Greg Herman
I've been at the music thing since I noticed my Dad and brother's instruments around the house, my first memory of attempting to play was Dad showing me the notes for You Are My Sunshine on his tenor banjo. From there it was guitar lessons at United Conservatory in Medicine Hat but I was no prodigy, it was a slow gradual road to being able to actually make music.
Common Country was the first band I played with, a group of experienced old time musicians.....anniversary dances, Elks, Legion, I remember a Boxing day dance in Richmound SK.
From 1986 on, I played for most of a couple decades with my brother Tim in the Wichita band traveling around playing bars, rodeos, cabarets, then recording some of Tim's songs...full time as a musician for a while then realizing the ranch was home. Mom and Dad encouraged us to pursue music for a time. To this day I still go to places in AB and SK and play mostly my own songs, I've recorded 6 albums and a couple EPs of stuff that's been written over the last 20 odd years. Most of the recordings are self produced with the help of some of the best musicians I've been lucky to be around. Not being in the music business but writing songs as a pursuit seems to balance well (mostly) with running cows and calves. I live north of Medicine Hat on the family place with my wife Donna and son Brendon, they're my biggest supporters by helping in so many ways on the ranch, and by tolerating this music habit!
