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Irish Washerwoman / Ten Penny Bit

Type: Audio musical
Contributors: Musician: Joseph Doucette, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Vincent Doucette, gtr
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    oral history

    Tunes from the gramophone

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Emmett Hughes, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:He could jig tunes at 5 or 6 years old; his father would send him to learn tunes from a neighbor's gramophone
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    oral history

    Professionalization of fiddling

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Robert Arsenault, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:professionalization of fiddling in modern era
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    music

    Waldo Munro's Shuffle

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Billy MacInnis, Jr, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Unaccompanied
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    music

    Tennessee Two-Step

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Fenner Myers, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Jim Dobson, gtr; Ken Perlman, bjo
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    oral history

    Hearing his neighbors play

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Johnny Morrissey, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Took up fiddle at 15 or 16; Morrissey would be en route to his grandfather's house and hear the violin played, ("I'd stand, I'd listen"); he had tunes in his head when he was quite young from jigging around the house; at one time jigging was all the music they had for dances
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    music

    Southern Melody / Polo March

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Dave Thomson, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Unaccompanied
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection

    Helene Arsenault Bergeron dances to fiddling of her father Eddy Arsenault: Atlantic Jamboree 1991 (Tunes are Duke of Gordon's Birthday, Sheehan's Reel, & Georgina Campbell)

    Type: Video recording
    Contributors: Musician: Hélène Arsenault Bergeron, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Kevin Chaisson, pno; Amand Arsenault, gtr
  • Date Recorded: 1991
    Collection: Bowing Down Home Video Snippets

    Ralph Hardy plays Walkin' Uptown on mandolin, 2006

    Type: Video recording
    Contributors: Musician: Ralph Hardy, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Ken Perlman, guitar
  • Date Recorded: 2006
    Collection: Bowing Down Home Video Snippets
    music

    Jubilo

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Angus McPhee, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Cynthia Jay Crane, pno; Ken Perlman, bjo
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    music

    Gow's Lament for His 2nd Wife / Braes of Mar / Scourdiness / Maid Behind the Bar / Londonderry Hornpipe / Southern Melody

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: "Young Peter" Chaisson, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Ken Perlman, bjo
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    music

    Archie Stewart's Reel

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Archie Stewart, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Chester MacSwain, gtr; Ken Perlman, bjo
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    music

    Plaza Polka

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Danny MacLean, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Donny MacLean, gtr
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection

    Kirsten Chaisson step-dances to her father Kenny's fiddling: Rollo Bay Scottish Fiddle Festival, 1992

    Type: Video recording
    Contributors: Setting: Rollo Bay Festival, 1992, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Kevin Chaisson, pno
  • Date Recorded: 1992
    Collection: Bowing Down Home Video Snippets
    oral history

    Mouth music in the community

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Teresa MacPhee Wilson, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Used to have tuners sit on side of the fiddler and tune with him, sometimes music they had for dancing; one family could tune and dance at the same time; Jamie MacKinnon came home from Boston and sat on her porch and tuned: you could hear it across the field: examples - "Old man and Woman" and "Lord macDonald's Reel." Children would
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    Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories

    Kenny Chaisson plays medley in A, 1991: Sweetness of Mary, Randy's Reel, Bradley's Reel, & Lady Erskine

    Type: Video recording
    Contributors: Musician: Kenny Chaisson, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Lemmy Chaisson, gtr
  • Date Recorded: 1991
    Collection: Bowing Down Home Video Snippets
    music

    Frank's Jig

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Omar Cheverie, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Unaccompanied
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    music

    Farmer's Reel

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Jim MacDougall, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Darlene Harding, pno; Peter Robinson, bass
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    oral history

    Kings County Farmlife

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Harold Dockendorff, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Mixed farming: what was on the farm
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories

    Elliott Wight plays Trip to Windsor & Mrs. McLeod of Rasay, 1992

    Type: Video recording
    Contributors: Musician: Elliott Wight, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Judy Lowe, pno
  • Date Recorded: 1992
    Collection: Bowing Down Home Video Snippets
    music

