From Grenville Hall's book of waltzes. Harvey Edgar "Smiley" Bates (1937-1997) came from Kirkland Lake. Smiley was a country singer and instrumentalist who played guitar, banjo and fiddle (among other things) I once saw him play a fiddle made out of a ba...
From the Grenville Hall collection. Smiley Bates (1937-1997) was an old-school country singer and multi-instrumentalist who played all over Ontario for decades. I saw him a few times in the 1970s. He was originally from Kirkland Lake. He was a good flat p...
From the Grenville Hall books. No information on this. A bit of an anomaly, given that all the other tunes are of British Isles or Canadian origin. If you know what it's called, or any more about it, please let us know.
From the Grenville Hall binder of waltzes. Don Pettigrew (1939-1999) was born in Caistor Centre in the Niagara Peninsula. As an OPP officer he moved around Ontario a bit. He spent much of time in Eastern Ontario but ended up in Thunder Bay. I don't know ...
