Mac Beattie And The Ottawa Valley Melodiers - This Ottawa Valley Of Mine

Tracks

Side 1

		Track Name	Length
	1	This Ottawa Valley of Mine	02:39
	2	Sing a Sweet Lullaby
	3	Carleton County	02:54
	4	Saturday Night Up the Gatineau	02:21
	5	Delta, My Leeds County Home	03:38

Side 2

		Track Name	Length
	1	Train Wreck at Almonte	03:51
	2	Bank Robbery at Cobden	04:20
	3	The Lanark Fire	03:40
	4	My Renfrew County Home	02:32
	5	St. Patrick's Day at Neville's	02:26

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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
Gordie Summers: electric guitar

Songwriting
All songs written by Mac Beattie

Production
Distributed in Canada by London Records of Canada Ltd.

Notes
Record company: Rodeo Records Ltd.

Liner notes:
Making Arnprior, Ontario their home base, Mac and His Melodiers worked out of CHOV-TV and radio in Pembroke, Ontario, and CJOH-TV and local radio stations in Ottawa, Ontario. They were 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 also made several shows with CBC Radio.

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

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

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