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The Dixie Flyers: The Guys Behind The Hits

John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 11 June 1971

THE FIRST real opportunity that R&B fans had to know of Dixie Flyers collectively was when they turned up on Aretha's Spirit In The Dark/Don't Play That Song album. At the time Aretha was quoted as saying that the Flyers were one of the best groups of musicians that she had ever encountered.

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