I’ve been sharing some old Mac Beattie tunes here and they’re so wonderful I’d like to continue for a while. Here’s Madawaska Valley, from 1969.
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The Log Driver’s Song
Here’s another from Mac Beattie and his Ottawa Valley Melodiers: The Log Driver’s Song. TIMBER!!!
Fiddle, Gee-tar and Washboard
Here’s Mac Beattie and the Ottawa Valley Melodiers… I would have loved to have seen this band live!
Nickity Nackaty Now Now Now and other delightful nonsense
Music for a Saturday morning. Here’s Chubby Parker and his Old Time Banjo… Chubby Parker was born in 1876 and passed in 1940. He had an interesting life. He had a degree in electrical engineering, worked for the circus, and along the way became a… Read More
Two new and notable recordings
Two recordings which were released in 2017 have been getting a lot of play at home and in the car lately: Going Home by April Verch and Joe Newberry and Carp Fishing in Missouri by Cathy Barton and Dave Para. April Verch is a super-fine… Read More
Jimmy Driftwood singing Froggie
I could listen to Jimmy Driftwood all day…
Way Out West
Listening to Way Out West, by Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives. This is Marty Stuart’s ode to California, full of twangy surf guitars, excellent songwriting, a taste of far-out gospel and as a bonus, some irresistible instrumentals. This is the kind of record you… Read More
Banjo Practice – Gonna go Huntin’ for the Buffalo
I learned this tune at Midwest Banjo Camp at the beginning of June this year, from Cathy Barton Para. It was in a class about tunes played by Ramona Jones, but I think she got this one from Jimmy Driftwood. This tune is played in… Read More
OK just one more Canadian gem for #Canada150
It’s Murry McLauchlan singing Down by the Henry Moore…
One more Canadian gem
Enjoy this short about the late Wade Hemsworth, one of my fave songwriters and singers. Boys save your money or you’ll all be like me, in the land of the Muskeg and the Shining Birch Tree, The Shining Birch Tree.
27th Street 