Beau Dommage is a Canadian

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 rock

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 band

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 from Montreal

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, Quebec

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, who achieved popular success in Quebec and France

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 in the 1970s. The group's style included rich vocal harmonies and elements borrowed from folk

Folk music

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 and country music

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.

History

Beau Dommage started in 1972 as an offshoot of the creative association "La Quenouille Bleue". Pierre Huet, Robert Léger

Robert Léger

-Early career:Robert Léger is responsible for writing many of the québécois group Beau Dommage's biggest hits. He, along with Pierre Huet and Michel Rivard studied at l'Université de Québec à Montréal as part of the Quenouille Bleue, a theatre group at the school, during the early 70s.-Beau...

 and Michel Rivard

Michel Rivard

Michel Rivard , is a singer-songwriter and musician from Quebec. He was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. His father was an actor, Robert Rivard...

 were soon joined by Pierre Bertrand

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. The next year Réal Desrosiers and Marie-Michèle Desrosiers, unrelated despite their identical last name, joined the band.

The group's first album, Beau Dommage

Beau dommage (1974 album)

Beau Dommage is the self-titled debut album by québécois folk-rock group Beau Dommage, released in 1974.-History:In 1974 Beau Dommage released their most popular album to date, making triple platinum with many hit singles such as Le Picbois, Tous Les Palmiers, and La Complainte du Phoque en...

, was released in 1974 and broke sales records at the time. The next year, Où est passée la noce?

Où est Passée La Noce? (Album)

The second studio release by Quebec folk-rock group Beau Dommage.Because of the long song "Un incident à Bois-des-Filion" on Side 2 of this album, Beau Dommage has traditionally been classified as a progressive rock group since the 1970s by fans of that genre...

reached Platinum

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 (as awarded by the CRIA

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 before May 1, 2008, 100,000 units) on its first day of sales. The group met with considerable success on its yearly tours of Europe

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 between 1975 and 1978, and also performed on numerous occasions in Quebec and the rest of Canada.

The group disbanded in 1978 and reunited in 1984 to perform twice and produce a live album. They reunited one last time in 1994 to produce a second self-titled album Beau Dommage and tour Quebec in 1995. They showed up during the 2005 Francofolies

Francofolies

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 in Montreal when many artists decided to honour them.

Members

• Pierre Bertrand - guitar
  Guitar
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  , bass
  Bass guitar
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  , vocals
• Marie-Michèle Desrosiers - keyboard, vocals
• Réal Desrosiers - drums
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• Michel Hinton - keyboard (starting in 1975)
• Pierre Huet - songwriter
• Robert Léger
  Robert Léger
  -Early career:Robert Léger is responsible for writing many of the québécois group Beau Dommage's biggest hits. He, along with Pierre Huet and Michel Rivard studied at l'Université de Québec à Montréal as part of the Quenouille Bleue, a theatre group at the school, during the early 70s.-Beau...
  
   - keyboard, flute
  Flute
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• Michel Rivard
  Michel Rivard
  Michel Rivard , is a singer-songwriter and musician from Quebec. He was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. His father was an actor, Robert Rivard...
  
   - guitar, melodica, keyboards, vocals

Discography

• 1995 Rideau
  • "Échappé belle"
  • "J'ai oublié le jour"
  • "Tout va bien"
  • "Tous les palmiers"
  • "Quand Rose va chez son fils"
  • "Harmonie du soir à Châteauguay"
  • "Heureusement qu'il y a la nuit"
  • "Sur la véranda"
  • "Le retour du flâneur"
  • "Tout simplement jaloux"
  • "Le picbois"
  • "23 décembre"
  • "Montréal"
  • "Ginette"
  • "À toutes les fois"
  • "La complainte du phoque en Alaska"
  • "Le blues d'la métropole"
  • "Bozo"
  • "La mort de l'ours"

• 1994 Beau Dommage
  • "La nouvelle saison"
  • "Le retour du flâneur"
  • "Tout simplement jaloux"
  • "Quand Rose va chez son fils"
  • "Échappé belle"
  • "Du milieu du pont Jacques-Cartier"
  • "Rive-Sud"
  • "Grande cheminée"
  • "J'aimais l'hiver"
  • "Sur la véranda"
  • "Marcher tout seul la nuit sur une route de campagne"
• 1992 Beau Dommage au Forum
• 1991 L'intégrale (boxed set)
• 1988 Plus de 60 minutes avec... Beau Dommage
  • "Tous les palmiers"
  • "Tout va bien"
  • "J'ai oublié le jour"
  • "Chinatown"
  • "23 décembre"
  • "À toutes les fois"
  • "Tellement on s'aimait"
  • "La complainte du phoque en Alaska"
  • "Harmonie du soir à Châteauguay"
  • "Le picbois"
  • "Le blues d'la métropole"
  • "Motel « Mon repos »"
  • "Le cœur endormi"
  • "Le géant Beaupré"
  • "Rouler la nuit"
  • "Montréal"
  • "Le rapide blanc"
• 1977 Passagers
  • "Rouler la nuit"
  • "Le vent du fleuve"
  • "Histoire de Jean"
  • "Le cœur endormi"
  • "Le passager de l'heure de pointe"
  • "Hockey"
  • "Le vent d'la ville"
  • "Lettre d'amour"
  • "Le voyageur"
• 1976 Un Autre Jour Arrive en Ville
  • "Tout va bien"
  • "Contre lui"
  • "Cinéma"
  • "Ça fait longtemps"
  • "Le cœur sur la corde raide"
  • "Seize en soixante-seize"
  • "Marie-Chantale"
  • "Berceuse pour moi toute seule"
  • "C'est samedi soir"
  • "Un autre jour arrive en ville"
• 1975 Où est passée la noce?
  Où est Passée La Noce? (Album)
  The second studio release by Quebec folk-rock group Beau Dommage.Because of the long song "Un incident à Bois-des-Filion" on Side 2 of this album, Beau Dommage has traditionally been classified as a progressive rock group since the 1970s by fans of that genre...
  
  
• 1974 Beau Dommage

External links

• Beau Dommage in The Encyclopedia of Music in Canada.
• Beau Dommage in The Canadian Encyclopedia
  The Canadian Encyclopedia
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• Canuckistan Music - Review of Beau Dommage LP
• ProgQuebec: Beau Dommage
• Beau Dommage page, with discography