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'''LORD ALEXANDER'S REEL.''' Canadian, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). Composed by fiddler Abbie Andrews of St. Catharine's, Ontario. | '''LORD ALEXANDER'S REEL.''' Canadian, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). Composed by fiddler Abbie Andrews of St. Catharine's, Ontario. His band, the Canadian Ranch Boys, featured the McMullen Brothers on vocals and guitars (their father was a fiddler who emigrated from Belfast, northern Ireland in 1915), and, later on, a teenage accordionist named Walter Ostanek. They were primarily a dance band, but they featured vocals, comic patter and comedy skits, one of which involved a huge wrestler by the name of Sky Hi Lee, who feigned displeasure that his singer wife, Billie Allen, was not getting her share of the spotlight [http://www.brocku.ca/pcn/SoundsAndScenes/pdfs/hearabouts/Hearabouts%204%20-%20Ranch%20Boys%20and%20Peach%20Pickers.pdf]. | ||
[[File:abbie.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Abbie Andrews and His Canadian Ranch Boys]] | |||
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Biltmor 2310A (78rpm), Abbie Andrews and His Canadian Ranch Boys (early 1950's). Sparton 130R (78rpm), Ward Allen (1955).</font> | ''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Biltmor 2310A (78rpm), Abbie Andrews and His Canadian Ranch Boys (early 1950's). Sparton 130R (78rpm), Ward Allen (1955).</font> | ||
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Hear Don Messer's recording at Ted McGraw's site [http://www.tedmcgraw.com/mp3/Messer.mp3s/mp1LaAcMcKil.mp3] (followed by "[[Mackilmoyle Reel]]"). <br> | |||
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LORD ALEXANDER'S REEL. Canadian, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). Composed by fiddler Abbie Andrews of St. Catharine's, Ontario. His band, the Canadian Ranch Boys, featured the McMullen Brothers on vocals and guitars (their father was a fiddler who emigrated from Belfast, northern Ireland in 1915), and, later on, a teenage accordionist named Walter Ostanek. They were primarily a dance band, but they featured vocals, comic patter and comedy skits, one of which involved a huge wrestler by the name of Sky Hi Lee, who feigned displeasure that his singer wife, Billie Allen, was not getting her share of the spotlight [1].
Source for notated version:
Printed sources:
Recorded sources: Biltmor 2310A (78rpm), Abbie Andrews and His Canadian Ranch Boys (early 1950's). Sparton 130R (78rpm), Ward Allen (1955).
See also listing at:
Hear Don Messer's recording at Ted McGraw's site [2] (followed by "Mackilmoyle Reel").