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GVNX_AXYHg/hqdefault.jpg' alt='Dance Gavin Dance Happiness Instrumental' title='Dance Gavin Dance Happiness Instrumental' />Mac Beattie and the Ottawa Valley Melodiers. Mac Beattieand the Ottawa. Valley Melodiers. Copyright Steve Fruitman, 1. Reprinted with permission. Music Lyrics Copyright Mac. Beattie Music 1. 98. The Brand New Mac Beattie CDreleased February, 2. See Albums Below for. Contents. Introduction. John Mac. Nab Beattie Mac was born where the Madawaska and Ottawa. Rivers converge at the town of Arnprior, Ontario, in the year. His father, Jim, was away at war in Europe and would not see him until. When Jim Beattie returned home the family moved a. Braeside where he would take. Gillies Lumber Company. Jim Beattie, a harmonica and bugle player, ventriloquist and jokester. Gatineau Hills. in Pontiac County, Quebec. It was at these camps that Jimmie would. Theyd sing Irish songs, Scottish songs, French songs and songs of the. Theyd dance the reels and entertain themselves to pass the. When Jimmie came home each spring, hed bring back those songs and stories. It was in this atmosphere that Mac grew. It was in this folklore of the valley that he would dedicate his life. His love of the stories, the lives of the people, of the gentle times. Mac Beattie. utilized these spiritual forces to forge ahead during those very interesting. Installshield Merge Module'>Installshield Merge Module. Listening to Mac Beatties lyrics now, you could not fail to notice. Ottawa Valley. You. I have not heard anyone else sing like this, and even now in the Valley. IrishScotts accent, Macs accent remains unique. Mac Beattie never played a melodic instrument other than a bit of harmonica. Instead, he chose the washboard to accompany his songs. Along with. friends Gaetan Fairfield and Garnie Scheel, he formed a band. Melodiers in the early 1. It is probably because his songs were either learned or composed without. Macs vocal patterns remained. He didnt have a wonderful voice, but what. He sang a cappella, using the syllables of words in. Celtic melodies. Hed teach these songs to his friends. In time, Mac Beattie would go on to become Mr. Ottawa Valley. with his Melodiers, riding the ups and downs of the music business for. During that time he would be heard and seen on national. Don Gilchrist he would make lifelong friends with important cultural leaders. Ottawa River. And lastly, he would be inducted into. Ottawa Valley Country Music Hall of Fame as its second inductee at. Macs insistance, his late fiddler, Reg Hill, received the honour of being. He would also leave us with 9. LPs recorded between the years of 1. And Now there is great news Peter Beattie has just released The Best. Mac Beattie and the Ottawas Valley Melodiers CD this means that you. Macs wonderful music for the first time in years. Contact. Peter at p. ContentsHockey. and The MelodiersThere were great old tyme fiddlers, Mr. Robertson and his. Tommy, and the boy could whistle any breakdown you might want. Gaetan Fairfield sometimes sat in as did Stewarty Smith, who. Del Hudsonand his. Cornhuskers. kept us stomping our feet as well. Delly Sang and played the old tyme fiddle. Alec Staye and Colin Glen on the guitar. I can still. hear Delly singing The Old Spinning Wheel and Lamplighting. Time In The Valley. Mac got involved in a harmonica band in 1. Theyd practice and eventually. A couple of. years later he formed the Melodiers, a band that would perform between. Hockey was just as important to Mac as music. He was a pretty good goal. Braeside team. He was later recruited. Arnprior Greenshirts and the Carleton Place Red. Wings. His platooning with the Melodiers lasted until he was asked. The Nanaimo Clippers. Vancouver Island in 1. It was in Nanaimo that Mac got to play with future Maple Leaf. Red Carr. The team went on to the western finals where they. Swift Current Indians. This was unheard of for. Valley, Mac returned to play for the Clippers again. This time his stint. December when he decided to enlist for military service. The war would have a devastating effect on Mac Beattie. Besides. the fact that he would be away from home in Canada for a few years, it. Vancouver Island girl, and basically ruined his. He returned home a lost soul. He suffered depression, that. ContentsThe Ottawa. Valley Melodiers. Mac just didnt know what he should do. He had no job, no wife, no money. He decided. to take a job in the silver mines in Mayo, Yukon, as far away from. Ottawa Valley as could be. In 1. 94. 8 Mac returned to the valley just in time to catch the. Lions in the Allen Cup playoffs. It was then that he chanced. Garnie Scheel who was also just visiting from his. Kitchener, Ontario. It wasnt long before they settled. Melodiers. They recruited their old pal Gaetan Fairfield, fiddler Horace Blanchette. Garnie purchased a beat up old jalopy. They approached radio. CHOV in Pembroke about doing a live radio show to. Saturday night they thought that this way they could promote. The program was so successful, the audience response so great. Melodiers would continue doing this for 2. Frank Ryan, owner. Ottawa radio station CFRA which is still on the air. Ryan. who was born near Arnprior, would hire the Melodiers on numerous occasions. In fact, when they played such gigs they would call themselves. CFRA Melodiers combining live on air radio broadcasts and Friday. Ottawa. It wasnt until October of 4. Melodiers would make the most. Frank Martin of Lake Dore. Eganville. Martin had just erected a dance. Sunnydale Acres, on the eastern shore of. The Melodiers would play weekly shows there every summer until. ContentsBig. Dance Band. Things improved for the Melodiers and their association with Sunnydale. Acres until the winter of 1. With their mix of country songs, square. The CHOV shows were as popular as ever and the Melodiers were fast. With the quiet of winter, jobs were needed to support the various families. The Melodiers disbanded and it wasnt until late summer. Mac was working on the Hydro dam at Portage du Fort when a phone. Frank Ryan in Ottawa. Ryan wanted Mac to perform in Ottawa. Friday night gigs. The Martins also wanted the Melodiers back at Lake Dore. CHOV broadcasts to support those Saturday night gigs. The band grew bigger and better than before. Complete with MC, caller. Little Maisie Billings in her cowgirl. Mac fashioned his nine piece orchestra in the way of the Bob Wills. These were the years before the Ontario Government changed the liquor. At the dance hall pavilions. The halls were big with amplified stages, springy floor boards and waxed. These were the years of Hank Williams, the Opry. CKNX Barndance from Wingham, Ontario, and the big dance. The fifties were glorious for the Melodiers. Not only did they do their. In years 1. 95. 3 to 5. Donnie. Gilchrist and MC Lester Lye. They performed a lot on the Pontiac. Chapeau on Allumette Island in the middle of the Ottawa. Freddie Meilleur who. Gavan family. Other friends of the Melodiers included. Allan Kluke from Otter Lake Lornie and Joseph Neville. Douglas Lennox Gavin from Quyon these became. Meanwhile Reg Hill of Oshawa. In his book, This Ottawa Valley of Mine, Mac reports on the. As the 5. 0s ended, so did an era. Things were never to be the same. Country music was being crowded and found itself forced to share. Ontario was retreating from the blue laws and would. The end. of the dance halls was assured and one by one they faded like ghosts from. From his song Deserted Dance Hall Down the road just out of town. Deserted now and tumble down. Just a memory of yesterday. Memories of dancing feet. Where the country folks would meet. And the oldtime bands. That used to play. Deserted dance hall. Faded posters on your door.