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Strung-Out Troubadours is the musical duo of
Rik Emmett Richard Gordon Emmett (born July 10, 1953) is a vocalist, guitarist, and member of the Canadian rock band Triumph. Career Emmett left Triumph in 1988 to pursue a solo career. His first solo album, '' Absolutely'', was released in 1990 and bec ...
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Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...
rock band Triumph) and Dave Dunlop. The pair regularly perform live shows together. Most of the songs are performed on acoustic guitars without vocals, with Emmett singing lead vocal on some selections.


History

Emmett and Dunlop have played together since they met while both teaching at the National Summer Guitar Workshop in 1990. Dunlop began making appearances at Emmett's concerts, and the pair later began recording as a duo. In 2006 they released the album ''Strung-Out Troubadours'', and began performing under that name. Later that year they released a recording of their live concert at Hugh's Room in Toronto. In 2007, Strung-Out Troubadours won "Album of the Year" and "Group/Duo of the Year" at the Canadian Smooth Jazz Awards where they were the most heavily nominated act. Both Emmett and Dunlop were also nominated for "Best Guitarist". The third album, titled ''Push & Pull'' was released in May 2009, and in 2011 the pair released an album ''ReCOVERy Room9''. Unlike their previous albums, this one included mainly cover tunes. They also releases an album of live acoustic recordings of Triumph material, ''Then Again'', under the names of the two musicians. As of 2015, Emmett and Dunlop continue to perform together in Canada and the US and to sell remastered copies of The Strung-Out Troubadours recordings."Rik Emmett and Dave Dunlop teaming up for shows in Barrie and Meaford"
''Barrie Examiner'', By Susan Doolan, November 8, 2015


Discography


Studio albums

* ''Strung-Out Troubadours'' (2006) * ''Push & Pull'' (2009) * ''reCOVERy room 9'' (2011)


Live albums

* ''Live at Hugh's Room'' (2007)


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Strung Out Troubadours Musical groups established in 2006 Musical groups from Toronto Canadian musical duos Canadian jazz ensembles 2006 establishments in Canada