Maytwayashing was fiddling champion
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THE Manitoba fiddling community is in mourning this week with the news of the death of prominent musician Clifford Maytwayashing.
Maytwayashing, 70, was a multiple-award-winning fiddler and considered one of the best old-time fiddlers in Canada, said Nez Michaels, CEO of Sunshine Records. He died Monday after collapsing at his home at the Lake Manitoba First Nation.
Lifelong friend Joe Best said Maytwayashing’s death was unexpected, as he was considered in good health and competed in a fiddle contest on the weekend, winning a gold medal.
"As far as I’m concerned, he was Manitoba’s last great fiddler," Best said. "There aren’t any more left."
Maytwayashing’s 2006 CD, Skiffle Fiddle, was singled out by the Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards as the Best Fiddle CD that year.
Maytwayashing grew up and lived at the Lake Manitoba First Nation. Several biographies stated he began playing fiddle at the age of five, following in his father’s footsteps. In the 1970s, he held the title of fiddling champion at the Manitoba Indian Days for eight consecutive years.
"He was a great, happy guy who always joked around with people," Best said. "He always had a mischievous smile on his lips."
An obituary notice said a wake service will be held tonight at 7 at his home at Lake Manitoba First Nation and a funeral service will be held Aug. 22 at 2 p.m. at the Lake Manitoba First Nation School gymnasium.