Bobby Gimby
Orchestra leader, trumpeter, songwriter (1918-1998)
Robert Stead Gimby (October 25, 1918 – June 20, 1998) was a Canadian orchestra leader, trumpeter, and singer-songwriter.
Biography
Gimby (pronounced Jim-bee) was born in Cabri, Saskatchewan, a small town of about 300 people. He came from a musical family: his father Albert S. Gimby played fiddle, his mother played piano, and his sister played guitar. His father ran a hardware store, but after it burned in a fire the family struggled financially. They left Saskatchewan to live near relatives in British Columbia. The family moved to Chilliwack, B.C., where they lived throughout the 1930s, and where Gimby attended Chilliwack High School.
In Chilliwack he was a member of the Town Band, a popular group which played at local dances. In 1941, he joined the touring orchestra of Canadian bandleader Mart Kenney. He played trumpet (the press of that time referred to him as "The Wizard of the Trumpet") and he went on the road with Mart Kenney's Western Gentlemen, working mainly in Vancouver and western Canada.
Around 1944, Gimby moved to Toronto.
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