Le Clou (band)
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General information | |
Genre (s) | Cajun , blues |
founding | 1976 |
Website | www.leclou.com |
Founding members | |
Michel David | |
Yves Gueit | |
Yannick Monot | |
Current occupation | |
Yves Gueit | |
Johannes Epremian (since 1982) | |
Steve Crawford (since 2017) | |
Gero Gellert (since 1995) | |
Ralph Schläger (since 1995) |
Le Clou is a French-German-Scottish Cajun band.
history
Le Clou was founded in 1976 by the three French Yves Gueit, Michel David and Yannick Monot and quickly established itself on the European folk scene. The band brought Cajun music to a broad European audience , a francophone style of music from the US state of Louisiana that is cultivated by descendants of French settlers who immigrated from Canada.
In 1982 the German-Armenian violinist and guitarist Johannes Epremian joined the group. 1986 Yannick Monot left the band.
1995 Le Clou was expanded to a quintet by the bassist Gero Gellert and the drummer Ralph Schläger. In 2017 Michel David was replaced by Steve Crawford from Aberdeen .
Discography
- 1980: From France to America (LP, Stockfisch Records )
- 1982: Two Faces (LP, Stockfisch Records)
- 1984: Crème Fraîche (LP, Stockfisch Records)
- 1987: Bal (CD, Mustache Records)
- 1991: Oh! La La! (CD, Mustache Records)
- 1991: Oh! La La / Blues du paradis (single analog, Mustache Records)
- 1992: Belle Madeleine / Les Pirates (single analog, Mustache Records)
- 1994: Live (CD, Mustache Records)
- 1996: Chocolat (single CD, Mustache Records)
- 1997: Première Décade (CD, Mustache Records)
- 1998: Swamp (CD, Mustache Records)
- 2000: Bayou Moon (CD, Mustache Records)
- 2001: Mississippi Machine (CD, Mustache Records)
- 2005: Vérité (CD, Mustache Records)
- 2007: Live à l'harmonie (CD, Mustache Records)
- 2009: Café Louisiane (CD, Mustache Records)
- 2016: Pierre qui roule (CD, Mustache Records)
Web links
- Le Clou at Discogs (English)
- Official website
- Michael A. Schmiedel: Le Clou. folker.de, 2006.
- Michael A. Schmiedel: Mississippi Swamp Music in the Rhine meadows. migrapolis-deutschland.de, 2010.