Eddie (Eddy) Poirier
Louis Leger
Eddie (or Eddie) Poirier is a New Brunswick fiddler, born in Rogersville in 1943. He is equally gifted on many instruments, including mandolin and guitar and quite at ease playing either Bluegrass, Acadian, Maritimes, or Irish styles. To learn more about Eddy, there's a great interview with him by Paul Stewart Cranford in the August 2011 issue of Fiddler Magazine. He also has several videos posted on Youtube. When not busy fiddling, he drives an 18 wheeler.
Discography:
-Eddie Poirier and Bluegrass 4, Banjo Bluegrass, Heritage Music, Scarborough, Ontario, Cassette (1968)
-Eddie Poirier, The Maritime Fiddler, Heritage Music, Scarborough, Ontario, L.P. and 8 Track, (1968); later released on “Fiddler Extraordinaire” C.D. Album, (1997)
-Eddie Poirier, Banjo, Banjo, Banjo, Heritage Music, Scarborough, Ontario, Cassette, 1970
-Eddie Poirier, I’m Going Back to Old Kentucky, Heritage Music, Scarborough, Ontario, Cassette, 1972
-Eddie Poirier, Eddie Poirier - Fiddler Extraordinaire, Condor Label, Heritage Music, Scarborough, Ontario, L.P. and 8 Track, 1973; later released on C.D., (1997).
-Eddie Poirier, The Best of Bluegrass, Smiley Bates, Rose Poirier, Eddie Poirier, Condor Label, Heritage Music, Scarborough, Ontario, (1973) L.P. and 8 Track, (later released on C.D. Circa, HCD 4425, 1997)
-Eddie Poirier (with Graham Townsend), Eddie Poirier Plays Scottish and Irish Style, Heritage Music, Scarborough, Ontario, (1993)
-Eddie Poirier and Bluegrass 4, Love Please Come Home, BOOT Records, Cassette, (1978).
-Eddie Poirier and Bluegrass 4, Eddie Poirier and Bluegrass 4, Country Records, Bowmanville, Ontario, (1981).
-Eddie Poirier, Eddie Poirier - Fiddle, Country Records, Bowmanville, Ontario, (1982).
-Eddie Poirier, Love of the Mountains, HUED Productions, Moncton, N.B., Cassette, (1987).
-Eddie Poirier, Candlelight Hornpipe, HUED Productions, WRC 4-6184 CAS 024, (1990).
- Eddie Poirier and Sons, Eddie Poirier and Sons - Fiddle, HUED Productions CMS Studio, Moncton, N.B., Cassette 104, HP004, (1990).
-Eddie Poirier, The Lost Dreams, by Eddy Poirier, DJP Studio, Moncton, N.B., (2004).
-Eddie Poirier, I’m On My Way Back to the Old Home, by the Poirier Family and Friends, DJP Studio, Moncton, N.B., (2004).
-Eddie Poirier, Red Hot Fiddle
-Eddie Poirier, Eddie Poirier et son violon
- Eddie Poirier & Fils, Eddie Poirier & Fils, Violon (cassette), HP-004
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