Reg Bouvette cut a dashing
figure with his distinctive blue fiddle.
Little is known about his early years but
there is no doubting his influence on
young fiddlers. “I first met Reg Bouvette
in 1977 at the Garden City Mall fiddling
contest,” Patti (Kusturok) remembers. “I
was just a kid. My mom put me on her
shoulders so I could see and I was hooked.
I spent hours listening to his records. To
me he was huge star.” In 1986, Patti
recorded an album of fiddling numbers with
Reg Bouvette entitled The King and the
Princess on Sunshine Records. “Of course,
it goes without saying that it was a huge
honour for me,” she smiles.