    Flicker's Reel, The

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: David Gaudet, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Robert Gallant, pno; Cecil Arsenault, gtr
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    music

    Pigeon on the Gatepost / Pride of the Ball

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Elmer Robinson, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Bernice Leard, pno; Eugene Gallant, gtr
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    oral history

    Smith's style of tune learning

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Reuben Smith, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:If he heard a tune he liked at a dance he would take a crack at it when he went home; he could get them in his mind pretty easily; you learn the ones you like better; you can always tell someone who plays by ear, because you get all the extra details: they play "snappy music"
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    music

    Sandy MacIntyre's Trip to Boston / Growling Old Man

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Dennis Pitre, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Vincent Doucette, gtr
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    oral history

    Arriving fiddler is lionized

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Ervan Sonier, Interviewee: Toussaint Arsenault, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Just like Santa with a sack of toys: the fella with the fiddle; using knitting needles on the back strings for rhythm
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    music

    Family Breakdown

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Peter Arsenault, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Helene Arsenault Bergeron, pno
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    music notation

    HMacDonald#2 (Reel)

    Type: Notated music
    Contributors: Music copyist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:As played by Hector MacDonald
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Musical Notation

    Fiddler Danielle Ross and the Ross Family Band plays her compositions Little House Clog, Chocolate Pop Jig, & Little Dee's Reel, 2006

    Type: Video recording
    Contributors: Musician: Ross Family Band, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Jonathan Ross, pno; Stephanie Ross, gtr; Alex Ross, drums
  • Date Recorded: 2006
    Collection: Bowing Down Home Video Snippets
    music

    Growling Old Man / Blue Mountain Hornpipe

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Leonard McDonald, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Margaret Ross MacKinnon, pno; Claire McDonald, gtr
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection

    Carl & Jackie Webster play Sandy MacIntyre's Trip to Boston & Pigeon on the Gate, 1992

    Type: Video recording
    Contributors: Musician: Carl Webster, Musician: Jackie Webster, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Donnie MacDonald, gtr
  • Date Recorded: 1992
    Collection: Bowing Down Home Video Snippets
    music notation

    The Purple Parrot

    Type: Notated music
    Contributors: Music copyist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:As played by Robert Arsenault
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Musical Notation
    music

    The Miracmichi Fire / Paddy on the Turnpike, A/Setting

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Jackie Biggar, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Ken Perlman, bjo
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection

    Keith Nicholson plays Maple Sugar, 2006

    Type: Video recording
    Contributors: Musician: Keith Nicholson, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Howard Hancock, gtr; Norman Gillis, bass
  • Date Recorded: 2006
    Collection: Bowing Down Home Video Snippets
    oral history

    Company discusses women and fiddling

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Teresa MacPhee Wilson, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:A group discussion: why women were kept from fiddling in the past, why so many young women are playing now
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    oral history

    House parties decline in southeast Queens

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Jimmy Halliday, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:House parties started to go down when they began to install carpets in homes; faded away in 40s and early 50s; television ruined a lot of things; now if you go to visit the TV is on
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    music

    White Cockade / Mrs. McLeod of Rasay

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Francis MacDonald, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Ken Perlman, bjo
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection

    Emmett Hughes play medley of his own compositions, 1991: Melba Tree, Aunt Kitty's Reel, Kathy's Return, & Kathy's Wedding

    Type: Video recording
    Contributors: Musician: Emmett Hughes, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Gary Hughes, pno
  • Date Recorded: 1991
    Collection: Bowing Down Home Video Snippets
    music

    Farmer's Reel

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Peter Arsenault, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Helene Arsenault Bergeron, pno
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    music

    Princess Reel (pno solo)

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Rita Morrison, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Unaccompanied
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    music

    Wgotell Jig #1 / Highland Jig

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Wilfred Gotell, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Kevin Gotell, pno
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    oral history

    Music parties in Evangeline, 1970s (mand)

