Annotation:Ontario Swing

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ONTARIO SWING. Canadian, Dance Tune. Composed by New Brunswick fiddler Ned Landry, born in Saint John in 1921. Landry joined Don Messer & The New Brunswick Lumberjacks in the mid-1930's, doing dual duty on harmonica and fiddle. When Messer left the group to go to Charlottetown, Landry took over leadership of the group and remained in that capacity for many years.

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Recorded sources: Condor 977-1489, "Graham & Eleanor Townsend Live at Barre, Vermont." RCA Victor LCP 1001, Ned Landry and his New Brunswick Lumberjacks - "Bowing the Strings With Ned Landry."

See also listing at:
Hear Ned Landry's recording at Ted McGraw's site [1] [2]

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