GORDON’S OLDE TYME MUSIC
Donegal Jig – Georgian Moon Waltz – Joys of
Quebec – Mary Dear – Waltz Quadrille – Take Me Back – Chinese Breakdown –
Old Jim Smith’s Two-Step – Black Velvet Waltz – Teeswater – Silver and
Gold Two-Step – Dewdrops on the Roses – Little Burnt Potato – When The
Saints Go Marching In – Golden Slippers – Farmers Jamboree – Smile The
While – MacDougall’s Polka – Paint Lake Waltz – Soldier’s Joy
Quebec – Mary Dear – Waltz Quadrille – Take Me Back – Chinese Breakdown –
Old Jim Smith’s Two-Step – Black Velvet Waltz – Teeswater – Silver and
Gold Two-Step – Dewdrops on the Roses – Little Burnt Potato – When The
Saints Go Marching In – Golden Slippers – Farmers Jamboree – Smile The
While – MacDougall’s Polka – Paint Lake Waltz – Soldier’s Joy
In a musical age that has very nearly forgotten what
‘olde-tyme’ music is, every once in awhile a remarkable group that still
plays the old songs pops up. We still have the old 78rpm records, and
even some LP’s that keep a memory alive of what this music was all
about, but rarely do we get to hear it ‘live’ which is what Gordon’s Old
Tyme Music Band is all about. This gifted Canadian group has been
playing it a long time, and they have stayed true to it’s roots and
origins. Well just about. The old upright piano has given way to a
lap electronic keyboard, but be that as it may, it still sounds pretty
close to the original. With Sadie Tiffin tickling the keys, it makes
for the bed rock of this interesting group Mary Hehn is on the guitar,
Alex Robertson tries his hand at the banjo (very old-timey), David Wall
is on the bass, and Gordon Wall is on the violin. These Canadians
prefer to call it the violin, not the fiddle. Bottom line, this is a
group that provides dance music for those in Ontario that still
‘remember’ how to jig, or how to do a reel, or even a Quadrille. Plus
all that great ‘dancing’ music, this wonderful olde tyme group has
managed to find a few pure nuggets of old songs that without this
recording might not ever be heard again. “Little Burnt Potato” is an
example, so perhaps might be the “Farmer’s Jamboree.” We’ve had lots
of Canadian performers and groups come to our festival in LeMars, Iowa,
and I’m passing this CD along to the Rural Roots Music Commission. They
will certainly take out their pens and pencils to mark this one
definitely for ‘olde tyme,’ for that is exactly what it is.
‘olde-tyme’ music is, every once in awhile a remarkable group that still
plays the old songs pops up. We still have the old 78rpm records, and
even some LP’s that keep a memory alive of what this music was all
about, but rarely do we get to hear it ‘live’ which is what Gordon’s Old
Tyme Music Band is all about. This gifted Canadian group has been
playing it a long time, and they have stayed true to it’s roots and
origins. Well just about. The old upright piano has given way to a
lap electronic keyboard, but be that as it may, it still sounds pretty
close to the original. With Sadie Tiffin tickling the keys, it makes
for the bed rock of this interesting group Mary Hehn is on the guitar,
Alex Robertson tries his hand at the banjo (very old-timey), David Wall
is on the bass, and Gordon Wall is on the violin. These Canadians
prefer to call it the violin, not the fiddle. Bottom line, this is a
group that provides dance music for those in Ontario that still
‘remember’ how to jig, or how to do a reel, or even a Quadrille. Plus
all that great ‘dancing’ music, this wonderful olde tyme group has
managed to find a few pure nuggets of old songs that without this
recording might not ever be heard again. “Little Burnt Potato” is an
example, so perhaps might be the “Farmer’s Jamboree.” We’ve had lots
of Canadian performers and groups come to our festival in LeMars, Iowa,
and I’m passing this CD along to the Rural Roots Music Commission. They
will certainly take out their pens and pencils to mark this one
definitely for ‘olde tyme,’ for that is exactly what it is.
Bob Everhart – Reviewer – www.ntcma.net