Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia native Allie Bennett is in his 30th year in the Canadian Music Industry. He has toured Canada, the U.S., Britain, Sweden, Australia, and Germany and has over 100 album projects to his credit as a studio musician. He has worked with John Allan Cameron, Rita MacNeil, Valdy, Murray McLauchlan, The Rankin Family, The Barra MacNeils, Mary Jane Lamond, Natalie MacMaster, Bruce Guthro, Dave Gunning, Howie MacDonald, Ashley MacIsaac, Raylene Rankin, the late Stan Rogers, and many more.

Allie was Musical Director for the 1995 East Coast Music Awards. He was also band leader for the 1997 and 1998 editions of the Cape Breton Summertime Review and the 2000 and 2001 productions of Howie's Celtic Brew. In 2003 he was Musical Director of The Rise And Follies Of Cape Breton - The Second Coming.

This year Allie has released a fiddle album, his first solo project aptly titled "It's About Time", and will be publishing an Instructional Book on Cape Breton Fiddle. He lives in North Sydney, Nova Scotia where he operates a private music school teaching fiddle and guitar, as well as working as a studio and touring musician.

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+ Career Highlights

1975-1979 - Bass Player - Road (featuring Fred Lavery)
1978-2003 - Bass, Guitar and Fiddle player - John Allan
                    Cameron
1980-1984 - Studio Musician - CBC, Sydney, N.S.
1980-1990 - Bass and Guitar player - Rita MacNeil
1990-1992 - Bass and Guitar player - The Rankins
1993 - Bass and Guitar player - The Barra MacNeils
1994-1995 - Bass player - Natalie MacMaster
1995 - Musical Director - East Coast Music Awards
           Television Show
1996 - Guitar and Fiddle player - Bruce Guthro
1997-1998 - Bass player, Guitar player and Band
                    Leader - Cape Breton Summertime Revue
2000-2001 - Bass player, Guitar player and Band
                    Leader - Howie's Celtic Brew
2003 - Bass player and Musical Director - The Rise
          And Follies Of Cape Breton Island
2004 - Bass player - Raylene Rankin
           Fiddle and Bass Player - Bruce Guthro
2005 - Bass and Fiddle Player - Bruce Guthro

1992-present - Owner and Operator of Private Music Instructional Practice, teaching fiddle, guitar and bass.

+ Production Credits

1991 - Marilyn MacDonald - "My Love, Cape Breton
           And Me" (Co-production with Chad Irschick)
1991 - Tom O'Keefe - "Beyond The Dawn"
1994 - Mary Jane Lamond - "From The Land of The Trees"
1995 - An Comhlan - "Tir Mo Ghraidh" (The Land I Love)
1995 - An Comhlan - "Nollaig Chridheil" (Gaelic Christmas Album)
1996 - Darrel Keigan - "First Flight"
1996 - Dave Gunning - "Lost Tracks"
1996 - Joanne Rolls - "This Fair Isle" (Co-production with Fred Lavery)
1997 - Jennifer Roland - "Dedication"
1998 - Margo Carruthers - "The Talent of The Bards"
1998 - Laurie Simm - "My Cape Breton Home"
2000 - Jennifer Roland - "Wings"
2004 - Allie Bennett - "It's About Time"
2005 - Jennifer Roland - "For Each New Day"

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