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Subject: RE: RadioNewfoundland.net From: Beer Date: 18 Jan 07 - 07:49 PM Yes meself, like Richard Wood. |
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Subject: RE: RadioNewfoundland.net From: GUEST,meself Date: 18 Jan 07 - 07:53 PM I think that would've been his band after Josie Pye (don't quote me on any of this). Saw them a number of times, too; and got a Jar O' Comfort CD that I like to listen to from time to time. |
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Subject: RE: RadioNewfoundland.net From: number 6 Date: 18 Jan 07 - 08:00 PM They're are some outstanding fiddlers (and musicians) here on the East Coast period. Man ... this thread is pretty interesting .. it's good to see some Canadian East Coasters here on the Cat! biLL |
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Subject: RE: RadioNewfoundland.net From: Bee Date: 18 Jan 07 - 08:15 PM I shouldn't be surprised to see so many of us attracted to Mudcat - we've got the music in us, eh? Guest Nick, if you'd toured the South, Western, and French Shores of NS you'd have encountered communities of mostly German descent and mostly Acadian descent, and of course we have a First Nations presence all over, which includes some fine musicians and artists as well. The Bear River First Nations community years ago used to host a very nice music festival, heard some great music there. |
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Subject: RE: RadioNewfoundland.net From: Beer Date: 18 Jan 07 - 08:17 PM I have two of Gordon's c/d. Both in front of me. "Jar O"Comfort" and "Reel in the Flickering Light". Couldn't agree with you more biLL. For me living in Quebec it is a wonderful feeling to communicate with people "I know". Means a lot. Beer (adrien) |
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Subject: RE: RadioNewfoundland.net From: GUEST,meself Date: 18 Jan 07 - 08:49 PM I played (in a band) at the Bear River Festival once - I think it may have been the first one. Great people, great place, great time ... And Richard Wood - he's an extraordinary talent. Has a new CD coming out, with J.P. Cormier - speaking of extraordinary talents ... But there's a whole whack of younger ones for whom people like Richard, Nathalie MacMaster, Ashley MacIsaac were inspirations - they still seem young to us, but today's 18 and 19-year-olds have grown up listening to them! |
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Subject: RE: RadioNewfoundland.net From: number 6 Date: 18 Jan 07 - 09:05 PM I'll put a plug in for guitarists Scott MacMillan, and Brian Drake ... musicians extraordnaire. A young new musician I just saw recently ... a transplant from Britain who now makes Nova Scotia his home ... Andrew White. biLL |
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Subject: RE: RadioNewfoundland.net From: Beer Date: 18 Jan 07 - 09:09 PM J.P and Richard?? Wow!! It can't go wrong. That is going to be a winner. |
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Subject: RE: RadioNewfoundland.net From: Bee Date: 18 Jan 07 - 09:23 PM Adrien Sala Just to show we're not averse to western music - I really like Adrien Sala, young Winnipeg feller. Some samples on his site. |
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Subject: RE: RadioNewfoundland.net From: GUEST,meself Date: 18 Jan 07 - 09:35 PM Yer link don't work dare buddy ... |
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Subject: RE: RadioNewfoundland.net From: Beer Date: 18 Jan 07 - 09:40 PM Bee. Just finished listening to Adrien sala. Very good and different. Just what i like. Also has a good name. Beer (adrien) |
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Subject: RE: RadioNewfoundland.net From: katlaughing Date: 18 Jan 07 - 10:08 PM Hmmm...I am going to put a trace on this thread, so I can find it when we finally get to take our trip to My dad always said some of our Hudsons went north from Boston as they were loyalists, but I haven't been able to trace that. I have also wondered if my great-grandmother, who was a "Fountain" born in "Upper Middlesboro" may have descended from French, too, i.e. if there once was a"La" in front of Fountain. kat (ancestor-worshipper, well, that's what my dad called me:-) |
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Subject: RE: RadioNewfoundland.net From: Bee Date: 18 Jan 07 - 10:08 PM http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=81204237 Try again: it's myspace, huge long url. Adrien Sala. |
