Brent Titcomb is an actor and musician born in Vancouver in 1940. He began his career in Vancouver in 1963, combining traditional folk material with the flair for comedy that has remained an integral element of his performances.

Titcomb was an original member of the folk rock group 3's A Crowd. They began in 1965, in Vancouver, and later moved to Toronto. The group recorded a few singles and one album, "Christopher's Movie Matinee" produced by Cass Elliott of the Mamas and Papas and Steve Barry on ABC/Dunhill Records.

In 1968, Titcomb went solo and toured Canada and parts of Europe. He began working with Anne Murray in the studio and on the road, and gave her a successful hit when she recorded his composition, Sing High, Sing Low. His material was also performed and recorded by Glen Campbell, Andy Williams and the Osmonds.

Starting in 1976, Titcomb became a mainstay performer at Festival of Friends in Hamilton, Ontario. Over the years, he has appeared there twenty five times and has headlined the event a record five times. He also appeared at the New Orleans World's Fair and in Mexico in 1984. Titcomb became involved in environmental and human rights causes. He sang before the Dalai Lama during one of the religious leader's rare Toronto visits. He also played at the Jacques Cousteau Festival in Hamilton.

Titcomb began working occasionally in the mid-1970s as an actor in radio and TV dramas and commercials, and has also done 'voice-overs' for commercials and for such Canadian children's animated TV series in the 1980s as 'Clifford the Dog' and 'The Care Bears'. In 1989 he invented the character Bumble Bill for a children's concert series at Roy Thomson Hall. For one season, he hosted The Brent Titcomb Show on CBC television. The program featured fellow folk singers and I'm unsure if any tapes exist but I'd be very interested to find out.

Enjoy this song from his first album May All Beings Be Happy from 1977; a fantastic cover of Gnostic Serenade which is one of my favourites from the Three’s a Crowd days.

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