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Eric and Evelyn were avid musicians, in the old-time country tradition of the Ottawa Valley. They enlisted fellow musicians and recorded their favorite fiddle tunes on a series of cassette albums.

Then, inspired to encourage other old-time country musicians and fans, they organized a series of annual fiddlers jamborees, held on the first Saturday evening in November at Pine Lodge in Bristol, Quebec. Old-time country aficionados knew to arrive early in order to have a seat. The players ranged from the very young to the very old, accompanying fiddle music with piano, guitar, bass, and banjo.

2

Eric Campbell, fiddler
1989
SongShop Recording Studio, Shawville, Quebec

Credits:
video still by Robert Wills

3

Evelyn Campbell, guitar player, singer, farmer, photographer
1988
SongShop Recording Studio, Shawville, Quebec

Credits:
video still by Robert Wills

4

Cover art for Old Time Country volume 1
1988
SongShop Recording Studio, Shawville, Quebec

Credits:
original drawing by Elke Bzdurreck, adapted by Robert Wills

5

Betty Cameron, piano player.
1988
SongShop Recording Studio, Shawville, Quebec

Credits:
video still by Robert Wills

6

Basil Hodgins, jaw harp, harmonica player, songwriter
1989
SongShop Recording Studio, Shawville, Quebec

Credits:
video still by Robert Wills

7

Norval McNeil, farmer, fiddler
1989
SongShop Recording Studio, Shawville, Quebec

Credits:
photo by Robert Wills

8

Norval McNeil tells about old-time community entertainment
mid-20th Century
SongShop Recording Studio, Shawville, Quebec

Credits:
part of the Old-Time Country recording series

9

Eric tells his reason for recording the Old-Time Country series
1989
SongShop Recording Studio, Shawville, Quebec

Credits:
part of the Old-Time Country series of recordings

10

Old Time Country music was featured on Wayne Rostad's Country Report, for its final episode
1989 or 90
SongShop Recording Studio, Shawville, Quebec

Credits:
photo by Marilee DeLombard

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Cover art for Fiddlers of the Past, volume two of the Old Time Country series
1990
SongShop Recording Studio, Shawville, Quebec

Credits:
adapted from old woodcuts by Robert Wills

12

Eric welcomes fans to the first Fiddler's Jamboree at Pine Lodge
Nov. 4, 1989

Credits:
from the Fiddler's Jamboree recordings

13

Claude Cummings, fiddler, banjo player, piano player, a regular at the Fiddler's Jamborees
Nov. 1994
Pine Lodge, Bristol, Quebec

Credits:
clipping from the Equity newspaper

14

MC Joe Quilty introduces Nap Charbonneau, one of the participants at the Fiddler's Jamborees
November, 1989
Pine Lodge, Bristol, Quebec

Credits:
part of the Old Time Country recording series