He was one of the first Cape Breton fiddlers to be asked to teach in Scotland.
#BUDDY MACMASTER OBIT PROFESSIONAL#
After his retirement from the railroad in 1988, he went on to play full-time as a professional musician, gaining an international reputation. Born in Timmons, Ontario before moving to his home in Judique at the age of 4, Hugh Allan Buddy MacMaster was the son of the late:John Duncan & Sarah Agnes (Allan Iain MacDonald) MacMaster. In the 1970s, he played regularly on Canadian television CBC Television's Ceilidh show. In 1943, he made his first radio broadcast from the town of Antigonish, Nova Scotia in 1948. At age 12, he had his first public performance at an amateur hour in Port Hood, Nova Scotia, and at age 14 he played his first professional gig at a square dance in the nearby town of Troy.Īlthough he continued to play nights at square dances across Nova Scotia, MacMaster began a career as a station agent and telegrapher for the Canadian National Railway to support himself and his family.
At an early age, MacMaster began to play the fiddle. MacMaster's father played the fiddle, but his mother sang to him from birth, lilting with a Gaelic inflection peculiar to the area, and it is she that he credits for instilling in him a love of music. The family was originally from Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, and in 1928 they returned to Cape Breton to settle in the town of Judique. He was born into a Gaelic-speaking home in Timmins, Ontario to John Duncan MacMaster and Sarah Agnes MacDonald MacMaster. Dot graduated from Richmond High School in 1945, married Leo Rouillard January. Wednesday, 20th August 2014, at the age of 89. After completing a second degree in Physical Education at McMaster University, Peter began a long and successful career as a high school teacher. Dorothy was born September 16th, 1927 to George and Vivian McMaster of Richmond. Buddy MacMaster Obituary Hugh Allan (Buddy) MacMasterīuddy MacMaster died at his home in rural western Cape Breton in Nova Scotia around 9 p.m.
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