SPACE AVAILABLE. Canadian, March (4/4 time). Canada, Cape Breton. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was composed by Cheticamp, Cape Breton, fiddler, comedian and actor Marcel Doucet (1948-1992), about the difficulty of driving trucks on bridges while on a visit to Labrador[1].
Additional notes Source for notated version : - S
Printed sources : - S
Recorded sources : - Rounder 7011, "The Beatons of Mabou: Scottish Violin Music from Cape Breton" (1978). SR-CD-03, Samantha Robichaud - "Twistin' the Bow" (2001). Ashley MacIsaac - "Fine Thank You Very Much"
See also listing at : Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [1]
Hear the tune played by P.E.I. fiddler Eddy Arsenault at Bowing Down Home site [2]
↑There is one uncorroborated report that Doucet's title came from the words "Space Available" on the back of an airline ticket, notice when he was touring Austria.