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Ernie Gallant, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Parties in Egmont Bay among enthusiasts
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    oral history

    Setting up shop on PEI

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Amy Swenson, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:How she got her teaching practice established
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    music

    Growling Old Man

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: David Gaudet, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Robert Gallant, pno; Cecil Arsenault, gtr
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    oral history

    Forerunners

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Hughie McPhee, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Forerunners: this one is the fellow who hears hammering and nails being pulled; it then turns out the neighbors had to pull out the storm door to use to lay out a body when the grandfather died
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    music

    ERobinson reel 1

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Elmer Robinson, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: first unacc, then repeated with Ken Perlman, bjo
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    music

    Farewell to Music

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Roy Johnstone, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Unaccompanied
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    music

    Seaweed Reel

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Ervan Sonier, Musician: Toussaint Arsenault, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Anne-Marie Gallant Arsenault, pno
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    oral history

    lazy no-gooders

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Prince County Fiddlers, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:fiddlers had bad reputation as "lazy no-gooders," which is one reason why women were discouraged (Glenna Bowness)
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    music

    Miss Drummond of Perth / Devil in the Kitchen / Black Mill / Drunken Piper

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Omar Cheverie, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Randy Cheverie, pno
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection

    Edward P Arsenault plays his composition Acadian Reel,1992

    Type: Video recording
    Contributors: Musician: Edward P Arsenault, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Marie Gallant Arsenault, pno
  • Date Recorded: 1992
    Collection: Bowing Down Home Video Snippets

    Pete Doiron plays Kiley's Reel & Devil's Dream, 1991

    Type: Video recording
    Contributors: Musician: Peter Doiron, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Ken Perlman, banjo
  • Date Recorded: 1991
    Collection: Bowing Down Home Video Snippets
    oral history

    Effects of TV and pop culture

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Alvin Bernard, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Wouldn't be the in thing to be playing, the modern music was coming in, by 1960s; fiddling was for the older people; then TV came along and took people's attention elsewhere
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    oral history

    People are not nearly so neighborly

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Wilfred Gotell, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:How TV changed things; people stopped visiting and grew less sociable
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    oral history

    Communities ask too much of fiddlers

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Fr. Faber MacDonald, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Communities take advantage of fiddlers; ask too much
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    music

    Pigeon on the Gatepost

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Omar Cheverie, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Randy Cheverie, pno
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    music

    Homeward Bound / Jerome's Farewell to Gibraltar

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Joe MacDonald, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Heather Mary MacDonald, pno
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    music

    Looking in the Porch

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Edward P Arsenault, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Marie Arsenault Livingstone, pno; Orren Livingstone, gtr
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    music

    Kenmure's Awa'

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Hugh Gotell, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Ken Perlman, bjo
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    music

    Portencross Castle Strathspey

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Bill MacDonald, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Ken Perlman, bjo
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    music

    Paul's Jig

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Mary Smith & Friends, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Mary Cousins, pno; Trudy Corbett, gtr; Theo Weigers, drums
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    music

    Pigeon on the Gatepost

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Connie Gallant, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Ken Perlman, bjo
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    music

    Irish Washerwoman / Jimmy MacKinnon of Smelt Brook

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: David Gaudet, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Robert Gallant, pno; Cecil Arsenault, gtr
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection

    Helene Arsenault dances to the music of her father Eddy: Rollo Bay Scottish Fiddle Festival, 1992 (tune is Princess Reel)

    Type: Video recording
    Contributors: Setting: Rollo Bay Festival, 1992, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Philippe Leblanc, pno; Grady Poe, guitar
  • Date Recorded: 1992
    Collection: Bowing Down Home Video Snippets
    music

    Princess Reel

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Ervan Sonier, Musician: Toussaint Arsenault, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Anne-Marie Gallant Arsenault, pno
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    music

    Ste. Anne's Reel / Ragtime Annie / Southern Melody

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Alton Silliker, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Florence Silliker Young, pno; Eugene Gallant, gtr
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    music

