Wilf Carter is from Port Hilford, Nova Scotia.

Wilf is also known as ‘Montana Slim’ and ‘The Yodelling Cowboy’.

At age 15, Wilf headed out west to Alberta and worked as a Lumberjack, while learning to play guitar. In a short while Wilf learned that he could earn extra money playing at dances and it was also at this time he developed his own unique yodeling style, sometimes called the ‘Echo Yodel’ or three in one.

He then took a job on the Canadian Pacific Railway entertaining passengers in the Bar Car and earning a reputation as the number one railway entertainer.

He began recording in Montreal and his first recordings of “My Swiss Moonlight Lullaby” and “The Capture of Alberta Johnson” became hits in Canada and the U.S..

By 1935 Wilf was becoming an in-demand entertainer, he was invited to record at New York and within a short while Wilf was a national country brand.

During the years of World War Two Wilf entertained Canadian and U.S. troops and went out of his way to isolated bases to do so.

On his tour dates he always insisted that Canadian dates were part of the schedule regardless of the size of the venue.

He was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, the U.S. Country Hall of Fame is a member of the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville.

Wilf always insisted that he be introduced as a Canadian country singer.

Wilf passed away in 1996.

Many songs that most people associate as U.S. Country music are in fact written by Canadians for Canadians.

Canadian country music artists have always been at the forefront of U.S. Country music and that tradition continues to this day.

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