"Mostly they'd have a dance in the kitchen. It was all wooden floors. Some of the kitchens was a bit small so they'd have to take out the stove, lift it outdoors in the yard for to make more room for dancing...and they'd play all night and in the morning they'd bring in the stove again for to boil the kettle and have a cup of tea."


         


1.   Blackthorne Stick (2:45) traditional
2.   Vince's Triple (2:14) Vince Collins
3.   Get Me The Accordion Quick (1:35) story about Pop Jim Collins, St. Anne's
4.   Pop's Tune (1:44) traditional learned from Jim Collins, St. Anne's
5.   Old Country Waltz (1:53) traditional learned from Jim Collins, St. Anne's
6.   Reels: Aunt Maggie Gabbin's Tune / St. Anne's Triple (3:24) learned from
       Aunt Maggie Gabbin, a traditional dance tune from St. Anne's, Placentia Bay
7.   Joe Parson's Jig (2:23) traditional
8.   Mick Curran's Tune (Rabbit Sitting In The Bush) (2:52) traditional
       learned from Mick Curran, St. Anne's
9.   Smash The Window / Geese In The Bog / Mike Bennett's Tune / Dirty Dirt Out (5:39)
       traditional medley learned from Jim Collins and Mike Bennett, St. Anne's
10.  Pop's Waltz (2:42) traditional
11.  Copper Sheckle (3:14) traditional
12.  What'll We Do When The Kettle Boils Over / Up To See Grandma (4:27) traditional
13.  Haul Up Your Petticoat (2:14) traditional
14.  Morris' Triple (0:56) traditional, St. Anne's, Placentia Bay
15.  Stories From St. Anne's (6:58) stories of home told by Vince Collins at St. John's, spring of 2001




Produced by Glen Collins & Bob Hallett

Musicians
Vince Collins - button accordions
Glen Collins - guitars, mandolin
Fergus O'Byrne - bodhran, piece of wood
Bob Hallett - tenor banjo, tin & low whistles, bouzouki, feet


All arrangements © Vince & Glen Collins
Original tunes © Vince & Glen Collins
Recorded during the winters of 2000 & 2001 in St. John's, Newfoundland

Recorded by Bob Hallett & Spencer Crewe: except portions of Pop's Tune, Smash the Window, Mick Curran's and Old Country Waltz, recorded by Bob Hallett & Jason Whelan.
Audio segments produced and recorded by Monique Tobin and engineered by Harvey Hyslop.

Engineered by Spencer Crewe, except portions of Pop's Tune, Smash the Window, Mick Curran's and Old Country Waltz, engineered by Jason Whelan.

Mixed by Spencer Crewe and Bob Hallett
Mastered by Donnie Chapman at DC Productions, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
Recorded at the Great Big Sea Studio and the Sound Solution, in St. John's, Newfoundland and Piperstock Studios, Torbay, Newfoundland.


Art Direction by Monique Tobin
Layout and design production by J. Barry
Black & White photography and initial layout assistance by Greg Locke
Cover photo by Glen Collins, dye-transfer by Ned Pratt

Thanks to Spencer Crewe for his patience.
Allan Doyle & Great Big Sea for the loan of instruments and equipment
Bob Hallett appears courtesy of Warner Music Canada & Rounder Records USA Ltd.


This Cd is dedicated to Dorothy Collins, who passed away in April, 2000,
and who loved a night of music at the cabin.




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