Real name: Michael James Taylor

Canadian singer, songwriter and musician from Saskatchewan. Also known as Micheal "Earnie" Taylor after introducing himself as "earnest" at a gig and a newspaper review the next day shortened it to Earnie and the name stuck. An original member of Humphrey And The Dumptrucks, after that band folded in 1981 he eventually moved to Stratford, Ontario where he formed the groups Me & My Uncle (which included Gary "Humphrey Dumptruck" Walsh) and the Michael Earnie Taylor Orchestra. Brother of Malcolm Taylor (6).