As profiled in Me, Myself and the Devil:
The Life and Times of Ashley MacIsaac, MacIsaac continues
to astound both on and off the stage. While his ability to
weave intricate, lightning-fast phrases into even the most
traditional tunes has left fans and peers awestruck, his struggles
with sexuality, drugs and finance have also struck a sour
note with many.
“This film is definitely not a Valentine card to Ashley
MacIsaac,” says writer and director James Hyslop. “It
is an unsentimental look into the heart of a truly enigmatic
performer. As such, viewers will get to see Ashley at his
best and at his worst—on stage and off.“
Following MacIsaac as he returns to the Cape Breton home
where he learned his craft and joining him in Athens where
he performs with a pre-Olympic super band of international
musicians, Me, Myself and the Devil: The Life and Times
of Ashley MacIsaac, provides a well-balanced, insightful
and objective look at the man behind the fiddle. Clips of
MacIsaac performing in Nova Scotia as a youngster, on Broadway
as a teen and at home and abroad as an adult are entwined
with candid interviews with fellow musicians, family, friends
and former friends to provide an infectious profile of the
performer.
Ashley MacIsaac is undoubtedly a musical genius, but he is
also a master manipulator, as he himself admits.
“A lot of things I still say today aren’t true
about me. I say stuff to media that I’ll make up just
to see if they’ll print it,” says MacIsaac. “I’ve
had some public issues that people have read about, whether
it was drugs or money, but that’s the persona. I take
care of myself—of course I do.”
Original Air Date - February 17, 2005
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