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1990 – Among the top ten – Nashville's Grand Masters Fiddle Championship
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459:(Doobie Shea Records – DS-CD-1001) / Ray Legere – Gonna Paint the Town
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Vladimir Bogdanov; Chris Woodstra; Stephen Thomas Erlewine (2003).
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1983 – Winner – Open Mandolin Championship – Woodstock Ontario
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for several years and is recorded on the Honour Roll at the
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In 2014 Legere played mandolin on Jared Lutes' album
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