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Friends of Fiddler's Green
Years active late 1960s to presently
Associated acts English Mummers Plays, Morris Dancing or Scottish country dancing
Website http://www.finestkind.ca/fofg.html
Members
Grit Laskin, Tam Kearney, Ian Robb, Laurence Stevenson, David Parry, Alistair Brown and v
Former members
Grit Laskin, Tam Kearney, Ian Robb, Laurence Stevenson, David Parry, Alistair Brown and Jeff McClintock

Friends of Fiddler's Green is a Canadian folk music group based in Toronto. Canadian Luthier and musician William "Grit" Laskin is renowned for his high-quality instruments and acoustic guitar innovations such as the "Laskin Armrest" Ian Robb is a well known English -born folk singer currently based in Ottawa Ontario. Canadian Luthier and musician William "Grit" Laskin is renowned for his high-quality instruments and acoustic guitar innovations such as the "Laskin Armrest" Ian Robb is a well known English -born folk singer currently based in Ottawa Ontario. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Folk music can have a number of different meanings including Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario The original members of the group for its first recording, The Road to Mandalay, were Grit Laskin, Tam Kearney, Ian Robb, Laurence Stevenson, David Parry, Alistair Brown and Jeff McClintock on keyboards. Canadian Luthier and musician William "Grit" Laskin is renowned for his high-quality instruments and acoustic guitar innovations such as the "Laskin Armrest" Ian Robb is a well known English -born folk singer currently based in Ottawa Ontario. Jeff McClintock was later replaced by Cherie Whalen.

The name of the group is derived from Fiddler's Green, a mythical place of dancing and happiness. Fiddler's Green is the Afterlife imagined by Sailors and later adopted by U Founding member Tam Kearney emigrated from Scotland to Toronto in the late 1960s. Jim Strickland (also from Scotland) and Tam founded Fiddler's Green Folk Club on Eglinton Avenue, behind the YMCA. Gradually a nucleus of musicians developed, initially doing warm-ups at the club, and performing as a group. Ian Robb arrived from England, in the 1980s. Ian Robb is a well known English -born folk singer currently based in Ottawa Ontario. The arrival of other singers gave the group a distinctly Scottish flavor. The late David Parry[1] was an enthusiast for mumming and brought a dragon's costume to the mix. At festival performances, the members may present English Mummers Plays, Morris Dancing or Scottish country dancing. The Vancouver Folk Music Festival documented a reviewer who claimed that Friends of Fiddler's Green were among the best British bands touring North America[2]

Although they are not typically a touring band, they have also performed in the United States.

In the folklore of folk music, they are known as the inspiration for the Stan Rogers' song, Barrett's Privateers. Stanley Allison "Stan" Rogers ( November 29, 1949 &ndash June 2, 1983) was a Canadian Folk musician and Songwriter "Barrett's Privateers" is a folk song in the style of a Sea shanty, written and performed by Canadian musician Stan Rogers, having [3] In 2003 they were given the "Estelle Klein Achievement Award" at the Ontario Council of Folk Festivals. [4]

“ The award recognizes individuals who have made a significant contribution to the folk music community in Ontario through their work as an artist, academic, organizer, or presenter. [5] ”

A former keyboardist for the group, Jeff McClintock, was arrested by the religious police in Saudi Arabia, probably in connection with his work with an otherwise all-female Scots fiddle ensemble, the Frillyknickers. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA ( المملكة العربية السعودية, al-Mamlaka al-ʻArabiyya as-Suʻūdiyya) or Suudi

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References

  1. ^ Robb, Ian. David Parry 1942-1995 (Obituary in Sing Out!). Sing Out! is a quarterly journal of Folk music and Folk songs that has been published since May 1950 Retrieved on 2008-02-03. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1112 - Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry uniting the fortunes of those two states
  2. ^ Vancouver Folk Music Festival Performer Archives. Retrieved on 2008-03-24. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1401 - Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus. 1603 - James VI of Scotland
  3. ^ Brown, Alistair. Friends of Fiddler's Green (article in the Scottish magazine The Living Tradition). Retrieved on 2008-02-03. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1112 - Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry uniting the fortunes of those two states
  4. ^ Estelle Klein Award.
  5. ^ McGregor, Arthur. Estelle Klein. Ontario Council of Folk Festivals Folkprints. Retrieved on 2008-03-24. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1401 - Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus. 1603 - James VI of Scotland

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