Jimmy Chapman - Todd's Island Breakdown

Description

This tune, an original composition by Jimmy Chapman, is titled for Todd's Island near Halifax, NS This was the home of Rodeo Records in 1963 when Jimmy made an album for Rodeo's Banff label, "Two Sides of Jimmy Chapman - Down East Fiddling, Southern Fiddling", Banff RBS. 1160. True to it's title, it features American hoedown pieces like "Cripple Creek" complete with five-string banjo on one side, and wonderfully played Canadian tunes on the other. This tune, of course, appears on the "Down ...