4 Minute Review of the sites, music and history of Newfoundland Canada.
Written & Produced by John Lovelace
John Lovelace’s Canada – 1 hour Special
This unique odyssey is a special heartfelt collection of John Lovelace’s journeys from the eastern seaboard to the Pacific Coast of Canada.
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Duration : 0:3:59
john prince & a peice of the rock. this band helped to promote Newfoundland music in the toronto area for over 10 years that the band was together. they also had influences of bluegrass, celtic, irish and old time country. all the members of the band sang and you’d hear the 4 part harmony texture that in my opinion was similar to that of bands like the country gentlemen or another band called the seldom scene who both had similar strong vocal harmonies. each member or the band was very strong instrumentally and multi instrumentalists as well. this is made apparent in some of their instrumental pieces. location is ossie branscombes music store on danforth ave in 1997. the store has since closed its doors. too bad. i guess all good things must end.
Duration : 0:4:17
Tom Paxton’s 1963 lament for a friend, recorded by John Barr aka “Little” John Cameron from High Blantyre, Scotland and Torbay, Newfoundland, Canada [1943-2002] from his album Sit Down, Mr. Music Man ©1967 Boot Records, Toronto. “Little” John Cameron spent his youth in High Blantyre, near Glasgow, Scotland. He attended St. John’s Grammar School in Hamilton, Scotland, and started playing as a solo folk singer in local bars and clubs around 1966. His local pub was Hasties Farm where it is said he was allowed to stay after hours. He was a motorcycle fanatic back then and lived alone as his mother had re-wed and moved south to England. John moved to Toronto in 1968 when he was 25, and added “Little” to his name to distinguish it from the Maritime folksinger John Allan Cameron [1938-2006]. After a decade on the city’s music circuit, Little John Cameron came to Newfoundland as a member of the Sons of Erin. When he left that group, he became a popular entertainer in the St. John’s club scene and frequently toured the outports where he is still remembered along the coastal ferry routes of those small communities. During 1970, he returned to Scotland where he visited with his friend from way back who supplied GEST with much of the information in this biography. John continued on the pub circuit in Newfoundland until he retired in 1998 due to health. He kept in touch with his friend in Scotland by phone every week until he passed. His music legacy includes 4 singles and 2 albums, Sit Down, Mr. Music Man and Little Johnny Cameron. Our sincere appreciation to Jacqueline and Katy Barr, John’s wife and daughter, for sharing John’s original work with us so we could create this video.
Duration : 0:3:30
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