The Judique Flyer was a steam driven passenger train that replaced the old stagecoach line running between Inverness and Point Tupper on Cape Breton's west coast. In 1938, fiddler Buddy MacMaster boarded The Judique Flyer to return home from Troy after playing his first dance. The Judique Flyer From that time Buddy's reputation as a fiddler spread up and down the Judique line. In 1943, Buddy took a job as a telegrapher and traveling station agent with the CNR (Canadian National Railroad) working in stations from Truro to Inverness. For the next forty years the railroad would nurture his reputation as a generous fiddler and today he is recognized as the world's leading exponent of the Cape Breton fiddle style. Joining him on this recording are many of the fine accompanists he has played with throughout his sixty-year career as a master of the fiddle.

1. (Joey Beaton - Piano)
Dan R's Favourite, strathspey
Willie Fraser's, reel
Francis Beaton's, reel
Derrick Beaton's, reel
(All: Donald Angus Beaton

2. (Betty Lou Beaton - Piano)
Alex MacDonnell's Favourite, jig
Queensville Jig
The Green Tree, jig
Gordon Graham's Jig
(All: Dan R. MacDonald)

3. (Tracey Dares - Piano)
Captain O'Kane, air (O'Carolan)
Miss Hutton, strathspey (J. Bowie)
O'Dowd's Favourite, reel (Trad)

4. (Marie MacLellan - Piano)
St. Elmo, clog (Trad)
Snowflake, hornpipe (Trad)
The Gladstone Reel (J. Scott Skinner)

5. (Maybelle Chisholm - Piano)
Memories of Father Charles MacDonald, lament (Cameron Chisholm)
Peter and Doreen Chiasson, march (Brenda Stubbert)
Willie Kennedy's, strathspey (Brenda Stubbert)
Homeward Bound, reel (Trad)

6. (Dave MacIsaac - Guitar)
Paulette Bissonette, strathspey (John Campbell)
A Taste Of Gaelic, reel (Trad)
John MacDougall, reel (Trad)

7. (Joel Chaisson - Piano)
The Little Pickle, jig (J. Lowe)
Compliments to the Boys of the Lough, jig (Frank Ferrel)
The Canadian Club, jig (Frank Ferrel)
Champion Jig (Dan Hughie MacEachern)

8. (Jackie Dunn - Piano)
Trip to Mabou Ridge, march
Dan L. Cameron, strathspey
Snow Plough, reel
(All: Dan Hughie MacEachern)
Miss Smith of Methvins, reel (Trad)

9. (Mac Morin - Piano)
The Golden Keyboard, jig (Trad)
Swallowtail Jig (Trad)
The Two Mile Bridge, jig (Trad)
The Champion Jig (Trad)

10. (Hilda Chiasson - Piano)
Father John Angus Rankin, march
Trip To Dublin, strathspey
Harry Bradshaw's Reel
(All: Jerry Holland)
Cape Breton Fiddler's Welcome
to the Shetlands, reel (Willie Hunter)

11. (Mary Jesse MacDonald - Piano)
Mrs. Ferguson of Reaths, air (Trad)
Lord Donne's Strathspey (Trad)
Pigeon on the Gate, reel (Trad)
Miss Johnson Pitworth, reel (J. Walker)

12. (Howie MacDonald - Piano)
The Second Star Hornpipe (G. Tate)
Tom Marsh's Hornpipe (Vincent MacGillivray)
Compliments to Doug MacPhee (Howie MacDonald)

13. (Doug MacPhee - Piano)
The Lockerbie Lament (Angus Fitchet)
The Sands of Burrafirth, march (Ian Burns)
MacKenzie Fraser, reel (J. Scott Skinner)

14. (Mary Elizabeth MacInnis - Piano)
Duncan Johnstone, march (P.M. D. MacLeod)
Roderick MacDonald, strathspey (Trad)
Memories of Hughena Ratchford, reel (Brenda Stubbert)
Wesley Gillis, reel (Kinnon Beaton)

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