CARLETON COUNTY BREAKDOWN. Canadian, Reel. Canada, Prince Edward Island. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by Earl Mitton [1] (1926-1991), a native of Stewiacke, Nova Scotia. He learned to fiddle as a child, and in the 1960's played with his band (The Valley Rhythm Boys) on radio and television out of Saint John, New Brunswick. He appeared on the Don Messer television show and recorded for several Canadian labels. Perlman (1996) notes this is a very popular tune on Prince Edward Island, particularly in the western regions.
Earl Mitton Carleton County, western New Brunswick Province, is adjacent to the state of Maine
Additional notes Source for notated version : - Leonard McDonald (b. 1933, Emyvale, Queens County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman].
Printed sources : - Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; p. 86.
Recorded sources : - Birchmount – BM 503, Earl Mitton and the Valley Rhythm Boys – "Down East Fiddle Favourites" (1958). Rounder CD7014, Dennis Pitre - "Fiddlers of Western Prince Edward Island" (1997).
See also listing at : Hear Earl Mitton's recording at the Internet Archive [2]
Hear New Brunswick electric mandolin and guitar player Ozé Duguay's 1975 recording at youtube.com [3]
Hear/see the tune played on stage in 1979 by New Brunswick fiddler Eloi Leblanc (with stepdancers) at youtube.com [4]
