Canadian fiddler, music director, music writer and entertainer. Born May 9, 1909 in Tweedside, New Brunswick, Canada. Died March 26, 1973 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Messer was a defining icon of folk music during the 1960s. His CBC Television series Don Messer’s Jubilee (1959–69) was one of the most popular and enduring Canadian television programs of the 1960s.
