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Don Messer's Violin (CD)

Regular Price: $17.98
Sale Price:$6.99

Released: April 11, 2000
Product ID: 3000

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Don Messer was a man who lived and loved music and whose influence and memory live on as one of the most important musical icons in Canada.

This recording captures seventeen "tunes" made famous by Don Messer, some of which you will recognize immediately as down-home fiddle music made famous by the 1960's CBC Television hit show, Don Messer's Jubilee. Through some fabulous arrangements, however, the disc will also celebrate the many other influences in Don's music ranging from the traditional, to classical, to country, to swing and jazz. These arrangements call for ensembles familiar to traditional fiddle playing but expand to the inclusion of big band and a full string orchestra.

FRANK LEAHY is a Canadian fiddle champion in his own right, and even more unique is the fact that he inherited Don Messer's violin. Anyone who remembers Don Messer's playing will be astounded at the similarities of playing and musical style.

Frank Leahy violin

Traditional/Mills	Barn Dance Medley	2:32
Traditional/Szczesniak	French Reel Waltz	3:38
Leahy/Szczesniak	Messer's Licks	1:58
Traditional/Szczesniak	The Girl I Left Behind Me	3:24
Traditional/Robertson	Devil's Dream	3:34
Traditional/Szczesniak	Kerry Mill's Barn Dance	2:59
Traditional/Robertson	Hushabye Waltz	4:11
Hachey Bros. & Mary Lou/Mills	Rippling Water Jig	1:49
Townsend/Francis	Royal Princess Two-Step	4:05
Messer/Cable	White River Stomp	2:08
/Mills	Red Wing	2:43
Leahy/Szczesniak	My Lady Lisa	3:29
Traditional/Mills	Blue Mountain Rag	1:39
Sweatman/Cable	Down Home Rag	1:59
Traditional/Szczesniak	Road to the Isles	2:16
Traditional/Szczesniak	Smile A While	2:44
Traditional/Mills	Barn Dance Reprise	1:45

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Kirchen Klasic, December 19, 2005
Review By:Elizabeth Barton

If you ever wanted to feel the warmth of a down east kitchen gathering, with the kettle on the stove piping, the friends on every chair tapping their toes, and the fiddler in the corner, this is the CD to buy. The arrangements infuse fresh life into old familiar tunes. Mr. Leahy's at one with the instrument as if the spirit of Don Messer seaps into his soul and is released in a vibrant, intense love of his craft. Close your eyes and bring that eastern hospitality into your own kitchen. Enjoy!