
Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia native Allie Bennett is in his 44th year
in the Canadian Music Industry. He has toured Canada, the U.S., Britain,
Sweden, Australia, Germany, Austria and Switzerland. As a studio musician,
Allie has over 150 album projects to his credit, and his name appears
on over 1,000,000 units sold in Canada. He has worked with John Allan
Cameron, Rita MacNeil, Stan Rogers, Murray McLauchlan, The Rankin
Family, The Barra MacNeils, Mary Jane Lamond, Natalie MacMaster, Ron
Hynes, Bruce Guthro, Dave Gunning, Howie MacDonald, Ashley MacIsaac,
Raylene Rankin, Jimmy Rankin 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. In 2004 Allie released a fiddle album, his first solo project
aptly titled “It’s About Time”, and in 2005 he was presented with
the East Coast Music Association's Musicians Achievement Award. He
lives in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, where he operates a private music
school teaching fiddle and guitar, as well as teaching at the Halifax
and Bedford Long&McQuade Lesson Centres. Allie continues to work
as a studio musician, and tours occasionally with Dave Gunning, as
well as a solo performer. In the fall of 2013 he released a new recording
called “Full Circle” which is mostly instrumental with some vocal
tracks as well.
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Career Highlights
1975-1979
Bass Player - Road (featuring Fred Lavery)
1978-2003
Bass, Guitar, Fiddle - 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 - ECMA 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.
2005
Recipient of ECMA Musician's Achievement Award
2005 to present
Bass and Fiddle Player for Dave
Gunning and Bruce Guthro
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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"
2013 - Allie Bennett - "Full Circle"

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