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oral history

Smith sneaks the fiddle

Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Reuben Smith, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract:
  • Abstract:Getting hold of the fiddle in his father's absence
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
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    Crooked Stovepipe / Down Yonder / Island by the Sea / Redwing

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Reuben Smith, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Kaye MacEachern, pno; Ron Myers, gtr; Theresa Smith, gtr
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    music

    Mrs. Norman MacKeigan

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Reuben Smith, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Kaye MacEachern, pno; Ron Myers, gtr; Theresa Smith, gtr
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    music

    Jackson's Jig

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Reuben Smith, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Kaye MacEachern, pno; Ron Myers, gtr; Theresa Smith, gtr
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    music

    Joys of Wedlock / Highland Jig

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Reuben Smith, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Kaye MacEachern, pno; Ron Myers, gtr; Theresa Smith, 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

    Bluewater Waltz / Too Old to Dream

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Reuben Smith, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Kaye MacEachern, pno; Ron Myers, gtr; Theresa Smith, gtr
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    music

    My Two Sons / Kimmy's Jig

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Reuben Smith, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Kaye MacEachern, pno; Ron Myers, gtr; Theresa Smith, gtr
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    music

    Southern Melody / Polo March

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Reuben Smith, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Kaye MacEachern, pno; Ron Myers, gtr; Theresa Smith, gtr
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection

    Smith, Reuben

    Type: Photograph
    Contributors: Depicted: Reuben Smith
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Reuben Smith waltzes with wife at Tracadie Dance, 1991
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Images, Tracadie Dance, Tracadie Dance - Negatives, 1991
    music

    Pigeon on the Gatepost

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Reuben Smith, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Kaye MacEachern, pno; Ron Myers, gtr; Theresa Smith, gtr
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    music

    RSmith Reel 1

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Reuben Smith, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Kaye MacEachern, pno; Ron Myers, gtr; Theresa Smith, gtr
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection

    Reuben Smith & band play My Two Sons & Kimmy's Jig, 1991

    Type: Video recording
    Contributors: Musician: Reuben Smith, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Kaye MacEachern, pno; Ron Myers, gtr; Theresa Smith, gtr
  • Date Recorded: 1991
    Collection: Bowing Down Home Video Snippets
    music

    Jerry's Beaver Hat / Rosewood Jig

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Reuben Smith, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Kaye MacEachern, pno; Ron Myers, gtr; Theresa Smith, gtr
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection

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