Ray Legere

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

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

Early life

Legere was born in Amherst, Nova Scotia.[5] His father taught him to play the mandolin when he was ten years old.[5] When he was sixteen he was called unexpectedly to fill in for Bill Monroe when the famous mandolinist became ill before a concert.[5]

Career

As a young man, Legere played in the Wyatt Rice band in the late 1970s.[6] In 1987, he joined the Lonesome River Band.[7]

In 1990, Legere played fiddle on the album The Lynn Morris Band.[8][9] In 1992 he toured with Michelle Shocked.[10]

In 1998, Larry LeBlanc of Billboard magazine named him as one of Canada's leading bluegrass musicians.[11] In 2012 he performed at the Canso Stanfest.[12]

Legere joined the celtic fusion ensemble Bowfire, and recorded on their self-titled CD, which was released in 2003. He toured with this group for several years.[13][14]

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.[15] His band Acoustic Horizon performed at the 2015 Tottenham Bluegrass Festival.[16] Legere also performed in the third video of the United Breaks Guitars trilogy.[17]

Leger performed with the band Grasstic Measures on the 2016 festival circuit; that year he was also inducted into the New Brunswick Country Hall of Fame.[5]

Discography
  • Lynn Morris Band - with Lynn Morris (1990)
  • River of No Return with Roger Williams (Strictly Country, 1996)[18]
  • Newmarket Gap, with Wyatt Rice [19]
  • Blue Roses - with Rita McNeil (2004)[20]
  • A Matter of When - with Jared Lutes (2014)
  • Bill Emerson and the Sweet Dixie Band - with Bill Emerson (2014)
  • Drop Forge - with Jim Dorrie (2014)[21]

References
  1. Neal Walters; Brian Mansfield (1998). MusicHound Folk: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink. ISBN 978-1-57859-037-7.
  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. http://raylegere.com/phone/about.html
  5. "Ray Legere to be inducted into NB Country Music Hall of Fame". Amherst News Citizen Record, September 8, 2016
  6. 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.
  7. Appalachian Journal. 1992. p. 427.
  8. Kurt Wolff; Orla Duane (2000). Country Music: The Rough Guide. Rough Guides. pp. 241–. ISBN 978-1-85828-534-4.
  9. Disc Collector. 1990. p. 27.
  10. "Review/Pop; The Past Without Nostalgia". New York Times, By JON PARELES October 13, 1992
  11. "Bluegrass Enjoys Popularity of Grassroots, Indie Population"Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (11 April 1998). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 1–. ISSN 0006-2510.
  12. "Stanfest gets dazzling start". Chronicle Herald, By Stephen Cooke July 1, 2012 -
  13. "The Bowfire Group: Strings On Fire". All About Jazz, By Gref Henry Waters. May 23, 2008
  14. " Bowfire Bowfire". AllMusic, Review by Rick Anderson
  15. "Echoes"Bluegrass Unlimited. Bluegrass Unlimited. 2008. Volume 42.
  16. "Bluegrass music in a natural setting – and summer has arrived!". New Tecumseth Times, June 25, 2015
  17. 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.
  18. "Best Music Of 1996". December 08, 1996|By David Duckman
  19. "Album Review" Archived 2016-12-20 at the Wayback Machine. QX104, Jason Ankeny from Rovi
  20. "Rita MacNeil-CD-BLUE ROSES-In Review". Atlantic Seabreeze, By John Gavin, Monday, October 11, 2004
  21. "Music Review: Jim Dorie - Drop Forge". East Coast Music with Bob Mersereau, CBC New Brunswick. Wed, Jun 4, 2014.
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