[2] The son of high school teachers, he was raised in Toronto, and began taking his bands to perform in local clubs during his teens.
[1] He first attracted record label interest with The Watertown Trio, although by the time he signed to Warner Music Group in 1989 Dibble was the band's only core member and was otherwise supplemented by session musicians.
[1] His debut album as Watertown, No Singing at the Dinner Table, was released in 1990[3] and featured the singles "Paper Walls" and "If We Turn Out the Lights".
[2] He was a tourmate of Barenaked Ladies on their first national tour,[4] and cowrote the song "New Kid (On the Block)" from their debut album Gordon.
BNL's Ed Robertson and Steven Page in turn guested on Dibble's second record One Phoebe Street, which also included contributions from Colin Linden, Jonathan Goldsmith, Gordie Johnson, Blair Packham and Bob Wiseman.