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Roots Music from the Canadian West |
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Mp3s From The Log Cabin Dance Party: |
The Log Cabin Dance Party (1996) This CD commemorates the Music and the Musicians from the Canadian West during its early settlement. "We came north in 1932 because the south had become a dust bowl. We all had to work for a living and this meant moving from place to place. I remember Dad, Mother and Violet living in a tent one summer. That fall the folks moved into a small two-room log house on the Jack Heyden place. This old log house is still standing today. It looks so tiny you wonder how they managed to get their household goods in it. From the time we arrived in northern Saskatchewan until I joined the army in 1942, we played dances, from Rabbit Lake to Spiritwood, and most of the towns in between, including Medstead, Belbutte and Glaslyn. Mother played the piano, and Bud and I, the violins, and Violet on the guitar. When times were good we were paid a dollar each. Often we played from 9 p.m. until 3 or 4 a.m. for 25 or 50 cents each. We were quite happy to have a little money in our pockets ." Bob Kutz, from 'Links with the Past' - the History of the Belbutte and Bapaume communities. |
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The River Street Blues is a three song demo featuring music from Dale & Laura Budd's 1997 Heritage Show which toured Provincial Parks, Western Development Museums, the Ness Creek Festival and the Saskatoon Jazz Festival. This CD features the ragtime and early jazz and swing styles of music that dominated prairie Dance Halls right up until the 1950's. Mp3 from The River Street Blues: |
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The Ghost Train Blues: Stories from the Canadian West (2004)
features original compositions by Dale & Laura Budd. Mp3's From Ghost Train Blues: |
