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Hello
friends!
I’m Tim Hus. I was born in the little Kooteney Lake town
of Nelson BC, which is a railway town on the Canadian Pacific's
secondary mainline in Southern British Columbia. Since then
I’ve been all over the place, mainly here and there, doin’
this an’ that. I saw a lot of highways, walked a lot of
miles, shook a lot of hands, heard a lot of stories, laughed
at a lot of jokes, ate a lot of good food, drank a lot of beer,
saw a lot of pretty girls, stepped in a lot of cowpies, hung
my hat on a lot of walls, felt a lot of sunshine, froze in a
few snowstorms, heard a lot of songs, and made a lot of friends
along the way. I spent some time workin’ as a carpenter’s
helper, warehouse hand, forklift driver, van driver, treeplanter,
brewery truck driver, fruit picker, fisherman, pine cone picker,
sawhand, woodworker, well driller, painter, courier, assembly
line worker, salmon farmer, furniture mover, labourer, and jack
of all trades. I lived in a number of different towns and cities
throughout Canada and Europe and after blowin’, rollin’,
bangin’,driftin’, singin’, pickin’,
wranglin’ workin’, and hitch-hikin’ my way
from coast to coast and end to end I wrote some songs about
the people and places I came across, learned to play the flattop
guitar, and began stompin’ my cowboy boots. I found that
people liked my songs so I sang to a lot of people around different
bars, saloons, pubs, taverns, festivals, parties, tractor pulls,
rodeos, jobsites, campfires. I performed at a heap of exhibitions
in Europe as a kind of ambassador for Canada, recorded my first
album Songs of West Canada, and ended up in Calgary, Alberta
in 2003 where I now stomp my boots with The Rocky Mountain Two.
The songs I sing are mainly about miners, loggers, farmers,
railroaders, ranchers, cowboys, oil riggers, truck drivers,
fishermen, gunfighters, bootleggers, brawlers, gamblers, drinkers,
and low down two-bit sons-of-guns. To those of you who know
me I’ll tip my hat and say “Thanks for all the good
times and it’s a pleasure to know ya!”. For those
of you who don’t yet know me
I look forward to meetin’ ya!
Take it easy
but take it...
Tim Hus
Alberta, Canada |
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LIGHTNING THOUGHTS BY TIM:
- Over 2/3 of all log truck crashes result in a rollover.
-What do tractors and boats have in common? I don' t know either
dammit.
-Canadian Pacific Railway provides rail services coast to coast
over a 14,000-mile network. Not an inch further so I'm told
-Some Mack trucks can go in reverse in multiple speeds. Try
it sometime!
-In 1966, 14,000,000 pounds of frozen fish were produced in
Newfoundland. Not a pound more so I'm told.
-A fully loaded Mack truck can weigh up to 80,000 lbs. Most
cars only weigh 3,000 lbs. When I was born I weighed about 8
pounds, so ten thousand of me as a little babe would fit on
the back of that Mack. Jumpin' Geronimo!
-Ringette, the game of hockey with a coffee and a donut, originated
in North Bay, Ontario, the same small town that boasts the world
famous Quintuplets...a mere coincidence...so I'm told.
-The best way to shape a felt cowboy hat is to put a grapefruit
in it and float it in the bathtub overnight. (Try not to fall
asleep).
-To make a real cowboy coffee, never throw out the grounds.
Coffee doesn't taste good until the pot is three weeks old.
-Don't spit in the wind and never draw when you're facing the
sun.
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Tim Hus Music Copyright 2008
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