Mac Beattie And The Ottawa Valley Melodiers - Canadian Folk & Country Songs

Tracks

Side 1

		Track Name	Length
	1	The Good Old Maritimes	02:20
	2	Vancouver Island	02:23
	3	Miner's Holiday	02:54
	4	Red Headed Girl From Quebec	02:48
	5	Paddy Daley	02:46

Side 2

		Track Name	Length
	1	The Washboard Polka	02:38
	2	Take Me Back to the Madawaska Valley	02:25
	3	In a Little Shack Up the Pontiac	02:29
	4	Ross Township's My Home	04:45
	5	Bonnechere Waltz	02:53

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Information/Write-up

Musicians
Mac Beattie: vocals, drums, educated washboard
Reg Hill: fiddle
Gaetan Fairfield: rhythm guitar
Bob Whitney: alto saxophone
Bob Price: piano
Tony Miseferi: bass
Gordon Summers: electric guitar

Songwriting
All songs written by Mac Beattie

Liner notes
Making Arnprior, Ontario their home base, Mac and His Melodiers work out of CHOV-TV and radio in Pembroke, Ontario, and CJOH-TV and local radio stations in Ottawa, Ontario. They are well known across Canada, having represented Ottawa on the CTV Cross Canada Barndance show and through their personal appearances on Don Messer’s Jubilee. They have also made several shows with CBC Radio.

Mac writes all his songs, and more will follow on another LP in the near future.

Members of the group are Reg Hill on fiddle, Gaetan Fairfield on rhythm guitar, Bob Whitney on alto sax, Bob Price on piano, Tony Misferi on bass, Gordie Summers on electric guitar, and Mac Beattie with his educated washboard, drums, and vocals.

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