A visit from Tony DeMarco

"Why don't Italian's like Jehovah's witnesses?...we don't like any witnesses," joked Tony DeMarco to a laughing crowd at the Flynn Space. This was one of many jokes and stories Tony shared at his CD Release party this past Sunday night.

The famous New York Irish fiddler celebrated the release of his latest CD The Sligo Indians to a packed house on November 9th.
He shared the stage with Vermont's own Pete Sutherland, Cape Breton fiddler extraordinaire, Jerry Holland and other talented musicians. With his upbeat sligo-style fiddling he had just about everyone in the audience tapping their feet as he played famous session tunes such as the Mountain Road, Mason's Apron, Whiskey Before Breakfast and more.

This was Tony's 2nd time performing in the Flynn Space and we hope he comes back for more.

Tony DeMarco coming back to Vermont

This is a picture of Jerry Holland and Tony DeMarco playing tunes at the Red Shoe Pub in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

Tony DeMarco played in Vermont a fews year back for a memorial concert in honor of the late and great Johnny Cunningham. I had never heard of Tony DeMarco before that day. He's a big teddy bear of a guy and as he walked out on stage that night I couldn't imagine what kind of music was going to come out of his fiddle. Once he sat down and began to play, I quickly realized that I was not in the know. This man made my jaw drop with his fiddle playing. He was incredible.

DeMarco is a Brooklyn native with Irish and Italian in his blood. He plays County Sligo style Irish fiddle with lot of crisp ornamentation, fast rhythms and he improvises like nobody's business.

DeMarco is one of the musicians that will take the stage with Ashley MacIsaac and John Doyle next month at Chandler Music Hall to raise money for Jerry Holland's battle with cancer.