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![GOLD RECORD HIT MAKER BEN WEATHERBY DIES IN MIRAMICHI
A great Canadian singer, songwriter, recording artist and sound engineer Ben Weatherby died Tuesday night at his residence in the Miramichi
Born in Truro, N.S., Ben spent two decades in Toronto with ARC Records, starting in the 1960′s when that label had rack displays in just about every [...]](http://gerrytaylor.thedrawlyn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/DSC01306-115x115.jpg)
Posted on November 24, 2011 | No CommentsGOLD RECORD HIT MAKER BEN WEATHERBY DIES IN MIRAMICHI A great Canadian singer, songwriter, recording artist and sound engineer Ben Weatherby died Tuesday night at his residence in the Miramichi Born in Truro, N.S., Ben spent two decades in Toronto with ARC Records, starting in the 1960′s when that label had rack displays in just about every [...] -
![STACEY’S JAMBOREE FAVORITE DIES IN MAINE.
Fans of the Dick Stacey TV Jamboree, which was telecast on Channel 7, Bangor, throughout the Maritimes, for many years, will be saddened to learn that Jennie Shontell, the singing grandmother of the show, died this past Tuesday in Bucksport, Maine. She was a [...]](http://gerrytaylor.thedrawlyn.com/wp-content/themes/arras/images/thumbnail.png "Music History from 1999")
Music History from 1999
Posted on March 5, 2011 | No CommentsSTACEY’S JAMBOREE FAVORITE DIES IN MAINE. Fans of the Dick Stacey TV Jamboree, which was telecast on Channel 7, Bangor, throughout the Maritimes, for many years, will be saddened to learn that Jennie Shontell, the singing grandmother of the show, died this past Tuesday in Bucksport, Maine. She was a [...] -
![NB, Nolan's inspiration for Cool Water song
HATFIELD POINT FUNERAL BRINGS BACK MEMORIES OF BOB NOLAN
I had expected more Southern New Brunswick country music entertainers to be in attendance October 23 at a Hatfield Point funeral.
A name in the obituaries that week had caused me a sense of deja vu: Robert Nobles, his place of [...]](http://gerrytaylor.thedrawlyn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/1942tourBobNolanSM-115x115.jpg "Hatfield’s Pt,NB, the inspiration for famous Cool Water song.")
Hatfield’s Pt,NB, the inspiration for famous Cool Water song.
Posted on March 5, 2011 | No CommentsNB, Nolan's inspiration for Cool Water song HATFIELD POINT FUNERAL BRINGS BACK MEMORIES OF BOB NOLAN I had expected more Southern New Brunswick country music entertainers to be in attendance October 23 at a Hatfield Point funeral. A name in the obituaries that week had caused me a sense of deja vu: Robert Nobles, his place of [...] -
BOB NOLAN’s INSPIRATION WAS FROM NEW BRUNSWICK CANADA
Posted on November 1, 2010 | No CommentsHATFIELD POINT FUNERAL BRINGS BACK MEMORIES OF BOB NOLAN I had expected more Southern New Brunswick country music entertainers to attend a funeral in Hatfield Point two Saturdays ago. The name in the obituaries that week filled me with a sense of deja vu: Robert Nobles, his place of birth, Hatfield Point. According to a [...]
I have been a writer/columnist for oveer thirty years. My focus have been folk and country music in the Maritimes, but I have also been involved in writing for the Atlantic Advocate, Canada Folk Bulletin, Canadian Bluegrass Review magazine ![Sean Eyre just called from Rocklands Entertainment in Peterborough to say that Gerry’s column about Charlie Pride and “THE ROCK” portraying him in Charlie Pride’s life story has been picked up by 150 newspapers and radio station across North America and as far away as Australia. His column [...]](http://gerrytaylor.thedrawlyn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/CharliePride1-36x36.jpg "DWAYNE ‘THE ROCK’ JOHNSON TO PLAY CHARLIE PRIDE"){kind=small}
