Rick Tippe

Rick Tippe was born into country music, the eldest son of CCMA and BCCMA Hall of Fame member Elmer Tippe. Rick grew up in Maple Ridge, BC where as a child he played minor hockey and took guitar lessons. Rick's dream was to be a songwriter, at 11 years old he began to write. He got his first break as a songwriter at 16 when his dad recorded three of his songs and released two of them to Canadian country radio. Shortly after Rick graduated from high school and landed a job at the Hammond Saw Mill.