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The Foggy Hogtown Boys is a Canadian bluegrass band, based in Toronto, Ontario.〔("Bluegrass" ), ''Encyclopedia of Music in Canada''〕 The band recorded their first CD live at the Lula Lounge in Toronto in 2004.〔"Foggy Hogtown Boys ready for debut disc". ''Toronto Star'', 15 January 2004.〕 Since then they have recorded several more critically acclaimed CDs.〔("Foggy Hogtown Boys" ), ''The Record Tent''〕〔(FAME Review: Ivan Rosenberg & the Foggy Hogtown Boys - The Hogtown Sessions )〕 Their album "Pigtown Fling" was nominated for two awards at the 3rd Canadian Folk Music Awards, and were nominated again at the 4th and 6th Awards. In 2005, when the band was playing weekly at the Dominion Tavern in Toronto,〔Yelaga, Prithi, "Cleaning up the 'bucket of blood'". ''Toronto Star'', 2 January 2005〕 they were considered to be the best traditional bluegrass band in the city.〔Quill, Greg, "Beyond the Pale, Creaking Trees build on common ground", ''Toronto Star'', 10 February 2005〕 In 2006 the band toured western Canada, performing at Millennium Place in Whistler, BC and at the Kootenay Bluegrass Society.〔Mitchell, Andrew, (Foggy Hogtown Boys pickin and grinnin ), ''Pique News Magazine'', 3 March 2006〕 In 2007 the Foggy Hogtown Boys played a double bill with the American band the Grascals at the Silver Dollar tavern in Toronto.〔("Splendour in the Grass" ), ''NOW'', August 2007〕 That year they also performed at a concert organized by the Pineridge Bluegrass Folklore Society in Oshawa, Ontario,〔Strings, newsletter of the Pineridge Bluegrass Folklore Society, November 2007〕 and at the Calgary Folk Music Festival in Alberta. In 2011 the band took part in the Hudson Music Festival in Quebec.〔("Foggy Hogtown Boys" ), Hudson Village Theatre, July 2011〕 Members of the Foggy Hogtown Boys include John Showman on fiddle and Andrew Collins on Mandolin,〔 Chris Coole on guitar, Chris Quinn on banjo. Bass was played until 2007 by John McNaughton, and after that by Max Heineman.〔〔 Showman, Collins and Quinn also play in Creaking Tree String Quartet, a less traditional group,〔 and Showman also plays in New Country Rehab. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Foggy Hogtown Boys」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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