Marcel Aymar (born in Meteghan,

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) is a Canadian musician, composer, writer and actor. He moved to

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in 1972 as a teen and was a founding member of the popular Franco-Ontarian group

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, playing guitar.Kuzyk, Jane. "That Band from Sudbury." '' The Globe and Mail'', November 30, 1977. During this time, he was also active in the

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. Aymar, with John Doerr and Marc Cholette, wrote the theme song for

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's '' The National'' and SRC's ''Soirée du Hockey'', the French equivalent to ''

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''. He also wrote the soundtrack for the film '' Jerome's Secret (Le secret de Jérôme)'', and toured with Robert Paquette and Paul Demers as the performing group Paquette-Aymar-Demers. In 2003, he recorded his self-titled debut solo album, ''Aymar''. The album is diverse, featuring folk cajun styles, rock songs ("Dans un café américain à Paris"), and even ballads. In 2009, Aymar was awarded the Prix Hommage by the Association des professionnels de la chanson et de la musique at its fifth annual Gala des prix Trille Or. In 2021, two classic CANO songs from the band's first album, Aymar's "Baie Sainte-Marie" and André Paiement's "Dimanche après-midi," were inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Discography

* ''Aymar'', 2003

References

External links

Marcel Aymar
Official site Living people Acadian people Canadian folk rock musicians Canadian folk singers Canadian rock singers 20th-century Canadian male singers Canadian male songwriters French-language singers of Canada Musicians from Greater Sudbury Musicians from Nova Scotia People from Annapolis County, Nova Scotia Writers from Greater Sudbury Writers from Nova Scotia Year of birth missing (living people) {{Canada-singer-stub