“How can you be such a good person, and such a smart person, and such a humble person, and a giving, caring person, like all these things, and be so talented,” asked his son, who noted that Elmer’s talents propelled him into the B.C. “He was the humblest guy,” who helped put Haney and Maple Ridge on the map. “He just was so loved by so many people, but rightfully so,” said Rick. That person who you could always turn to for advice or whatever, in any situation that you found challenging,” he noted. “Not having that rock there for you anymore, that’s what you are going to miss, you know. Rick noted that life will not be the same without his father. Some of his hits include: Closed For Repairs/Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained Don’t Ever Turn Around and Thinkin Back.
He, too, recorded several albums and charted three singles during the 1970s. It was there that he helped give many young, up-and-coming local musicians their real start in country music, playing their songs on air. “He taught himself how to read, and become the person he was,” said Rick.Įlmer started his career in broadcasting at CJJC, B.C.’s first full-time country music station in Langley, before moving onto CKWX SuperCountry radio in 1975. Two years later, Elmer formed The Pine Mountain Boys with his other brother and started performing with the Royal Canadian tours.Īlthough Elmer dropped out of school when he was eight years old, he would eventually become a broadcaster, reading his own news.
They played together until 1955, when his brother Clarence was killed by a drunk driver. “And that was just because everyone respected my mom and dad with that name,” he said, referring also to his mother Alice.Īccording to the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame, Elmer was born in Saskatchewan in January 1933 and began playing the banjo and fiddle at the age of eight in Alberta, just before moving to B.C.Īt 15 years old, he was entertaining at the professional level with his two older brothers in a band, Ray’s Harmony Five. Rick explained life was easier not only for himself, but for his brother and sister, because their last name was Tippe. He had a way of handling things that everyone admired, said Rick.
A person who folks could trusted and someone who people listened to. He described his father as an amazing human being. He wasn’t just an ordinary guy, you know,” said his son Rick Tippe, who broke the news online. Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows Tourism GuideĪn icon in the British Columbia country music scene has passed away.Įlmer Tippe, 89, the patriarch of the Tippe family of musicians, died just before noon on Wednesday, Sept.
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