Natalie & Buddy MacMaster
Release date: August 18, 2005

There is a cassette tape I often listen to of uncle Buddy and John Morris Rankin at the firehall in Mabou in 1986.
It’s not of studio quality as it was recorded on an old cassette machine, but it is magic. I often play along with it.

It occurred to me one day that Buddy and I should record some of those tunes together in a studio, as we had never done so before. The music would be a keepsake for our family and we could have the option of using a track or two on one of our own future solo recordings.

After playing some of these great “Buddy tunes” together, we both felt quite good about the music and reached the conclusion that this recording should become its own CD – a permanent imprint of a family tradition passed down from uncle to niece. This tradition also includes my aunt (Buddy’s sister), Betty Lou Beaton on piano.

I have predominantly listened to Buddy’s fiddling throughout my life –on home recordings, at square dances and live at family gatherings and parties. He has influenced my fiddling immensely. This recording is a tribute to his music, our family traditions and to Cape Breton Island. ~~ Natalie MacMaster

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All tunes traditional unless otherwise noted
 

	01. The King George Medley King George the Fourth The Old King’s Reel The King’s Reel Miss Lyle Reel The Bridge of Bamore
	02. The Little Pickle Pet of the Pipers The Little Pickle The Rosewood Jig The Road To Skye Scotty’s Fitzgerald’s (Sandy MacIntyre)
	03. Scourdiness MacKenzie Hay Scourdiness (Charles F. Sherritt) Miss Baigrie
	04. The Red Shoes Welcome to the Trossachs (Wilfred Gillis) Miller O Drone Miss Lyle Strathspey The Devil in the Kitchen The Margaree Reel The Yetts of Muckart Mrs. Margaret MacDonald’s Delight The Red Shoes (Dan R. MacDonald) Bonnie Nellie
	05. The Dougall Creature Mom’s Jig The Soldier’s Cloak Come Haste to the Wedding The Inverness Jig (J. D. Kennedy) The Man on the Moon Tipperty Jean Miss Campbell’s The Dougall Creature
	06. Primrose Lasses Niel Gow’s Lamentation for James Moray of Abercairny Miss Ann Moir’s Birthday The Duke of Gordon’s Birthday The Primrose Lasses The Bear in the Buckwheat
	07. Iona House (Buddy Solo) Iona House (Wilfred Gillis) Daft Willie Dawson Willie Fraser’s (Donald Angus Beaton) Lady Mary Stopford The Lasses of Stewarton
	08. The Stage The Stage Hornpipe The Tarra Broach Laybourn’s Hornpipe Blind Nora O’Neill The Bonny Lass of Fisherrow
	09. The Leg Of The Duck Jessie Ann’s Favorite (Gordon MacQuarrie) The Rose Burn (Dan R. MacDonald) Bain’s Jig Mrs. A. MacGlashan The Leg of the Duck
	10. The Warlock The Warlock Bog an Lochan Flora MacDonald The Nine Point Coggie Malcolm Finlay Johnny Sullivan’s
	11. The Bonnie Lass of Headlake The Bonnie Lass of Head Lake (Gordon MacQuarrie)
	12. Wilfred’s Fiddle Wilfred’s Fiddle Jig (Dan R. MacDonald) The Clay Pipe Sandy McGaff The Unfortunate Rake The New Fiddle (Dan R. MacDonald)
	13.  The Ten Pound Fiddle (Natalie Solo) The Bald Headed Bachelor The Sunshine Hornpipe The Ten Pound Fiddle Mrs. Smyth of Methven’s

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Buddy MacMaster: Fiddle
Natalie MacMaster: Fiddle
Betty Lou Beaton: Piano
Dave MacIsaac: Guitar

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Thank you to all the wonderful and generous people involved with this project, especially;
Jennifer and Bob Quinn, Joe Whalen, Wally Hayes, Cheryl Smith, Shelly Campbell, Frank MacDonald, Andrea Beaton, Paul MacDonald, Linden MacIntyre, Donnell Leahy, Scott Lake, Minnie MacMaster, Barbara Battaglia.

A special thanks also to

Betty Lou Beaton and Dave MacIsaac for their wonderful accompaniment, and to Genevieve Whalen and Alex MacMaster whose presence and opinion at the recording session meant more than they’ll ever know.

Thanks always to God for the beautiful gift of family and music.