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Bob & Lynn Dixon

Aren't they cute!?

About Me

Bob and Lynn Dixon sing songs and play tunes from the old-time tradition—Carter Family, Delmore Brothers, Doc Watson and others—as well as “new” old songs from the likes of Norman Blake, Gillian Welch, and Tim O’Brien. Expect to hear songs about trains, cowboys, outlaws, hard times, good times, lost love, and perhaps a Swedish fiddle tune, a little guitar flatpicking, and some mandolin/fiddle duos.
Bob and Lynn are a “member band” of the Minnesota Bluegrass and Old-Time Music Association (MBOTMA). Bob has placed first in the Senior Division in the Minnesota Flatpicking Guitar Championship at the state fair for the last three years. Bob and Lynn placed third in the MBOTMA Duet Competition in 2006.
Bob & Lynn have performed at many MBOTMA events including the MBOTMA Homegrown Kickoff, the Stone Arch Festival of the Arts, Bill Cagley’s Bluegrass and Old-Time Music Showcase, and at coffee houses and private parties. They are also active in the contradance band ‘Danebodium’.
We can add you to our email list: contact us at [email protected].

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/22/2006
Band Members: Bob: vocals, guitar, 12-string guitar, mandolin

Lynn: vocals, fiddle, guitar, banjo ukelele

Bob and Lynn play in some other bands as well:
Danebodium - plays for contradance and family dances
...Ken Steffenson - fiddle
...Bob Dixon - mandoiin, guitar
...Lynn Dixon - piano, fiddle
...Daniel Leussler - bass

Anytime English Players - plays for English Country Dance
...Ken Steffenson - fiddle
...David Edminster - bassoon, recorder, drum
...Lynn Dixon - piano

The Rhubarbarians - eclectic folk -mostly at Farmers Markets
...Bob Estes et al. Bob & Lynn are guests sometimes.
...See http://www.myspace.com/therhubarbarians.
Influences: Kim & Jim Lansford, Norman & Nancy Blake, Bruce Molsky, Paula Bradley, Jody Stecher & Kate Brislin, The Carter Family, The Delmore Brothers, Charlie Poole, Doc Watson
Sounds Like: old time duets with an occasional swedish fiddle tune

Type of Label: None

My Blog

We will NOT be at the Homegrown Kickoff the Weekend

We have a family emergency and cannot be at the Homegrown Kickoff.  I just talked to Jed (from MBOTMA) and they will find someone to fill our slot.  See you all somewhere down the road.Bob...
Posted by Bob & Lynn Dixon on Wed, 28 May 2008 10:44:00 PST

2 Gigs this weekend - Fri:MBOTMA Fundraiser - Sat: Contra Dance

This weekend, we're playing out both Friday and Saturday nights: here's the details from the email Lynn sent to our email list:Hi all-- This weekend we are the Bob & Lynn Dixon band on Friday and...
Posted by Bob & Lynn Dixon on Wed, 07 May 2008 06:32:00 PST

CD Recording Project

From Bob’s Geezer Guitar Blog:Lynn and I spent last weekend at Seabed studios and completed the ’tracking’ portion of our CD Project. Altogether we recorded for a total of 4 ’h...
Posted by Bob & Lynn Dixon on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:08:00 PST

Dulono’s last weekend

  From Bob’s Geezer Guitar Blog:2 Nights, 4 microphones, 3 guitars, 2 fiddles, 1 mandolin, 2 voices, 1 Friday and 1 Saturday on Easter weekend in March.This was our 2nd stint at Dulono&rsqu...
Posted by Bob & Lynn Dixon on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:35:00 PST

Tentative Set Lists for Mar 21-22 Dulonos gig

While Lynn was at a church committee meeting, I spend some time last night creating set lists for our two nights at Dulono’s this weekend (Fri-Sat 8-midnight).Although we haven’t learned a...
Posted by Bob & Lynn Dixon on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:18:00 PST

Our first real recording sessions

  Another post from Bob's Geezer Guitar Blog:This weekend (Sat, March 8 & Sun, March 9) Lynn and I spent time at Daniel Leussler's studio near University and Raymond (St. Paul Midway area) do...
Posted by Bob & Lynn Dixon on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:03:00 PST

MBOTMA Winter Weekend - a few notes

Bob just posted this on his Geezer Guitar Blog:Lynn and I spent this past weekend (Feb-29 to March-2) at the MBOTMA Winter Bluegrass Weekend. We played at the Europa Room Friday night and were part of...
Posted by Bob & Lynn Dixon on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:40:00 PST

We have just been befriended by Bobs Company!

  So the company I work for now has a presence on myspace - go figure:http://www.myspace.com/tiecommerce  It looks to be the work of a new marketing/web person in our BostonOffice, who is al...
Posted by Bob & Lynn Dixon on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:15:00 PST

Gigs at MBOTMA Winter Bluegrass Weekend

New posting from Bob's Geezer Guitar Blog: The Bob&Lynn band is scheduled to play two sets at the MBOTMA Winter Bluegrass Weekend: the set on Friday night at 9:45 is the type we've done at this f...
Posted by Bob & Lynn Dixon on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:21:00 PST

Our Dulono’s gig last Friday (1/4)

Posted by Bob at http://geezerguitar.blogspot.com/It's Sunday and Lynn and I have sort of recovered from playing 4 hours at Dulono's last Friday. We were amazed but ultimately not surprised at the num...
Posted by Bob & Lynn Dixon on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 05:54:00 PST