Bob Higgins is one of Canada’s master harmonica players. In a musical career spanning five decades, Bob’s unsurpassed musical talents have taken him on tour throughout Canada, the United States, and Europe. A celebrated recording artist with the Three Reeds, the Reed and the World’s Greatest Harmonica Band, his nine top-selling recordings including two country and western albums, have enjoyed widespread popularity on a global scale, with particular demand in Australia!
This veteran has shared the stage with such greats as Bob Hope, Rosemary Clooney and Al Martino. He has appeared on a host of mainstream radio and television programs on both sides of the Atlantic, including the Juliette Show, Country Roads, In Person and The Tommy Hunter Show.
Highly acclaimed for his excellence in the contemporary and jazz music scenes, Bob’s incredible musical adaptability, flexibility and range were clearly reflected in his smooth adaptation to the world of country music, coinciding with his move to Atlantic Canada. Today, this East Coast country music mainstay calls Moncton his home and appears regularly throughout the Maritimes.
Angus Robichaud was born April 27, 1915 at St. Mary’s Kent Country, NB. Having lost his mother at the age of five, Angus went to live with his grandparents.
With music in his family, he learned to play the fiddle at an early age. His first paid performance was at a house party square dance where he earned 67 cents.
In 1933, he met his wife to be, Doris Landry. They settled down and raised a family of eight children.
In 1939, Angus was on radio for fifteen minutes on Saturday mornings with a group called Pioneers. The popular show lasted for a year and a half. In 1942, he signed on for another radio show sponsored by Quaker Oats. This group was named “Full of Pep Boys” and included Maurice Bolyer, a multi-instrumentalist, who was a regular on the CBC TV shows “Country Hoedown” and “The Tommy Hunter Show”. Also Marg Osborne sang with them for the first time on radio before she joined Don Messer in 1946.
Angus formed another group, the Hayriders, and played with them for two years. He was a close friend of Hank Snow and did some touring with Hank during the 1940’s.
Angus has great memories of his days with the Bunkhouse Boys with whom he did many TV appearances and road concerts.
Over the years, he judged many fiddling contests and composed a number of fiddle tunes including “Durelle’s Victory Breakdown” and “Pride of the Miramichi”.
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