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Greatest Canadian bassists.
- Thread starter Shearstown
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Those videos I posted?
Fred Turner.
Still going at it in his late 70s
Fred Turner.
Still going at it in his late 70s
Jean-Guy Chapados (RIP). A session bassist from Québec. Here's two pieces I'm hoping to learn someday. Aside, the whole album is great.
Mario Légaré, formerly of the band Octobre and now playing with a lot of artists since the break-up of the band in 1982. Not really known outside of Québec though…
Pierre Hébert, the drummer, is also accompanying/playing/recording/teaching since…
***Obviously, lyrics are in French.
*** On this latest one, take an « ear » to « Brazilia » at 18:13
Pierre Hébert, the drummer, is also accompanying/playing/recording/teaching since…
***Obviously, lyrics are in French.
*** On this latest one, take an « ear » to « Brazilia » at 18:13
Alain Caron. His take from Coltrane impression is one of my favorite tunes.
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Not really a fan of their music, but interestingly, Pierre Hébert (Patrice, is this the same Pierre Hébert?) was also a bassist and percussionist for Sloche, another progressive band from Quebec that released two albums, J'un Oeil in '75 and Stadaconé in '76. I really like both of those albums. Sloche, pronounced 'slush', a word used for wet snow in Quebec.
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@Deleted member 268085 , not the same Pierre.
Octobre: it’s the drummer, Mario Légaré is the bassist;
Sloche: it’s the bassist, son of a jazz pianist.
A good reference for Québec prog era:
ProgQuébec : Liste d'artistes / Artist list
**Are you a Quebecer expat in France or or a French lover of Québec French music?
Another band you could like, « Contraction ». The bassist is also really good! Yves Laferrière. I have a solo album from Laferrière too.
**Sloche is really good BTW!
***Oh, and yes, Octobre is kind of an « acquired » taste, to paraphrase a Gentle Giant album title. The vocals and lyrics haven’t stood the test of time really well. Even Pierre Flynn (singer, keys) acknowledge that it was a bit of « teen » music with all its flaws.
*****The Laferrière album is this one, gift from a friend in my case:
ProgQuebec : Yves Laferrière
Contraction was a thrift store find…
Octobre: it’s the drummer, Mario Légaré is the bassist;
Sloche: it’s the bassist, son of a jazz pianist.
A good reference for Québec prog era:
ProgQuébec : Liste d'artistes / Artist list
**Are you a Quebecer expat in France or or a French lover of Québec French music?
Another band you could like, « Contraction ». The bassist is also really good! Yves Laferrière. I have a solo album from Laferrière too.
**Sloche is really good BTW!
***Oh, and yes, Octobre is kind of an « acquired » taste, to paraphrase a Gentle Giant album title. The vocals and lyrics haven’t stood the test of time really well. Even Pierre Flynn (singer, keys) acknowledge that it was a bit of « teen » music with all its flaws.
*****The Laferrière album is this one, gift from a friend in my case:
ProgQuebec : Yves Laferrière
Contraction was a thrift store find…
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Thanks for the detailed reply! Good to know that the liste d'artistes is still online. I remember it from a long time ago. I will definitely check out your additional recommendations.
I'm an American expat living in France. My brother's wife is French (from Marseille originally). My niece lives here in the Arcachon Bay area. I just love it. Don't miss the U.S. one bit. Moving into a great apartment in the city center of Arcachon in two weeks. After a whole year of trying, I'm finally getting my French permis de conduire. What a pain in the butt.
I spent some time in Montréal when I worked for Motorola back in the '90s. It was also my preferred way to get to upstate New York. I'd fly into Montréal and drive down.
My German ancestors on my mother's side emigrated through Montréal, spending 6 months there before entering the U.S. in 1864/65, where they hooked up with my German ancestors on my father's side, who'd emigrated to the area east of Buffalo, NY starting in 1845.
When I had to work in Ottawa, I spent my evenings in Gatineau, on the Québec side. WAY more fun! Ottawa reminded me of East Berlin before the wall came down (I'm not able to disclose how I know that
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In case anyone else is interested in the Canadian prog scene, here are the Contraction and Yves Laferrière solo albums.
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Great to meet you @Deleted member 268085 ! Interesting stories about your life progress (cheminement, Google Translate give « progress »?). Not often that I encounter someone knowing those old bands from the 70´s, even there!Thanks for the detailed reply! Good to know that the liste d'artistes is still online. I remember it from a long time ago. I will definitely check out your additional recommendations.
I'm an American expat living in France. My brother's wife is French (from Marseille originally). My niece lives here in the Arcachon Bay area. I just love it. Don't miss the U.S. one bit. Moving into a great apartment in the city center of Arcachon in two weeks. After a whole year of trying, I'm finally getting my French permis de conduire. What a pain in the butt.
I spent some time in Montréal when I worked for Motorola back in the '90s. It was also my preferred way to get to upstate New York. I'd fly into Montréal and drive down.
My German ancestors on my mother's side emigrated through Montréal, spending 6 months there before entering the U.S. in 1864/65, where they hooked up with my German ancestors on my father's side, who'd emigrated to the area east of Buffalo, NY starting in 1845.
When I had to work in Ottawa, I spent my evenings in Gatineau, on the Québec side. WAY more fun! Ottawa reminded me of East Berlin before the wall came down (I'm not able to disclose how I know that
As a rarity, I have (it was my girlfriend’s album) « La Marche des Hommes » from « Morse Code »:
ProgQuebec : Morse Code (...Transmission)
Too much like Genesis to me however, not enough different like say Octobre, Harmonium, Contraction… They have their sound even if prog « à la base ».
