John Allan Cameron and Family
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- John Allan Cameron grew up in Cape Breton and was raised in a musical family. His uncle Dan R. MacDonald was a brillaint composer and character. His brother John Donald is a great fiddler. His mother played the fiddle and sang. John Allan passed away today and I wanted to put up some footage from a 70's CBC video of him and his family. I am finishing a book on John Allan's uncle so I have a fondness for the Cameron family and want those who don't know them to get a glimpse of this musical family.
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I really miss John Allan, I have every album he ever recorded, including the album Fiddle: Cape Breton Symphony, and I have purchased every cd remaster I can find. I was lucky enough to shake hands with him when he played at the Shawville Fair in 1981. He was as geniuine a person could be, a great human being. His talents were vastly underrated as a virtuoso guitarist, especially on that Martin 12 string he had! My favourite album, sadly went the the delete bins, it was called WEDDINGS WAKES AND OTHER THINGS and on it was full side of phenonmenal guitar playing. I still play his records and cds daily, and I have 95 of his recordings on my Samsung Galaxy. I sang many of his songs to my daughters and now I sing them to my son. The Irish Miner, from Get There By Dawn, is one of their favourites.
I get goosebumps when I hear the intro to AND THE BAND PLAYED WALTZING MATILDA, the most amazing song on his FREEBORN MAN lp. He was the BEST and his legacy continues to this very day.
A shout out to John Donald, please re release WEDDINGS WAKES AND OTHER THINGS in it's ENTIRETY on CD! and FREEBORN MAN ON CD AS WELL!!!!
Please John Donald, you have released 3 of his original albums, but still LORD OF THE DANCE, FREEBORN MAN, WEDDINGS WAKES I am still waiting!
Thank you CAMERON family for keeping JOHN ALLAN'S MUSIC LEGACY ALIVE IN 2016!
Sincerely,
John
First time my Dad and I went over to Scotland - I was 10 . On that flight over was John Allan. It was a ceilidh at 40,000 feet. We were all singing away as we came into land at the old Prestwick airport. Great memories with my Dad.
I remember when I went to an Anne Murray concert in Halifax in the seventies and he opened for her. OMG....had NO idea how funny he was. Nearly stole the show. After that I'd go see him when he had his own live show.
Now thats tradition. Cape Breton, a beautiful place with beautiful people. A piece of heaven on earth. Thanks for sharing the video.
Sam
A truly great Canadian in every sense of the word.
What a gift to us and the world... God Bless.John Allan
I miss my real home .... looking at that, man it brings me happy tears...
My Father(Malcolm Dewar) just told me the first time he went to Cape Breton he brought John Allan and his Mother back with him to Ottawa. Thought that was pretty neat.
The gaelic jig was great and Mrs. MacLeod's Reel ! I will always miss John Allan Cameron.
Love this video.
My heart is in it. Thanks
My cousin Dwayne Cote had performed and toured with John Allan Cameron for a brief time in the mid-90's.
I talked to John in emails just a few years ago.. great person...
God Bles You John.
Beating the blanket...The older Cape Bretoner's know what i'm talking about !
Wonderful video!!
I own Celtic legends on 16mm, it's a true masterpiece :)!!!
Wonderful entertainer---taken away far to soon.
'77 was a Good year Dana
awww, if he came home for moms wedding, then this musta been taped in 1977..
Wonderful video. is the book about dan r?
when will it come out?
what is the name of the song which they sing in the video?
I like it =)
That tune is a milling-frolic tune...Where the gaelic women weave a quilt and sing those gaelic songs!
'S i th'ann... 's i th'ann... 's i Caismeachd Chloinn Chamshroin a th'ann!