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Subject: RE: RadioNewfoundland.net From: Bee Date: 18 Jan 07 - 10:11 PM Kat, I knew Hudsons from Albert Co., New Brunswick. They used to have a big guest ranch, stables, etc. I knew one of their sons who moved to NS. |
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Subject: RE: RadioNewfoundland.net From: GUEST,meself Date: 18 Jan 07 - 10:22 PM Yeah, got it now - agreed, buddy sounds pretty good. Kat - When you visit Mova Scotia, you might also to visit Mew Brunswick and Mewfoundland. (Just kiddin' ya ...). |
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Subject: RE: RadioNewfoundland.net From: bobad Date: 18 Jan 07 - 10:28 PM Also kat, if they were French it would have most likely been Lafontaine or La Fontaine. |
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Subject: RE: RadioNewfoundland.net From: katlaughing Date: 18 Jan 07 - 10:57 PM LOL, got me, meself! I just saw that typo..or was it...perhaps the cats are taking over?! Bee, I would imagine there are quite a few up in that area? My great-granddad, which is as far back as I've been able to document, was practically born on the St. Lawrence, in the northern part of New York. Right, bobad, that's what I was thinking, but the cats were doing the typing again, I think. Or maybe it was the other way around. It's kinda funny considering I wound up a "LaFrance" thanks to my French Canadian-American "spousal equivalent." (Heard that term on a game show last night. I don't like the usual terms, so I think I'll start using it.:-) Love the music, have done since hearing it years ago and I know it's in my blood, somewhere! kat |
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Subject: RE: RadioNewfoundland.net From: Jim Lad Date: 18 Jan 07 - 11:04 PM Guest Meself: Where are you? |
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Subject: RE: RadioNewfoundland.net From: GUEST,meself Date: 18 Jan 07 - 11:10 PM Meself, I'm in Pugwash. Don't tell anyone though. |
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Subject: RE: RadioNewfoundland.net From: Bee Date: 18 Jan 07 - 11:18 PM Meself would be easy to find, though. Stand in the middle of Pugwash and yell: passersby will think you're crazy, but meself would surely hear you, and be bound to respond, being one of us polite Maritimers. ;-D |
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Subject: RE: RadioNewfoundland.net From: number 6 Date: 18 Jan 07 - 11:18 PM The East Coast is full of colourful names as such ... Pocologan, Dipper Harbour, Musquash, Old Red Head, Tidnish, Head of Jeddore ... Sackville (which one) biLL |
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Subject: RE: RadioNewfoundland.net From: Jim Lad Date: 18 Jan 07 - 11:19 PM Ah, Good for you. Never had a reason to drop in there. I really miss the winter storms in Margaree though. Just wanted to know. Thanks. |
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Subject: RE: RadioNewfoundland.net From: GUEST,meself Date: 18 Jan 07 - 11:54 PM "Never had a reason to drop in there." No, I'm afraid it ain't exactly a happenin' place ... ! |
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Subject: RE: RadioNewfoundland.net From: Jim Lad Date: 19 Jan 07 - 12:06 AM No, no no. I would have to leave the highway is what I meant. And besides, "Ain't exactly a happenin' place ... !" is my kinda place. Why do you think I chose Margaree? I'll get a chance to drop some day. |
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Subject: RE: RadioNewfoundland.net From: gnu Date: 19 Jan 07 - 07:05 AM Sorry for getting my Irish up, meself and Terry McDonald, by misinterpreting your posts. Friendly ribbing is fine with me. Yes, there are many English in Atlantic Canada. |
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Subject: RE: RadioNewfoundland.net From: GUEST,Terry McDonald Date: 19 Jan 07 - 07:25 AM No problem, gnu! For the record, the best estimate of English to Irish in Newfoundland is 60:40. (source, John Mannion, of MUN). English emigration to North America was immense and constant, with a surge in the 1820s and 1830s when English parishes 'shovelled out their paupers' rather than have to pay them the poor rate. Charlotte Erickson's book 'Invisible Immigrants' is particulary good on the English in the US. You never hear anyone call themselves an English-American, though, unlike all those Irish-Americans and Italian-Americans. Curious! My father (and the five previous generations) was born at Joe Batt's Arm, Fogo island but I'd never call myself a Newfoundland-Englishman.......... re music - for the best English-Newfoundland songs, try Anita Best and Pamela Morgan. |
