Read our texts on the death of Jean-Pierre Ferland, singer who left his mark on Quebec and who leaves behind an immense legacy.
Lucky we had it
He sang his last love song: Jean-Pierre Ferland died Saturday afternoon, at the age of 89. His music, his “love of music”, as he sang, will survive him.
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Rain of tributes: “There was only one Jean-Pierre”
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The great man of Quebec song died Saturday, at the age of 89.
Jean-Pierre Ferland leaves behind an immense legacy, celebrated by his friends and colleagues. Saturday evening, they told us about the influence of the artist, but also the generosity of the man.
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Ferland in 10 immortals
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Jean-Pierre Ferland in concert at the Francos in 2011, where he performed his album YELLOW
He sang about love, often with humor, but also with fragility. Jean-Pierre Ferland leaves a vast and diverse songwriting legacy, between theatrical rock and intimate songs. Without forgetting his great anthem which leads us to see the world from a little higher, a little further. Ferland’s legacy in 10 songs.
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What’s it like up there, Mr. Ferland?
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Jean-Pierre Ferland at his home in Saint-Norbert, in 2016
“Like you, I love stories of people who start from the bottom of the ladder to reach the firmament. They are the truest, the most touching. This trajectory is that of Jean-Pierre Ferland who, from “skedule maker” at Radio-Canada, managed to rise to the rank of giants of Quebec song,” writes our columnist Mario Girard.
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Chronology of the life of Jean-Pierre Ferland: ball of gum became a man
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Jean-Pierre Ferland in April 1972
A look back at the life and career of a key figure in local music.
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The icon YELLOW
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The album YELLOW by Jean-Pierre Ferland
The Osstidcho shook Quebec and… destroyed Jean-Pierre Ferland. The anecdote has been told several times, by him and by others, and it always ends the same way: seeing Charlebois and the others at Place des Arts, the singer, then anchored in the French song tradition, feels “stabbed to death”. He felt an “ostidshock”, as his biographer writes.
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Listening to Ferland
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Jean-Pierre Ferland in 1983, at the time when he was famous as a TV host
“It snowed in Port-au-Prince
It’s still raining in Chamonix
We ford the Garonne
The sky is full of blue in Paris
This is how I discovered Jean-Pierre Ferland. I find this beautiful. I don’t understand all the places named, but the chorus comes…” writes our collaborator Stéphane Laporte.
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Jean-Pierre Ferland: in photos
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The singer-songwriter welcomed The Press on several occasions at his residence in Saint-Norbert, in Lanaudière, as here in November 2016.
Jean-Pierre Ferland seen by the photographers of The Pressfrom 1965 to 2021.
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Improvised gathering in Montreal: “He is part of our lives”
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The day after his death, the Place des Fleurs-de-Macadam, named in honor of Jean-Pierre Ferland, became an improvised place of contemplation for his admirers.
It was the soundtrack of their lives, of You are beautiful At little king. Despite the rain, citizens gathered Sunday in memory of Jean-Pierre Ferland in Montreal.
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François Legault proposes a national funeral
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Jean-Pierre Ferland will be entitled to a national funeral, if his family wishes, announced Sunday the Prime Minister of Quebec, François Legault.
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Jean-Pierre and Clémence
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Jean-Pierre Ferland (second from left) and the Bozos (Jacques Blanchet, Clémence DesRochers, Hervé Brousseau and Raymond Lévesque)
“Clémence DesRochers had a very bad Sunday. Its beautiful Lake Memphremagog was gray. The lazy buds on the trees didn’t help matters. She spent the day rehashing memories linked to her friend Jean-Pierre Ferland,” writes our columnist Mario Girard.
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Place for readers: Ferland and you
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Jean-Pierre Ferland in Saint-Norbert in 2016
The songs of Jean-Pierre Ferland will have rocked many significant episodes of your lives, from the altar – where often resonated A chance we have – until death, in some cases. These few testimonies, received among hundreds of others, illustrate this well.
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