Buddy MacMaster 1924-2014 During his lifetime, two documentary films were made about Buddy. They have been recompiled to one long play DVD ... Buddy - The DVD including: Buddy in Concert (53:50) The Master of Cape Breton Fiddle (52:48)  Buddy also made 5 CD recordings: Judique on the Floor 1987 Glencoe Hall c. 1992- o/p The Judique Flyer 2000 Cape Breton Tradition 2003 - o/p Natalie and Buddy 2006 h Sound clips and transcriptions are posted adjacent to many of the pages devoted to his CDs and DVD.

One of the most loved Cape Breton fiddlers of his generation, Buddy (Hugh A.) MacMaster passed away in the summer of 2014. During his lifetime, local composers often gave their newest compositions to Buddy as soon as they made them ... and many of those tunes were penned specifically for him. Not a composer himself, Buddy put his creative forces into interpretation. When he learned a tune from a book you'd swear it was either one he'd made - or a classic recalled from the distant past. Below is a sampling of tunes composed for Buddy (ordered somewhat chronologically): My Friend Buddy - by Dan Hughie MacEachern, c. 1960s (transcription & mp3) Buddy MacMaster's Jig - by Sandy MacIntyre, 1972 Buddy MacMaster's Strathspey - by Donald A Beaton, c. mid ’70s Buddy Favourite - by Brenda Stubbert c. 1985 (transcription & mp3) Compliments to Buddy MacMaster - by Jerry Holland (reel) 1988. (transcription & mp3) Buddy MacMaster - by Pat Chafe (march) Buddy MacMaster's Fancy - by Jerry Holland (mid '90s). (transcription & mp3) Buddy's Dances - by Jerry Holland (mid '90s) Buddy's Detour - by David Greenberg, late '90s. (transcription & mp3) Buddy's Order of Canada - by Kinnon Beaton, 2001. (transcription & mp3) Uncle Buddy's March - by Andrea Beaton c. 2002. (transcription & mp3) Compliments to Buddy (jig) - by Colin Grant, 2003 March to Buddy - by Howie MacDonald and Brenda Stubbert, 2009. (transcription & mp3) Buddy's Repertoire - by Paul Stewart Cranford, 2014 (transcription & mp3)

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