Gaston Gagnon(I)
- Actor
- Composer
Gaston Gagnon has been involved in the music business since an early
age. As a teenager, he learned to play the guitar listening to master
guitarists Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton and other greats... Born in Quebec,
Canada, Gaston joined a wide variety of bands, alternating between rock
music and his main love affair ...blues. He's the main axeman behind
the sound of "Garolou", a leading folk-rock band which already has one
gold record to their credit and was voted twice best folk album of the
year (Gala de l'ADISQ - QC/Canada, 1980). Over the years, Gaston has
performed with some great Canadian bluesmen including Juno award winner
Ray Bonneville, harp wizard Jim Zeller, singer Bob Walsh and boogie man
Alan Gerber. Performing around the world like the Nyon Folk Festival in
Switzerland, the Montreal International Jazz Festival, and the
prestigious Carnegie Hall in New-York, to name a few, Gaston showed a
versatility and sensitivity appreciated by all . As a guitar player,
accompanying various artists, he's opened for John Lee Hooker, B.B.
King, Joe Cocker, John Mayall and Johnny Winter. More recently, he has
joined forces with bluesman Denis Parker and together they offer a wide
variety of soulful blues classics to originals that stand on their own
merit. Gaston Gagnon is also a member of the progressive rock band
"Existence" where his inventive guitar work brings an aura of space and
musicality to this intricate group. Leading his own band, the power and
originality of Gaston's guitar shines upon the music not to mention the
raw smoky blues voice he delivers in his own songs as well as blues
classics. A recording engineer as well, Gaston has worked in
Newfoundland with producer Don Walsh, Don Walsh, helping him get the
best out of the recordings from Canada's east coast. Credits include
ECMA nominees "Snotty Var" and Denis Parker's "Snowman Blues". A long
recording career and extensive touring in Canada, the USA and Europe,
have made Gaston Gagnon what he is today: a consummate gentleman with a
unique guitar style.
