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HUMPHREY AND THE DUMPTRUCKS
(1967-1981)
Canada Encyclopedia = Humphrey and the Dumptrucks. Country-folk group, active 1967-81. It was organized in Saskatoon as a jug band by Gary 'Humphrey Dumptruck' Walsh (banjo, dobro), along with Michael 'Bear' Millar (12-string guitar, bass, jug), Michael 'Ernie' Taylor (guitar, autoharp), and Graeme Card (guitar, mandolin). Each member sang. By 1969 a fulltime and professional band, Humphrey and the Dumptrucks performed throughout western Canada in clubs, on the CBC, and at folk and bluegrass festivals (eg, in Regina and Winnipeg), schools (where they gave workshops), and universities. They often appeared in small Saskatchewan communities, and many of their songs reflected rural life. Taylor described their music as 'prairie music...It's not country and western; that is, it's not a conventional Nashville sound. It's not rock 'n' roll. It's not folk - though it incorporates all three' (Toronto Star, 12 Nov 1977). After Card left in 1973 to pursue a solo career, the others collaborated with the Regina playwright Ken Mitchell on the country musical Cruel Tears. Loosely based on Othello, it was premiered 15 Mar 1975 at the Mendel Art Gallery in Saskatoon and, after some revision, was presented in Vancouver and at the Montreal Olympics in 1976 and on a 12-city tour in 1977. The Dumptrucks appeared as a Greek-style chorus in all performances; 'Humphrey' was replaced on the 1977 tour by the banjo and dobro player Bob 'Cat' Evans. Evans also collaborated with Millar and Taylor in 1977 on the ballet Goose! (based on Mother Goose rhymes) for the Regina Modern Dance Co. With Anne Wright in Evans' place, the Dumptrucks performed 'The Greatest Little Traveling Super show' for audiences of children in the Northwest Territories and the Yukon in 1979 and in the Maritimes in 1980.
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Albums
Six Days Of Paper Ladies Boot Records 1971
Hot Spit! Boot Records 1971
Six Days Of Paper Ladies Boot Records 1971
Saskatoon United Artists Records 1973
Gopher Suite Sunflower 1975
Songs From Cruel Tears Sunflower 1976
Goose! Sunflower 1977
Singles & EPs
Man From The City Boot Records 1971
Six Days Of Paper Ladies Boot Records 1972
Not Goin' Down To Sin No More Boot Records 1972
Snowball (If Wishes Were Horses) UA Records
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Boot Records was a Canadian country, bluegrass, and contemporary folk label formed in 1971 in Toronto by Stompin' Tom Connors and his manager, Jury Krytiuk.
1968 JS WOOD LIBRARY - FAMILY NIGHT - FEB 29
1968 UNIVERSITY - SKI CHALET - FEB 7
1968 UNIVERSITY - CELLAR CLUB - OCT 27 - Skip Kutz Sextet, Humphrey Dumptrucks
1968 UNIVERSITY - FOLK FESTIVAL - SEPT 15
1969 RED LION INN - JUL 12
1969 MARKET MALL - AUG 22
1969 REGINA FOLK FESTIVAL - MAR 15 - Humphrey Dumptrucks, Nancy Ward
1969 UNIVERSITY - CELLAR CLUB - SEPT 28 - Humphrey Dumptrucks, Skip Kutz Sextet
1969 UNIVERSITY - CELLAR CLUB - NOV 2 - Humphrey Dumptrucks with new cute member
1969 DONOVAN’S (Next to A&W on 8th St) - NOV 23 - Humphrey Dumptrucks, Rey Dahlen Jr, Bill and Lill
1970 CENTENNIAL AUDITORIUM - SEVENTYPOP - FEB 28 / MAR 1 - Witness / Skip Kutz / Humphrey / Bob Moyer / Bridge City / Roamer Reo
1970 EXECUTIVE MOTOR HOTEL - JUL 11
1970 JUN 27 - 49 Parallel / Humphrey Dumptrucks
1970 EXHIBITION - JUL 17-18
1971 APR 4 - Lions Band Sweet Adelines John Diduck Humphrey Dumptrucks Majorettes Folkloric Dancers
1971 JACKS FOOD HOUSE - MAY 15 - 2nd band ever to play this new venue / AUG 28 /
1971 EXHIBITION - WOODTICK REVIVAL FESTIVAL - AUG 29 - Jalal Sunband Jim Hawn Benjamin Chow Trina Rik and the Ravens Humphrey Dumptrucks Gordie Brandt Wascana Junior and Dudley Dean
1971 MENDEL ART GALLERY - DEC 5
1971 BESSBOROUGH - DEC 18 25 31
1972 BESSBOROUGH - JAN 1 / AUG 26 / SEP 2
1972 JACKS FOOD HOUSE - MAR 11
1972 CENTENNIAL AUDITORIUM - APR 16 - Lions Variety Band Bert Sears Cliff Malcolm Humphrey Dumptrucks Sweet Adelines 22 Majorettes
1972 THE DEL - MAY 6 13
1972 ARENA RINK - JUL 7 - Crowbar Humphrey Dumptrucks
1973 BESSBOROUGH - APR 21 28 / JUL 21 / DEC 1 8
1974 PARKTOWN - MAR 23 / JUN 1 / JUL 13 / OCT 19 /
1974 BESSBOROUGH - MARDI GRAS BALL - FEB 22 - Humphrey Dumptrucks John Kolynchuk Symphony Orchestra Ray Dahlen Raggie Taggie Gypsies
1974 PARKTOWN - NEW YEARS EVE - $24 PER COUPLE - DEC 31 - Humphrey Dumptrucks Jazz Workshop Bobbie Clackson Skip Kutz
1975 MENDEL ART GALLERY - PERSEPHONE THEATRE - CRUEL TEARS - MAR 14-29 - Ken Mitchell Humphrey Dumptrucks
1975 CENTENNIAL AUDITORIUM - SEP 14 - Murray McLaughlin Dillards Paul Hann Johnny Shines Don Freed String Band Roosevelt Sykes Graeme Card Quarrington Worthy Humphrey Dumptrucks
1975 UNIVERSITY - SEP 14 - Graeme Card Humphrey Dumptrucks Paul Hann Roosevelt Sykes Quarrington & Worthy Billards Johnny Shines