Billy Ballantine

Billy Ballantine (1891-?) 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 Discogs - [1]

Web Links

Farne Archive web site

To English Traditional Players