Anyone that has heard Buddy play has become a fan for life. He has done so much for the growth of Scottish music. Thank you Buddy for all your music. Concert sound system and film by Sam Ruest
Names are: 1)Niel Gow's Lament 2)The Laddie with the Plaidie 3)Mrs. Gordon Fochaber's 4)Atholl Brose 5)Lady Muir MacKenzie 6)Jenny Dang the Weaver 7)Sir David Davidson of Cantray 8)Southern Melodies (two part polka)
1)Niel Gow's Lament on the Death of His Second Wife- Air, Key of D 2)The Laddie with the Plaidie - Strathspey, Key of D Also called Rose Among the Heather 3)Mrs. Gordon Fochaber's - Strathspey, , Key of D 4)Atholl Brose - Strathspey, Key of G 5)Lady Muir MacKenzie, Reel, Key of G 6)Jenny Dang the Weaver, Reel, Key of D 7)Sir David Davidson of Cantray, Reel, Key of D 8)Southern Melodies (by John Lowe), Polka, Key of D
These Cape Breton fiddlers are incredible. Scottish blood running through their veins plus the memory of Scotland will never die. Thanks to Scotland for the gift of the Scots to the new world.
Buddy's mother and my paternal grandmother were sisters. Buddy and my dad are first cousins, and I have had the very special privilege of listening to his fiddle perfection and beauty for many years.
My mom and dad used to go see Buddy when he came to the Canadian American Club in Watertown, MA years ago, so a large part of me was introduced to him long time before I ever heard him! I think in high school, I wouldn't have appreciated him! It's just nice now to apppreciate him! Saw Natalie about a year ago--she's taking after Uncle Buddy!
My grandpa passed away recently and he was from Nova Scotia, a second cousin to Buddy and a fellow fiddle player! We used the music from this video as background music to his memorial video. Thanks again for posting
As a resident of Cape Breton for many years, Buddy has always inspired me from the first i heard him play at our school square dance, Judique Creignish High School. He will always inspire me as i am sure he will to all who listen to his great music. buddy your Number 1
Victor Lewis Especially this absolute GEM of a performance!!!!!!!!! You're not with us anymore Sir, but you left this Massachusets crowd in complete awe as this performance still leaves me in AWE and tugs away at my heart strings. The Scots have most definitely our lives with their achievements. Thank goodness some of those forced to flee Inverness during the Highland Clearances, brought their fiddle talents with them and settle in the Maritimes.
As long as this video remains on RU-vid I will always come back to listen as I've done for many years. Buddy so reminds me of my grandda and my grandda also played the fiddle the same way Buddy does. My grandda was a wonderful man and I loved him dearly. Thank you Sam Rust for posting this video and thank you RU-vid for keeping it on for all this time. Keep it on for always and Buddy will live on forever.
Seeing and hearing this gentle man in concert in Louisbourg nearly 8 years ago instantly made Buddy just about my favourite fiddler ever. He'll not be forgotten in a hurry.
So, I've listened to a bunch of versions of Neil Gow's Lament, and have to say that Buddy set standard. This performance is why I started learning fiddle, and I hope that one day I can play this even half as well. Edit: 4 years later, still my favorite version. Someone else also called out the setlist: 1)Niel Gow's Lament for the Death of his Second Wife 2)The Laddie with the Plaidie 3)Mrs. Gordon Fochaber's 4)Atholl Brose 5)Lady Muir MacKenzie 6)Jenny Dang the Weaver 7)Sir David Davidson of Cantray 8)Southern Melodies (two part polka)
I was at Sabhal Mor Ostaig in Skye when news of Buddy's death came in. In previous summers we'd been staying down the road from his home in Judique, we were in Long Point on Highway19...a long way from Clare, Galway & Roscommon! Anyway,it was very touching that our fiddle teacher, the wonderful Charlie McKerron from Capercaillie, dedicated our concert performance to Buddy's memory. The Iron Man, the Eagle's Whistle and the (mighty) Goat Island Ceili Band reel were part of our set. Brilliant teacher and lovely man, that Charlie! We played with pride for Buddy MacMaster RIP.
Buddy Macmaster is the one who inspired me to start playing fiddle i just started this year i already play guitar and now fiddle i love fiddle music so much you dont even need the lyrics the storey is already there you just need to picture it in your head
When my mom worked with Smithsonian Folkways before I was born, she hosted Buddy, his daughter Mary Elizabeth on piano, and Dave MacIsaac on guitar for the "Masters of the Folk Violin" show as part of their Folk Masters concert series in 1994. I grew up listening to the tapes of those shows, and I got hooked especially on Buddy and Cape Breton fiddling. Buddy was really one of the best.
Buddy McMasters' concert displaying his mastery of Scottish fiddling is superb! If Neil Gow could hear his rendition of of the Lament to his second wife, no doubt he would be pleased. Five stars for this wonderful post!
Paul Anderson of Scotland on RU-vid plays Neil Gow's Lament for the Death of His Second Wife just a wee bit better than Buddy plays it. Listen to Paul's rendition on the London Fiddle Conference. Impressive!!!
Really pure rendition of Neil Gow's Lament - without the superfluous trills that many players inject- just the few triplets and grace notes. Anybody know the names of the other tunes in the set?