    Spin 'n' Glow / Rose of Tennesse

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Wilfred Gotell, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Kevin Gotell, pno
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    oral history

    A two-day wedding

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Hilda MacPhee MacDonald, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:A two-day wedding in Fort Augustus:
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    music

    Princess Reel

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Joe Albert, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Ivan Albert, gtr
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    music

    President Garfield's Hornpipe

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Warren Leard, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Bernice Leard, pno; Eugene Gallant, gtr
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    music

    QCFiddlers Jig 1 / Irishman's Heart to the Ladies / QCFiddlers Jig 2

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Queens County Fiddlers, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: unknown
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    music

    Patsy MacDonald's Reel

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Jimmy Banks, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Unaccompanied
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    music

    Duke of Gordon's Birthday / Sheehan's Reel / Heather on the Hill / Poppy Leaf / College Hornpipe

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: "Young Peter" Chaisson, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Kevin Chaisson, gtr
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    oral history

    Fiddling becomes career path

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Ward MacDonald, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Fiddling now a career path; It helped attract youngsters to the instrument
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    music

    Northside Tune

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Johnny Joe Chaisson, Musician: Phonsey Chaisson, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Mary Chaisson, pno
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    music notation

    Family Ties

    Type: Notated music
    Contributors: Music copyist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:As played by Teresa Wilson
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Musical Notation
    music

    Ste. Anne's Reel

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Jimmy O'Connor, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Dot MacCauley, gtr
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    oral history

    Music in North Rustico (Mary Smith Band)

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Mary Smith, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Smith's father played mouth organ and a little fiddle, a great story teller; Leo Allen and Alphonse Gallant were the main fiddlers around; everyone step danced; there were always people coming to the house and there'd be a big meal and some music; her father used to jig for dancing some time; the Lancers was the dominant style of
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    Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    music

    Acadian Reel (1992)

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Edward P Arsenault, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Marie Gallant Arsenault, pno
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    music

    Archie Menzies / Fisher's Hornpipe

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Omar Cheverie, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Randy Cheverie, pno
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    music

    Acadian Breakdown

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Edward P Arsenault, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Marie Gallant Arsenault, pno
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    oral history

    St. Andrews Parish Picnic

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Joe MacDonald, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Description of carnival atmosphere at Parish picnics
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    oral history

    The breakdown, or eight hand reel

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Largus MacInnis, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Breakdowns (8-Hand reels)
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    music

    Kiley's Reel

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Peter Doiron, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Ken Perlman, bjo
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    music

    Miramichi Fire, The

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Emmett Hughes, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Gary Hughes, pno
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection

    Jimmy Banks plays Judique Reel, 1991

    Type: Video recording
    Contributors: Musician: Jimmy Banks, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Unaccompanied
  • Date Recorded: 1991
    Collection: Bowing Down Home Video Snippets
    oral history

    Valedictory

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Omar Cheverie, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:That feller knows how to play a fiddle
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    music

    Ste. Anne's Reel

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Wilfred Gotell, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Kevin Gotell, pno
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    music

    Homeward Bound / Ste. Anne's Reel

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Stephen Toole, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Margaret Ross MacKinnon, pno
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    oral history

    Fiddling as gift from God

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Fr. Faber MacDonald, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Gifts are given to us not for ourselves
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    music

    PDoiron Reel 2

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Peter Doiron, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: George Brothers, gtr
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    oral history

    They roust Beck out of bed

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Jimmy O'Connor, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Rousting fiddler out of bed to hear him play; fiddlers always felt obliged to play when asked
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    music

    FMacCormack Waltz 3

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Francis MacCormack, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: George MacDonald, pno
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection

    Murray Harbour Six play Golden Slippers, 2006

    Type: Video recording
    Contributors: Musician: Murray Harbour Six, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Unaccompanied
  • Date Recorded: 2006
    Collection: Bowing Down Home Video Snippets
    music

    Quadrille Waltz

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Leo Farrell, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Unaccompanied
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection

