08 - Heart of Gold

A song about the lure of leaving a small town in search of something better...Vocals - David Stone; Fiddle - Andrew Kent; Mandolin, Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Drums, Bass, Harmonies - Ryan Roberts; Harmonies - Roxeen Roberts.

Follow Me

Another about leaving and wanting to stay all the while...I did make it back - took another ten years to get here. David - Vocals; Drums, Bass, Guitars, Harmonies - Ryan Roberts; Steel Guitar - Tommy Detamore.

You Did Your Best

Memories of the countless trips to Sydney in the 70s to visit family...
Vocals - David; Drum, Bass, Guitars, Vocals - Ryan Roberts

Down Ol' Number Four

A song for the early merchant family in this area - Laurence Kavanagh Jr who was one of the main reasons many of the early settlers came to the St Peter's area. His business/estate was on the shores of the bay where Battery Park is today. He had many ships built for his interests in the West Indies Trade. Vocals - David; Guitars/Bass - Glenn MacIsaac; Bouzouki - Darren McMullen; Guitar - Doug Sampson; Harmony - Vince Burke

The Kavanagh Ships

Many Irish settlers landed in the area after the American Revolution and again after the War of 1812. The area between St Peter's Bay and Sporting Mountain along what we call River Tillard today was home to many of them. On the old maps it was called the River Tear...Vocals - David; Guitar/Bass - Glenn McIsaac; Fiddle - Ray Legere; Guitar - Doug Sampson; Harmony - Wendy Owens Abbott and Melanie Ross

The Sweet River Tear

Much of the early economies in pioneer times was based on the barter system - work for goods was at the heart of it all - especially fish along the shores of St Peter's Bay and the Bras d'Or...Vocals - David; Guitars/Bass - Glenn MacIsaac; Harmonies - Vince Burke; Fiddle - Ray Legere

By Mackerel And Herring

An a Capella song about an early bootlegger/moonshiner named Jack Stone from Lynche's River and a regular customer John "Jack Mick" Cameron of St Peter's. Known as Jack the Bridge around home, son of John Stone (Johnny Peggy) and Sarah Campbell (fiddler Donald's daughter). When Jack had a fresh batch of shine ready he would put a sign by the road saying Fresh Eggs...Vocals - David Stone & Vince Burke

Fresh Eggs

A song written around 2007 when I was at the Maritime Museum about an old tale from the Fundy coast of New Brunswick - if an evil lighthouse keeper who partook in the practice of using a "False Light" to aid in the wrecking of ships, a well documented practice from the coasts of England and France - wreckers...Vocals, DADGAD Guitar and Bass - David; Fiddle - Ray Legere

The Wrecker's Light

Many lads from the East coast have put in time on ships on the St Lawrence Seaway and Great Lakes - a song for them - Vocals & Bass: David; Guitars - Doug Sampson; Fiddle: Allie Bennett

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