Newfoundland Fiddler

By: Rufus Guinchard

Origin: Daniel's Harbour, Newfoundland, 🇨🇦

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Side 1

9 tracks

Annie, Annie

#1 Side 1 02:00
Rowed Up in the Dory

#2 Side 1 01:15
Payne's Choice

#3 Side 1 00:59
Old Boney

#4 Side 1 01:52
Sweet Forget Me Not

#5 Side 1 01:48
Four Turn Tune

#6 Side 1 01:39
Out Behind the House

#7 Side 1 01:06
Centennial Highway

#8 Side 1 01:21
Big John McNeil

#9 Side 1 00:44

Side 2

10 tracks

Liverpool Reel

#1 Side 2 01:10
Uncle Harry's Out of Shape

#2 Side 2 02:25
Uncle John Peter Payne's Tune

#3 Side 2 01:04
Up Southern Shore

#4 Side 2 01:44
Tribute to Newfoundland

#5 Side 2 01:31
Mickey Hickey

#6 Side 2 01:20
Cook in the Galley

#7 Side 2 01:33
Flowers of Edinburgh

#8 Side 2 01:14
Daniel's Harbour Breakdown

#9 Side 2 01:28
Mcben

#10 Side 2 01:28

About This Title

Rufus Guinchard was Born in Daniel's Harbour, Newfoundland, 1899. He began playing the fiddle at the age of eleven. Rufus, besides being a master fiddler, was an accordionist & composer. A few of the other "jobs" in his life-time were: fisherman, logger, trapper, seaman, labourer, warden and carpenter. He was a member in the mid 1970's of "The Breakwater Boys" and it was during this time that he cut his first record. He was appointed a member of THE ORDER OF CANADA in 1986. He recorded one more record before he passed from this world in 1990 at the age of Ninety-One years. His last release was issued posthumously. He travelled extensively and performed at folk festivals and events across Canada. He played at the Mariposa, Atlantic & Vancouver Festivals and at Expo 86. He also appeared in the U.S.A., England, Ireland, France, Japan (Expo 85, Tsukuba), and Australia (Expo 88, Brisbane). FABULOUS TUNES ! RUFUS' MOST FAMOUS COMPOSITION IS THE CENTENNIAL HIGHWAY REEL.

Rufus Guinchard: fiddle
Engineered by Rick Harris
Artwork by Pam Hall
Liner notes by Clyde Rose