    Archie Stewart plays Pigeon on the Gatepost, 1991

    Type: Video recording
    Contributors: Musician: Archie Stewart, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Chester MacSwain, gtr; Ken Perlman, banjo
  • Date Recorded: 1991
    Collection: Bowing Down Home Video Snippets
    music

    Cotton-Eyed Joe

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Dennis Pitre, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Vincent Doucette, gtr
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    music

    A-minor Reel

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Attwood O'Connor, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Stanley Bruce, gtr; Mac MacKinnon, mand
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    music

    Royal Scots Polka / Mrs. MacPherson of Inveran / Old French

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Sterling Baker, Musician, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Duncan Matheson, pno
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    music

    Ste. Anne's Reel

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Elmer Robinson, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: John Cousins, gtr; Ken Perlman, bjo
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    music

    OPChaisson Reel 2 / Braes of Auchtertyre / OPChaisson Reel 3

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: "Old Peter" Chaisson, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Kevin Chaisson, pno
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection

    Perlman, Ken

    Type: Photograph
    Contributors: Depicted: Ken Perlman
    Collection: Bowing Down Home Images
    music

    Glencoe March RWood Reel 1 / RWood Reel 2 / RWood Reel 3

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Richard Wood, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Unaccompanied
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection

    Richard Wood dances in the "Tuning Shed" Rollo Bay Scottish Fiddle Festival, 1991; fiddler is Paul MacDonald; Ashley MacIsaac of Cape Breton is at the piano

    Type: Video recording
    Contributors: Setting: Rollo Bay Festival, 1991, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Unaccompanied
  • Date Recorded: 1991
    Collection: Bowing Down Home Video Snippets
    oral history

    Old-fashioned Island step-dancing

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Jimmy Banks, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Stepdancers would get up and compete with each other, several at once; best style was smooth, not too much body action: just work from hips down; in his day they only danced to reels and each dancer had their own special tune
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    oral history

    Sneaking the fiddle

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Jim MacDougall, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Takes fiddle when father goes to Summerside
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    music

    Miramichi Fire, The

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Edward P Arsenault, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Marie Gallant Arsenault, pno; Ken Perlman, bjo
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    music

    Lord MacDonald's Reel

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Louise Gallant Arsenault, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Philippe Leblanc, pno
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    oral history

    The fiddling Santa

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Teresa MacPhee Wilson, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:At a Christmas concert, Teresa's father Mall MacPhee is a fiddling Santa
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    music notation

    RWood#3 (Reel)

    Type: Notated music
    Contributors: Music copyist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:As played by Richard Wood
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Musical Notation

    Margaret Ross MacKinnon accompanies Johnny Morrissey, 1992 (tune is Girl I Left Behind)

    Type: Video recording
    Contributors: Musician: Margaret Ross MacKinnon, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Unaccompanied
  • Date Recorded: 1992
    Collection: Bowing Down Home Video Snippets
    oral history

    Basket socials

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Ervin Rafferty, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Auctioned a basket of food, had a card game and then a dance
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    music

    Carlton County Breakdown

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Victor Doucette, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Vincent Doucette, gtr; Cathy Doucette, bass
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    music

    John Honoree Reel #1 / John Honoree Reel #2

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Edward P Arsenault, Recordist: Ken Perlman, Musician: Marie Arsenault Livingstone
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Orrin Livingstone, gtr
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    oral history

    Prince County Pioneers play dance halls

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: John Gauthier, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:The Prince County Pioneers; where they played, how they got around
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    music

    Colonel Robertson

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Jimmy Halliday, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Eddie Martin, pno
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    oral history

    Joe Pete & his brothers learn on the sly

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: "Young Peter" Chaisson, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Chaisson's grandfather didn't want any of his sons to play, but they learned on the sly
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    music

    MacNab's Hornpipe / CJWebster06 Reel 7

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Carl Webster, Musician: Jackie Webster, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Ken Perlman, bjo
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    oral history

    How EP Arsenault got started

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Edward P Arsenault, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Wife got him a fiddle when he was in 30s; how she helped him learn
  • 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

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