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| − | Jim Wilkinson provided details of some of the Australian tunes in this archive, as | + | Jim Wilkinson provided details of some of the Australian tunes in this archive, as described by [[John Meredith]]. |
"Just at the edge of the mountainous country to the north of Singleton, in the Carrowbrook area, we met an old chap called Jim Wilkinson who played both fiddle and accordion and had a fund of wonderful stories concerning the local bushrangers. The last of his family, Jim lived alone in a rambling old weatherboard house without the benefit of electricity." | "Just at the edge of the mountainous country to the north of Singleton, in the Carrowbrook area, we met an old chap called Jim Wilkinson who played both fiddle and accordion and had a fund of wonderful stories concerning the local bushrangers. The last of his family, Jim lived alone in a rambling old weatherboard house without the benefit of electricity." | ||
-- J Meredith, R Covell, P Brown, Folk Songs of Australia Vol 2, UNSW Press, 1987, p101. | -- J Meredith, R Covell, P Brown, Folk Songs of Australia Vol 2, UNSW Press, 1987, p101. | ||
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| + | There is a recording of [https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/679767 Jim Wilkinson plays accordion, sings and plays fiddle in John Meredith folklore collection] in the [http://www.nla.gov.au/ National Library of Australia] in Canberra, from Apr 1983. | ||
== Related Tunes == | == Related Tunes == | ||
Latest revision as of 12:17, 10 March 2025
Jim Wilkinson provided details of some of the Australian tunes in this archive, as described by John Meredith.
"Just at the edge of the mountainous country to the north of Singleton, in the Carrowbrook area, we met an old chap called Jim Wilkinson who played both fiddle and accordion and had a fund of wonderful stories concerning the local bushrangers. The last of his family, Jim lived alone in a rambling old weatherboard house without the benefit of electricity." -- J Meredith, R Covell, P Brown, Folk Songs of Australia Vol 2, UNSW Press, 1987, p101.
There is a recording of Jim Wilkinson plays accordion, sings and plays fiddle in John Meredith folklore collection in the National Library of Australia in Canberra, from Apr 1983.
