Stephanie Coffin, Howard Romaine and Gene Guerrero Jr. The first issue appeared March 8, 1968, and within 6 months it was publishing weekly. By 1970 it was the third largest weekly newspaper in Georgia with a paid circulation of 22,000 copies. The paper subscribed to Liberation News Service, a leftist news collective. The office of ''The Great Speckled Bird'' at the north end of Piedmont Park (240 Westminster Dr.) was firebombed and destroyed on May 6, 1972. In a letter to the editor of the ''New York Review of Books'', Jack Newfield et al. note that the bombing occurred after the paper published an exposé of the m ...
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Great Speckled Bird (band)
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 (1938). Career The group was featured in the film ''Festival Express'', a documentary about the music festival of the same name that took place in 1970. The shows were scheduled, and the performers traveled by train, across Canada. In the film, Great Speckled Bird performs "C.C. Rider", along with Delaney Bramlett and members of the Grateful Dead. A performance of the Dylan/ Manuel song "Tears of Rage", without the aforementioned accompaniment, is included in the extra features of the DVD release. In 1970, the group became the house band for th ...
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Great Speckled Bird (album)
''Great Speckled Bird'' is a country rock album by Great Speckled Bird, a band formed in 1969 by Canadian musicians Ian and Sylvia Tyson. The other group members at the time of recording were Buddy Cage, on pedal steel guitar, Amos Garrett, on guitar and backup vocals, and N.D. Smart, on drums. Nashville session musicians David Briggs and Norbert Putnam sat in, with Briggs on piano and Putnam on bass guitar.Richie Unterberger''Great Speckled Bird'' liner notes 2006-10-10. retrieved 2010-03-17.The Cool Groove. '. 2008. retrieved 2011-09-13. Although founding member Ken Kalmusky is listed in the original liner notes, he had actually departed the group prior to recording.J. Einarson, I. Tyson, S. Tyson. 2011. page 227. The album is notable for being the first album to be produced by Todd Rundgren. Track listing #"Love What You're Doing Child" (Ian Tyson) – 3:39 #"Calgary" (Ian Tyson, Sylvia Tyson) – 3:03 #"Trucker's Cafe" (Ian Tyson) – 3:22 #"Long Long Ti ...
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