SIDE A 00:00:01 -- 00:04:03
Discussion about how he started playing the fiddle; fiddles, fiddlers, music, dance, house parties.
SIDE A 00:04:03 -- 00:06:00
Discussion about his first jobs; sawmills, wages.
SIDE A 00:06:00 -- 00:06:45
Discussion about the Halifax Explosion; Halifax Explosion.
SIDE A 00:06:45 -- 00:07:53
Discussion about railroad ties; railroad ties, sawmills, Hemlock.
SIDE A 00:07:53 -- 00:09:38
Discussion about schooners and Northport Wharf; schooners, shipping, Northport.
SIDE A 00:09:38 -- 00:19:31
Discussion about working at lumber camps; lumber camps, music, dances, lumber, sawmills, John Doyle, Johnny O'Brien, steam mill, saws.
SIDE A 00:19:31 -- 00:21:21
Discussion about trains, Joggins, and mining; trains, mining, Joggins.
SIDE A 00:21:21 -- 00:23:25
Discussion about moving to Stellarton; Porter's Mill.
SIDE A 00:23:25 -- 00:26:30
Discussion about bands he played with; fiddle players, music, Aubrey Chapman, dances, Royal Swingsters, Charlie Long, musicians.
SIDE A 00:26:30 -- 00:27:09
Discussion about his family name; Chapman.
SIDE A 00:27:09 -- 00:31:00
Discussion about fiddle styles; fiddle players, Don Messer, Rae Simmons.
SIDE A 00:31:00 -- 00:31:30
Discussion about the Harvest Excursion; Harvest Excursion.
SIDE A ends at 00:31:30.
SIDE B 00:31:37 -- 00:42:15
Discussion about the Harvest Excursion continues; Harvest Excursion, 1925, thrashing.
SIDE B 00:42:15 -- 00:46:55
Discussion about various topics including different fiddle styles, learning to read music, and Neil Gow; fiddle players, music, Scottie Fitzgerald, Neil Gow.
SIDE B 00:46:55 -- 00:50:08
Discussion about the Royal Swingsters; Royal Swingsters, Bill MacNeill, Charlie Long, musicians, Rooster MacDonald, Leroy Murray, Bud Scott.
SIDE B 00:50:08 -- 01:03:17
Discussion about various topics including fiddle players, venues, and tunes he like to play; dances, fiddle players, dance halls, fiddle tunes, 1930s, Luther MacDonald, Gus Chapman, Harry Mosher, Pictou County, Donald Snell, Norbert Mason, Cecil MacKay, Ambassadors, Sunset Waltz, Ed Mason, St. Ann's Reel, Big John MacNeill, Florence Killiam.
Tape ends at 01:03:17.
