Shocking, sad news. His contribution to the culture of Cape Breton fiddling has been enormous. I saw him perform a number of times, and spoke with him a few times; I always found him amiable, and encouraging of lesser fiddlers (like myself). In fact, I've never heard a bad word said of him.

There will be a sad, empty place in the hearts of all Cape Breton fiddlers for a long while ...