IAN AND SYLVIA

IAN AND SYLVIA ( Ian Tyson , b. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, September 23, 1933 [gtr, voc], and Sylvia Fricker Tyson, b. Chatham, Ontario, Canada, September 19, 1940 [voc]) Originally a FOLK-REVIVAL duo of the mid-1960s, the Tysons formed one of the first COUNTRY-ROCK bands—Great Speckled Bird, named for the ROY ACUFF classic—and have since been active as nouveau country singers. The duo began performing together in 1961 in their native Canada, then moved to New York in search of a more…