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ROBERT STUBBERT. Canadian, Reel. Canada; Cape Breton, Prince Edward Island. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by fiddler Jerry Holland (Inverness, Cape Breton) in honor of Northside, Cape Breton, fiddler Robert Stubbert (b. 1923), father of fiddler Brenda Stubbert.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - Eddy Arsenault (b. 1921, St. Chrysostom, East Prince County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman].

Printed sources : - Cranford (Jerry Holland’s Collection, vol. 1), 1995; No. 119, p. 34. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; p. 75.

Recorded sources: - Flying Fish FF 70572, Frank Ferrel – “Yankee Dreams: Wicked Good Fiddling from New England” (1991). Gael-Linn CEFCD 165, Máire O'Keeffe - " Cóisir/House Party" (1994). Brenda Stubbert - "Tamerac 'er Down" (1987).

See also listing at:
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [1]
Hear selected P.E.I. fiddlers (including Eddy Arsenault) play the tune at Bowing Down Home [2]



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