Bob Couture

James Robert Charles "Bob" Couture grew up in the community of Brooke, just northwest of Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada. Couture became well known in northern Grey County for his gifts in athletics and music. As manager of Maclean-Hunter Cable TV, he captained their company softball team for years and was their anchor pitcher.

Part of a musical family, he was encouraged to play violin, but became a fan of Nashville musician Chet Atkins and mastered guitar instead. By his late teens, his brilliant style caught many an admiring ear and he began to play lead guitar professionally in bands all over the area. He inspired brother Rudy Couture, who also went on to become a well-known Grey County professional musician.

Couture and his family discovered they had Metis roots in the late 1990s. He had just begun to explore this, before taking ill and passing away in 2004.

His son Chet Couture is a veteran official with the professional National Lacrosse League. Chet's son Logan Couture, was a first round draft pick drafted by the San Jose Sharks, of the National Hockey League in 2007.