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[[File:Ballantinesreel.jpg]] As often played in English sessions | [[File:Ballantinesreel.jpg]] As often played in English sessions | ||
Another tune of Billy Ballantine's is transcribed in the following file - transcription by Noel Jackson for [https://thesession.org/tunes/14123 The Session] web site. | |||
[[File:MosstroopersPolka.pdf]] | |||
==Discography== | ==Discography== | ||
Revision as of 12:22, 27 February 2016
Billy Ballantine was a piccolo player who was living at Simonburn, near Wark in the North Tyne area of Northumberland when Peter Kennedy recorded him in 1954. Many of Billy's dance tunes were published in Kennedy's Fiddler's Tune Books.
Billy's son, Bob Ballantine continues to uphold the family musical traditions in Ballerat, Victoria, Australia. You Tube
As often played in English sessions
Another tune of Billy Ballantine's is transcribed in the following file - transcription by Noel Jackson for The Session web site. File:MosstroopersPolka.pdf
Discography
Folktrax FTX-119 - THE LADS OF NORTH TYNE