Donald Angus Beaton
Donald Angus Beaton was a Canadian blacksmith and a Cape Breton-style fiddler.
Early life
Beaton was the son of Angus R. Beaton and Annie Belle Campbell.Career
Beaton performed traditional fiddle tunes, as well as more than 50 of his own compositions. He was well known as a dance fiddler.He often played and recorded with family members. The albums The Beatons Of Mabou - Marches, Jigs, Strathspeys & Reels of the Highland Scot and Cape Breton Fiddle and Piano Music, The Beaton Family of Mabou feature his compositions played by his family. He also published a book of his tunes.
Discography
- The Beatons Of Mabou - Marches, Jigs, Strathspeys & Reels of the Highland Scot . Rounder LP 7011 The Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
- Cape Breton Fiddle and Piano Music, The Beaton Family of Mabou Smithsonian Folkways 40507
- ''Live at the House''
Publications
- Donald Angus Beaton's Cape Breton Scottish Violin Music. Cranford Publishers. Englishtown, Nova Scotia. 1987.