Allan Kirby and Jim Yates have a total of over 90 years experience playing music for Ontario audiences.  They have played in various groups at the Cobourg Water- front Festival, the Shelter Valley Folk Festival, the Peterborough Folk Festival, The Fred Eaglesmith Charity Picnic, The Mariposa Folk Festival, Palmer Rapids Bluegrass Festival, River Valley Bluegrass Festival, Orono Bluegrass Festival, and more beer joints and concert halls than you want to hear about.  Between them they play guitar, banjo, Dobro, accordion, mandolin, harmonica, concertina, Autoharp, dulcimer and pedal steel guitar.

Allan and Jim met in 1976 on a radio broadcast where they were each performing with different bands. They thought then that it might be fun to get together and make some

music, but it took 25 years before that happened. Finally, in 2001, they began performing as a duo. The result was an eclectic mix of acoustic music, ranging from folk, old-time country, rockabilly and bluegrass, to jazz and swing.

Jim and Al released their first recording, Sittin' In The Kitchen, in July, 2005.  This recording reveals some of the range of music styles played by Kirby & Yates, two veteran musicians who seek out unique musical material and interpret it their own way.

Sittin' In The Kitchen contains:  

1.   Creole Belle ( Mississippi John Hurt)

2.   High Heels in the Rain (Fred Eaglesmith)

3.   Fishers Swingpipe -(traditional; arr: Allan Kirby, Jim Yates)

4.   Big River (John. R. Cash)

5.   When You and I Were Young, Maggie (traditional)

6.   Sittin' in the Kitchen (Bob Snider)

7.   Honeymoon Waltz (traditional)

8.   Pallet on the Floor (traditional)

9.   Coralie (Allan Kirby)

10. Jack of Diamonds (traditional)

11. Bully of the Town (traditional)

12. Complicity (Bernie Martin)

13. Maggie's Anniversary Waltz (Jim Yates)

14. Creole Belle Reprise ( Mississippi John Hurt)

Allan Kirby: Guitar, Banjo, Dobro, Vocals     

Jim Yates: Guitar, Mandolin, Banjo, Harmonica, Concertina, Vocals

David "Zeke" Mazurek: Fiddle     

Dickson Raynard: Bass      

Paul Johnson: Bass

Mixed and Mastered at  Through The Cedars Music Productions,

Prince Edward County , Ontario

Al Kirby and Jim Yates are also the banjo and mandolin players in the  bluegrass group McCormick.

View more about Al and Jim at www.myspace.com/kirbyyatesmazurek 

PETERBOROUGH Venues that KIRBY AND YATES has PERFORMed in: 
Cinema 379, The Red Dog, Peterborough Folk Festival,  The Peterborough Zoo Gazebo, The Rock Haven, Del Crary Park, Cosmic Charlie's, Alan Nunn Theatre, Lang Pioneer Village  

Contact Information FOR KIRBY AND YATES:
E-Mail: jim14076@hotmail.com  or northbluebanjo@hotmail.com  

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