Harry Hibbs (musician)

Harry Hibbs (musician)

Harry Hibbs, born Henry Thomas Joseph Hibbs (b. September 11, 1942 at Bell Island, d. Toronto, December 21, 1989), was Newfoundland's best-known icon for traditional Newfoundland music.

He was educated at St. Kevin's High School, Wabana, and moved with his family to Toronto shortly after the death of his father. There Harry worked at various manufacturing facilities such as an auto parts factory, printing plant, and a munitions factory. At one of these plants he suffered a career changing accident that prevented him from any strenuous work; this led Harry to take up performing music. He had learned this skill from his father, who was an accomplished fiddle player.

Hibbs became a member of the Caribou Show Band that played regularly to expatriate Newfoundlanders living in Toronto. Members of the band at that time were Johnny Burke on bass guitar, Norma Gale, vocals, Brian Barron, mandolin and fiddle, Roddy Lee on drums, Bob Lucier on steel guitar and Harry Hibbs on accordion. Hibbs was signed by ARC Records by Phil Anderson, president of ARC Records, and the first album released on October 1968 with signature song "The Black Velvet Band." In 1968 a weekly television show called "At the Caribou" featuring Hibbs aired on CHCH Hamilton. Hibbs appeared on many television programs such as The Tommy Hunter Show, Singalong Jubilee and Don Messer's Jubilee.

Hibbs went on to record 26 albums, of which several went gold. He opened his own nightclub, the "Conception Bay", in Toronto in 1978. Hibbs died on December 21, 1989 of cancer but his legacy lives on. Steve Fruitman of CIUT-FM created the Porcupine Award in 1990 for those who deserve recognition for their work in Canadian folklore music. In 1991 the Harry Hibbs Award was inaugurated and its first recipient was Geoff Meeker. This award was eventually renamed the Harry Hibbs Award for Perseverance. In 1993 Harry Hibbs was inducted into the Porcupine Hall of Fame.

External links

* [http://www.heritage.nf.ca/arts/harryhibbs_article.html Newfoundland Heritage bio]
* [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0001613 Canadian Encyclopedia Bio]
* [http://www.backtothesugarcamp.com/halloffame.html The Porcupine Awards Hall of Fame]


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