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Road to the Isles / Homeward Bound / Maid Behind the Bar

Type: Audio musical
Contributors: Musician: Fr. Charles Cheverie, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Ken Perlman, bjo
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    oral history

    Fiddling's future on PEI

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Fr. Charles Cheverie, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Good sign for the future: lots of young players at all levels; hopefully this will generate a young audience
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    oral history

    Stigma for public drinking

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Fr. Charles Cheverie, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Drinking customs (behind the shed), fiddler had to drink in public; fiddlers blamed unjustly for violence
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    oral history

    Why more women are playing

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Fr. Charles Cheverie, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Why more young women are now involved in fiddling: end of the stigma; parents are willing to support them if they are interested
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    oral history

    Don Messer's fiddling style

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Fr. Charles Cheverie, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:on Don Messer's playing style & why many locals didn't like it
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    music

    Space Available / Heather on the Hill / Paddy on the Turnpike

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Fr. Charles Cheverie, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Ken Perlman, bjo
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    music

    High Road to Linton, The

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Fr. Charles Cheverie, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Ken Perlman, gtr
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    music

    Pride of the Ball / King's Reel

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Fr. Charles Cheverie, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Ken Perlman, bjo
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    oral history

    Joke about priests and fiddlers

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Fr. Charles Cheverie, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Joke about tune titles and oral learning
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    oral history

    Learning tunes from tadio

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Fr. Charles Cheverie, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Fiddlers have keen ears and pick things up from radio; they then share that with other fiddlers
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    oral history

    Founding of Fiddlers' Society

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Fr. Charles Cheverie, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Founding of PEI Fiddlers' Society; opposition to contests
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    oral history

    Dropouts from Singing Strings

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Fr. Charles Cheverie, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Snags dropouts from classical music program
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    oral history

    Rise and decline of ceilidhs

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Fr. Charles Cheverie, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Too many ceilidhs; too many youngsters making CDs and performing too soon
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    oral history

    Encouraged to try fiddling again

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Fr. Charles Cheverie, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:How he is drawn back into fiddling; taking the reigns of the Queens County Fiddlers
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories

    Fr. Charles Cheverie plays High Road to Linton, 1991

    Type: Video recording
    Contributors: Musician: Fr. Charles Cheverie, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Ken Perlman, guitar
  • Date Recorded: 1991
    Collection: Bowing Down Home Video Snippets

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