Fiddle: Passed on by Ear (N. MacMaster)

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Met her Dad and Mentor, Buddy in Baddeck, Cape Breton. Didn't know then who he was. He played a Friday evening in the Town Hall. People danced. Wonderful time down East.





Buddy...Scots Roots





Thanks for coming out tonight

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