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Subject: RE: RadioNewfoundland.net From: GUEST,Terry McDonald Date: 19 Jan 07 - 07:33 AM PS - St John's is atypical |
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Subject: RE: RadioNewfoundland.net From: GUEST,meself Date: 19 Jan 07 - 08:01 AM Likewise, gnu - no problem. I should have "signalled" in my original post that I wasn't really being serious ... A person would have to be a pretty miserable cuss not to appreciate the way the non-English, if I can put it that way, have enriched the cultural life of Atlantic Canada ... |
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Subject: RE: RadioNewfoundland.net From: Beer Date: 19 Jan 07 - 08:41 AM I hear from all weather reports that you folks down-home are in for some nasty weather later today. Don't forget to stock up from the bootleggers on the way home from work. |
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Subject: RE: RadioNewfoundland.net From: Bee Date: 19 Jan 07 - 08:49 AM Beer, you should know the bootleggers are for after the weather sets in and you can't make it as far as the likker store. |
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Subject: RE: RadioNewfoundland.net From: Mooh Date: 19 Jan 07 - 09:08 AM Beer & meself...Saw Gordon Belsher and Cynthia MacLeod at the Goderich (Ontario) Celtic Roots Festival maybe 3 years ago and they were terrific. A few weeks later we saw them in a nice little pub in Charlottetown (PEI) and they were even better. Her family was very welcoming and we really felt like we belonged. Everywhere we went there were posters for their shows. Someday we hope to get to Newfoundland (and Labrador!) too. Peace, Mooh. |
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Subject: RE: RadioNewfoundland.net From: GUEST,Number 6 Date: 19 Jan 07 - 09:28 AM Many don't realize there is a rich Afro Canadian cultural heritage in East Coast Canada. I beleive it deserves mention here in this thread. Many have roots to this part of the country dating back to the Empire Loyalst immigration ... these people have also contributed considerably to the music here .... 2 of these which I'll mention are the late George Hector of New Brunswick, a musician who who did much in popularizing country music in this province and the other Joe Sealy a jazz musician from Halifax whose album Africaville is suite of music based on the tragic situation of urban renewal and relocation of the black settlement outside of Halifax. biLL |
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Subject: RE: RadioNewfoundland.net From: GUEST,meself Date: 19 Jan 07 - 10:57 AM Speaking of which, check out the McCready Brothers, from Truro, if you like the folk blues. Jim is an absolutely top-notch harmonica-player; his brother A.T. plays finger-picking guitar, and sings in a warm and passionate style reminiscent of Mississippi John Hurt: http://www.geocities.com/mccreadybrothers/home.html ... Unfortunately, the samples on their site don't seem to be working. If I come across some anywhere else, I'll let you know. However, I thought their CD was so good that I bought about four extra copies to give away ... and I'm a notorious tight-wad ... http://www.geocities.com/mccreadybrothers/home.html (That's supposed to be a blue-clicky thingy ... ) |
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Subject: RE: RadioNewfoundland.net From: number 6 Date: 19 Jan 07 - 11:20 AM I've caught their act meself. Excellent. Thanks for mentioning them. biLL |
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Subject: RE: RadioNewfoundland.net From: gnu Date: 19 Jan 07 - 12:30 PM I know this is again "off the subject", but, I just chuckled to myself.... sIx... is it true that Saint John (Saint John is in NB while St. John's is in NF; sometimes confused) is known as "The Loyalist City"? Is it also true that Saint John is known as "The most Irish city in North America"? (Of course, now that Miramichi is a city, the latter might be contended.) Or, did I hear Elsie wrong? (Elsie Wayne, a most colourful and well respected former mayor of Saint John... to many... not all... hehehe) I wonder if such "Loyalist Irish" have "God Bless England" as their anthem.... hehehe... hey, just friendly ribbing. |
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Subject: RE: RadioNewfoundland.net From: GUEST,Terry McDonald Date: 19 Jan 07 - 12:46 PM Yup, Saint John is THE Loyalist city. After the War of Independence some 40,000 people moved out of the new USA into what is now Canada and 32,000 of them went to what was then called Nova Scotia. The greatest number settled in and around the St John river valley and the Bay of Fundy. 'New Brunswick' (named after Britain's Hanovarian monarchs) was created from the old Nova Scotia. |
