Original members of the band were guitarist Bert Baumbach, mandolinist Ken Palmer, harmonica player
Willie P. Bennett, bassist Brian Abbey and Dennis LePage on the banjo. Although lead vocalists Baumbach and Palmer have been continuous members, over the years the band has seen a number of changes in the lineup. Dixie Flyer band members have included: • Guitar:
Bert Baumbach • Fiddle:
Gordon Stobbe, Peter Robertson (miscredited on at least one Boot Records album as "Peter Robinson"), and
John P. Allen. • Mandolin: Ken Palmer (died October 30, 2013) • Bass:
Brian Abbey,
David Zdriluk, Luke Maynard, and Chris Ingram • Banjo:
Dennis LePage, David Jack, David Talbot,
Paul Hurdle, Walter Maynard, and
Darin Parise • Harmonica:
Willie P. Bennett (died February 15, 2008) and
Mike Ethelston • Dobro:
Al Widmeyer,
Blair Heddle,
Darin Parise The Dixie Flyers played at the Carlisle Bluegrass Festival in 1975, The band also played at the Cambridge Millrace Festival and the Blueberry Bluegrass Festival in
Stony Plain, Alberta. They also played several times at the Canterbury Folk Festival in Ingersoll, Ontario. The band performed regularly at the Flint Folk and Bluegrass Festival in Michigan. The band played on briefly without him before going on indefinite hiatus. On October 30, 2013, Ken Palmer died at the age of 65 after a bout of pneumonia contracted after a heart transplant. A few months earlier, in the spring of 2013, the band had been inducted into the London (Ontario) Music Hall of Fame, with both Palmer and Baumbach in attendance. ==Discography==