I also have the Franck Dervieux LP, recommended to me but I’ll have to listen to it again as the first impression was meh!
ProgQuebec : Franck Dervieux
***A lot of musicians on the album (including Laferrière) will go on to become Contraction.
****My girlfriend said to me that it was quite a challenge to drive in Europe, particularly in France, Italy or Swiss! She hadn’t to do it, fortunately, but witnessed the « driver spirit » of the locals
Here, we think that we have a more « Latin » way to drive in Québec (read: we drive badly). I find it true in a way and prefer the way English speaking people drive (safely and well). This is obviously a generalization…
In fact, I find that we are a mix of English/American/French way of thinking and doing things. Far from French people in my opinion, more anglos than French…
BTW, I like Montréal as it is a real melting pot of cultural influences, odors, foods, etc… Coming natively from Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean BTW…
I hope you enjoyed our colorful « blasphemous » language when you lived here, kâliss!
*****Love your pic over your avatar!
***** A lot of English prog bands had a cult following here, particularly Gentle Giant. They were more popular here than in Great Britain and U.S. Same goes for Genesis first era (Gabriel) and Renaissance. Similar to Italy as I’ve heard…
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7 pages and no Chris Murphy from Sloan?!
I would include myself, but I'm only Fake Canadian.
I would include myself, but I'm only Fake Canadian.
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I LOVE Renaissance! Here's the album that got me hooked on them. I started out as a classical pianist, studying with the soloist of the St. Louis Philharmonic. Didn't pick up a bass until I was 16.Great to meet you @Deleted member 268085 ! Interesting stories about your life progress (cheminement, Google Translate give « progress »?). Not often that I encounter someone knowing those old bands from the 70´s, even there!
As a rarity, I have (it was my girlfriend’s album) « La Marche des Hommes » from « Morse Code »:
ProgQuebec : Morse Code (...Transmission)
Too much like Genesis to me however, not enough different like say Octobre, Harmonium, Contraction… They have their sound even if prog « à la base ».
I also have the Franck Dervieux LP, recommended to me but I’ll have to listen to it again as the first impression was meh!
ProgQuebec : Franck Dervieux
***A lot of musicians on the album (including Laferrière) will go on to become Contraction.
****My girlfriend said to me that it was quite a challenge to drive in Europe, particularly in France, Italy or Swiss! She hadn’t to do it, fortunately, but witnessed the « driver spirit » of the locals
Here, we think that we have a more « Latin » way to drive in Québec (read: we drive badly). I find it true in a way and prefer the way English speaking people drive (safely and well). This is obviously a generalization…
In fact, I find that we are a mix of English/American/French way of thinking and doing things. Far from French people in my opinion, more anglos than French…
BTW, I like Montréal as it is a real melting pot of cultural influences, odors, foods, etc… Coming natively from Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean BTW…
I hope you enjoyed our colorful « blasphemous » language when you lived here, kâliss!
*****Love your pic over your avatar!
***** A lot of English prog bands had a cult following here, particularly Gentle Giant. They were more popular here than in Great Britain and U.S. Same goes for Genesis first era (Gabriel) and Renaissance. Similar to Italy as I’ve heard…
To get this thread sort of back on track, here's Jon Camp, bassist for Renaissance. He's English, but at least he's a bassist.
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I really like Jon Camp, John Wetton, Greg Lake, Peter Cetera, Ray Shulman, etc… Back on track for « Canadian bassists » nowI LOVE Renaissance! Here's the album that got me hooked on them. I started out as a classical pianist, studying with the soloist of the St. Louis Philharmonic. Didn't pick up a bass until I was 16.
To get this thread sort of back on track, here's Jon Camp, bassist for Renaissance. He's English, but at least he's a bassist.
Great to meet you @Deleted member 268085 ! Interesting stories about your life progress (cheminement, Google Translate give « progress »?). Not often that I encounter someone knowing those old bands from the 70´s, even there!
****My girlfriend said to me that it was quite a challenge to drive in Europe, particularly in France, Italy or Swiss! She hadn’t to do it, fortunately, but witnessed the « driver spirit » of the locals
Here, we think that we have a more « Latin » way to drive in Québec (read: we drive badly). I find it true in a way and prefer the way English speaking people drive (safely and well). This is obviously a generalization…
As a french who had the chance to drive in Quebec a little ( holidays.. 20 years ago ..), i still remember how peacefull it was. I can't imagine in France how would go a single crossroad with 4 "STOP" (excuse me: "Arrêt"), letting driver to manage who should pass and who should wait. I must admit i have been scared the first time, and couldn't go, until i realize that other people were waiting for me to go..
Try this here and i'll bet a lot on an immediate car crash.
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That was the first driving tip I learned here (how to use my left and right turn signals in a roundabout). French people can handle rond-points (roundabouts) no problem, but give them a 3- or 4-way stop? All hell breaks loose. The scariest intersection I have to deal with here is a short, quick exit from a highway that immediately hits an intersection that has stop signs for the other three ways. That's how I get to the LeClerc service station, so I have to use it regularly.As a french who had the chance to drive in Quebec a little ( holidays.. 20 years ago ..), i still remember how peacefull it was. I can't imagine in France how would go a single crossroad with 4 "STOP" (excuse me: "Arrêt"), letting driver to manage who should pass and who should wait. I must admit i have been scared the first time, and couldn't go, until i realize that other people were waiting for me to go..
Try this here and i'll bet a lot on an immediate car crash.
