Friends of Fiddler's Green

Friends of Fiddler's Green is a Canadian folk music group based in Toronto. 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. 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. 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...