Dare the Devil
An innovative concert series held at Hugh's Room in Toronto, Dare the Devil was a series of Sunday afternoons which brought together fiddlers of various styles. They played alone, they played together, all with the remarkable House backup of Tom Leighton and Ian Bell. Each afternoon ended with a short jam for fiddlers young and old (tunes posted here) .
Jam Tunes:Debbie's Waltz: sheet music (no mp3)
Stone's Rag: sheet music (no mp3)
Down Yonder: sheet music,
Rippling Water Jig: sheet music,(Graham Townsend)
Butterfly: sheet music,
Don Messer's Breakdown: sheet music,
Ragtime Annie: sheet music,
Previous Shows: Past Guests (in order of appearance): Mark Sullivan, Dan MacDonald, Rose
Bolton, Erynn Marshall, Shane Cooke, Anne Lindsay,, Mathew Johnston, Cindy Thompson, Jon Pilatzke, Pierre Schryer, Patrick Ourceau, James Mckie, Kirk Elliott, John Showman, Sarah Peebles, Duncan Cameron, Kim Vincent Jamie Snider, Soozie Schlanger and Lawrence "Teddy Boy" Houle, Kyle and Jake Charron, Karen Reed, Drew Jurecka, Tyler Beckett, Lisa MacIsaac, James Stevens, Sam Romijn, Paul Lemelin.
2008
April: AaronSolomon, Randy Morrison
2007
Oct.: Paul Lemelin, Sam Romijn
April 15: Lisa MacIsaac, James Stevens.
March 18: Country/City Mash-up: Kemble meets Queen Street with Tyler Beckett and Drew Jurecka.
Feb. 18: Dare the Devil celebrates the music of Ontario with Guests Karen Reed, and Kyle and Jake Charron.
2006
Nov. 19th:WIth Special Guests: Lawrence "Teddy Boy" Houle, Ojibwa fiddler and elder from Ebb and Flow Manitoba, and Soozi Schlanger, Toronto's Cajun Queen and lead fiddler and singer for Swamperella.
April 9: Our final Dare the Devil for this year, and it was something really special. No less than 4 of our former Dare the Devil fiddlers appeared: Mark Sullivan, John Showman, Rose Bolton, Kirk Elliott.
Feb 26: Jamie Snider (formerly of the Wonderful Grand Band) and Kim Vincent (master celtic fiddler)
Jan. 15: Sarah Peebles (Scandinavian Fiddling), Duncan Cameron (Celtic)
2005
Nov. 20: Kirk Elliott (composer, muti-instrumentalist) and John Showman (Creaking Tree String Quartet, Foggy Hogtown Boys)
Oct 16: Patrick Orceau (Irish) and James McKie (Cape Breton style)
June 12: Pierre Schryer (Pierre Schryer Band) and Jon Pilatzke (Quagmyre, the Cheiftains)
May 1: Mathew Johnston, voted "most entertaining player" at Shelbourne 5 times, and the inimitable Cindy Thompson, our resident whirlwind from Midland, Ontario.
Jan. 23: We were turning people away, with special guests Anne Lindsay and Shane Cook.2004
Nov.: Rose Bolton (Irish, Scottish, French-Canadian) and Erynn Marshall (Appalachian)
Oct.: Mark Sullivan (Shelbourne Champion, Brian Pickell Band), Dan MacDonald (Scumulash, Spraoigh)
