Don Messer (May 9, 1909 - March 26, 1973) was a Canadian musician and defining icon of folk music during the 1960s. May 9 is the 129th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (130th in leap years). ... 1909 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... March 26 is the 85th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (86th in leap years). ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... Events and trends The 1960s was a turbulent decade of change around the world. ...

Born in Tweedside, New Brunswick, Messer began playing the violin at age five, learning fiddle tunes with Irish and Scottish influences. As a young boy, Messer would play local concerts in the local area and later throughout southwestern New Brunswick. Motto: Spem reduxit (Hope was restored) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Fredericton Largest city Saint John Lieutenant Governor Herménégilde Chiasson Premier Bernard Lord (PC) Area 72,908 km² (8th)  - Land 71,450 km²  - Water 1,458 km² (2. ... The violin is a stringed musical instrument that has four strings tuned a perfect fifth apart. ... The violin is a stringed musical instrument that has four strings tuned a fifth apart. ... Scottish can refer to: adjective for Scotland see: Scotch the Scottish people. ...

During the 1920s, Messer moved to Boston, Massachusetts for three years where he received his only formal instruction in music. Upon his return to the Maritimes, he began his radio career on CFBO in Saint John, New Brunswick in 1929 when he joined the station staff. Messer had organized a small studio band of musicians by that point and in 1934, they began a regular radio show for the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission (forerunner to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation or CBC), broadcasting from CHSJ in Saint John under the name the "New Brunswick Lumberjacks". Messer also began to make personal appearances throughout the Maritimes and New England using a smaller group named the "Backwoods Breakdown". Sometimes referred to as the Roaring Twenties. Events and trends Technology John T. Thompson invents Thompson submachine gun, also known as Tommy Gun. ... Boston is the capital of and the largest city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. ... Saint John, 2001 population 69,661 (metropolitan population 122,678) is the largest city in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. ... 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... CBC redirects here, as this is the most common use of the abbreviation. ... The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known by the abbreviation CBC, is Canadas state-owned radio and television service. ... Modern New England, the six northeastern-most states of the United States, indicated by red The New England region of the United States is located in the northeastern corner of the country. ...

Messer left Saint John in 1939 and moved to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island where he joined CFCY as music director. Here he formed the "Islanders" and by 1944 the group was airing a show nationally on CBC radio. The show established itself as the most popular on Canadian radio during the 1940s-1960s and "Don Messer and His Islanders" began to tour outside of the Maritimes. 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... For the federal electoral district see Canadian city and the provincial capital of Prince Edward Island, with a population of 32,245 as of 2001. ... Motto: Parva Sub Ingenti (The small under the protection of the great) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Charlottetown Largest city Charlottetown Lieutenant Governor J. Léonce Bernard Premier Pat Binns (PC) Area 5,660 km² (13th)  - Land 5,660 km²  - Water 0 km² (0%) Population (2004)  - Population 137,900 (10th... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century Decades: 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s - 1940s - 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s Years: 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 Events and trends Technology First nuclear bomb First cruise missile, the V1 flying bomb and the first ballistic missile, the... Events and trends The 1960s was a turbulent decade of change around the world. ...

In 1956, Messer's music group began to make regular television appearances on CHBY-TV in Halifax, Nova Scotia. CBC Television began a summer series called "The Don Messer Show" on August 7, 1959, which continued into the fall as "Don Messer's Jubilee", produced out of CBHT in Halifax. Continuing as Don Messer's Jubilee throughout the 1960s, the show won a wide audience and reportedly became the second-most watched television show in Canada during the decade (next to Hockey Night in Canada). 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday. ... {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: E Mari Merces (Wealth from the Sea) City Symbol: Kingfisher Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada Location. ... Motto: Munit Haec et Altera Vincit (One defends and the other conquers) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Halifax Largest city Halifax Lieutenant Governor Myra A. Freeman Premier John Hamm (PC) Area 55,284 km² (12th)  - Land 53,338 km²  - Water 1,946 km² (3. ... August 7 is the 219th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (220th in leap years), with 146 days remaining. ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... CBHT came on the air in 1954 as an owned and operated station of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. ... Events and trends The 1960s was a turbulent decade of change around the world. ... Hockey Night in Canada is a popular television broadcast of National Hockey League games in Canada. ...

Don Messer's Jubilee was cancelled by CBC Television in 1969, raising a national protest among viewers and fans and even raising questions from the floor of the House of Commons. Messer and his band continued Don Messer's Jubilee in syndication on CHCH-TV in Hamilton, Ontario following the 1969 CBC cancellation until Messer's death four years later. 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... The House of Commons (French: Chambre des communes) is a component of the Parliament of Canada, which also includes the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and the Senate. ... In the entertainment and news industries, syndication is a method of making content available to a range of outlets simultaneously. ... Motto: Together Aspire - Together Achieve Area: 1,117. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Area 1,076,395 km² (4th)  - Land 917,741 km²  - Water 158,654 km² (14. ...

Messer's television show became the subject of the National Film Board feature Don Messer: His Land and His Music in 1971 and CBC produced a commemorative video of the show in 1985. Toronto offices for the National Film Board of Canada The National Film Board of Canada (or NFB) is a Canadian public film-making organization organized to both fund and produce films that educate Canadians and promote Canada around the world. ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Don Messer's Jubilee was also notable in that the half-hour television show had a regular guest performer time slot, giving rise to many important Canadian folk singers through their national exposure, including Stompin' Tom Connors and Catherine McKinnon, among many others. Stompin Tom Connors OC (born February 9, 1936) can, arguably, be called Canadas Woody Guthrie. ...

Messer died in Halifax and his library and papers are held by the Public Archives of Nova Scotia. One of his fiddles is now located at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, Tennessee, although ironically, he always claimed that his folk music was neither country, nor western - the Irish and Scottish-influenced fiddle tunes having pre-dated the country/western genre by several hundred years. The Country Music Hall of Fame is a museum at 222 Fifth Avenue South in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. ... Downtown Nashville at dusk, viewed from the Gateway Bridge Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee. ... State nickname: Volunteer State Other U.S. States Capital Nashville Largest city Memphis Governor Phil Bredesen Official languages English Area 109,247 km² (36th)  - Land 106,846 km²  - Water 2,400 km² (2. ...

Messer was inducted posthumously into the Canadian Country Music Association Hall of Honour in 1985 and the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame in 1989. Messer's legacy is considerable, having been given the opportunity to exploit radio and television media in their infancy. As a result, historians have claimed "Don Messer and His Islanders" to be the most popular musical performers in Canada during the mid-20th century. 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the...

Don Messer's estate has attempted to protect his name and image and his music by giving sole license to contemporary Canadian folk musician Frank Leahy, who also owns and performs with one of Messer's fiddles. Frank William Leahy was an American collegiate football coach. ...