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Subject: RE: RadioNewfoundland.net From: number 6 Date: 19 Jan 07 - 04:06 PM It is a paradox gnu .... they still celebrate Loyalist Day in June ... the Irish flags still flutter on Princess Street. I have heard Saint John has the highest Irish population per capita next to Boston ... the city still does have strong emotional ties to that city, and in some ways it resembles a small Boston. The fire department is Irish, the police Department Loyalist, the Irish kids go to St. Malachy's, the Loyalist kids to Saint John High, The Irish vote Liberal, the Loyalist vote Conservative ... but the biggest celebration of the year in this city is St. Patricks Day, and everyone whether Irish or Loyalist are on on the streets and jammed into O'Leary's Bar. Bottom line is ... it works, no animosity or hypocracy ... both get a long in this city and have for years. Elsie Wayne ... I sure wish she was still Mayor ... man she kicked butt when she was, ended the corruption that infiltrated City Hall ... too bad she she couldn't cut it when she was our MP in Ottawa ... but her old ways and believes couldn't work it federal politics. biLL |
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Subject: RE: RadioNewfoundland.net From: Beer Date: 19 Jan 07 - 04:25 PM Listening to a great little ditty on Radio 930. Salt Water Joys by Buddy What's His Name and The Other Fellow. They can bring a tear to your eye with their antics or with their melodies. |
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Subject: RE: RadioNewfoundland.net From: GUEST,Nick Date: 19 Jan 07 - 07:44 PM Speaking of the connection of Boston & St John, ever hear the tune, Boston and St John by Great Big Sea? Written not too long ago. (8 years?) One thing that impresses me is the new music that keeps coming out of this region. I know so many folks have been forced into economic migration from the coast, or the ocean for that matter, but the ones who remain and the ones who remember are fiercly loyal to the region, and it's music. It's a passion you cant mistake when you hear the tunes. The band my wife & I saw at the Dublin Pub was called "Boys next door" Two brothers and another guy who was bassist and keyboards. I know as of last year one brother went on to seek a teaching certificate but the band was still alive. And still worth checking out I would think. They were great! Oh well have enjoyed all the input on this thread, think of myself as a Newfoundlander by Choice, have to get there someday. Whack Fall The Day Nick |
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Subject: RE: RadioNewfoundland.net From: Beer Date: 19 Jan 07 - 08:33 PM Nick. If I may suggest, try and make it for the first weekend in August for the Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival, it is a time (party) you will never forget. Some of you on this thread know that I run a Folk Festival (www.ormstownmusicfestival.com) and I consider us pretty friendly and want to make everyone welcome. Well Newfoundland wins hands down. Talk about loyalty, spirit, and togetherness, it's there all wrapped up in one beautiful package that you can;t help but marvel at. |
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Subject: RE: RadioNewfoundland.net From: number 6 Date: 19 Jan 07 - 10:40 PM Sorry Nick ... that song by Great Big Sea is "Boston and St. John's" ... not Saint John. St. John's Newfoundland and Labrador and then there is Saint John, New Brunswick (were I live). The Big fog and smoke as I call it. Don't worry ..Sears make that mistake also ... in the past they have shipped 2 orders for us to St. John's Thanks regardless ... it's worth mentioning the song ... very good! The migration of the youth sadly continues ... but there is a dermination amoung the young to stay ... if they do leave, many vow to return some day. There is a wealth of talent here. biLL |
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Subject: RE: RadioNewfoundland.net From: GEST Date: 21 Jan 07 - 10:10 AM |
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Subject: RE: RadioNewfoundland.net From: Beer Date: 22 Jan 07 - 10:04 AM Friend came by yesterday and gave me 2 c.d's of the tribute to "Omar Blondell" as recorded on c.b.c. in Newfoundland. A real gift. |
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