Don Messer
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This article is about the Canadian musician. For the Methodist theologian, see Donald E. Messer.
Donald Charles Frederick Messer (May 9, 1909 – March 26, 1973) was a Canadian musician, band leader, radio broadcaster, and defining icon of folk music during the 1960s. His CBC Television series Don Messer’s Jubilee (1959–69) featured Messer's down-east fiddle style and the "old-time" music of Don Messer and His Islanders, and was one of the most popular and enduring Canadian television programs of the 1960s.[1] Messer was known as a shy fiddler, who preferred to have the other members of the band take the spotlight.[2]
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Birth name | Donald Charles Frederick Messer |
Born | (1909-05-09)May 9, 1909 Tweedside, New Brunswick, Canada |
Died | March 26, 1973(1973-03-26) (aged 63) Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
Genres | Folk |
Occupation(s) | Fiddler |
Instrument(s) | Violin |
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