Claude Le Péron (2 February 1948 – 24 June 2020) was a French bass guitarist known for his collaboration with

Jean-Jacques Goldman Jean-Jacques Goldman (; born 11 October 1951) is a French singer-songwriter and music record producer. He is hugely popular in the French-speaking world. Since the death of Johnny Hallyday in 2017 he has been the highest grossing living French p ...

among other musicians.

Biography

He started playing guitar in 1961, then started the bass guitar in 1964. Not knowing how to read music, he taught himself by listening to records. He was influenced by

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and other rock bands of the 60s. In 1964, he bought his first bass, a replica of Paul McCartney's bass. In 1967, like many artists, he passed through Club Med as a musician. He moved to

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in 1969, where he played in local bands with musicians such as Jacky Mascarel, and Philippe Grandvoinet ( New Direction). While there, he founded the group Nantais Zig-Zag with Jean-Luc Chevalier (

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). He also played in the Crystal Group. In 1977, along with Mascarel, Le Péron got to know bassists

Laurent Voulzy Lucien Voulzy (, born 18 December 1948), better known as Laurent Voulzy (), is a French singer-songwriter, composer and musician. Life and career Voulzy was born in Paris, France. He originally led the English-pop-influenced Le Temple de Vénus ...

and

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. He went on to record "Cœur Grenadine" and "Bopper en larmes" with Voulzy, in 1979 and 1983. In 1983 he made "Olympia 83" with Souchon and Jacky Mascarel. It was during that year, 1983, that he crossed paths with

, during the "Champs Élysées" show. Following the broadcast, Jean-Jacques Goldman decided to go on tour and needed a bassist who could sing. This led him to add Le Péron to his band. He and other Goldman band members worked with Michael Jones, drummer Jean-François Gautier and the Rhinos. Le Péron toured with Goldman and collaborated on many of his albums from that time until Goldman's last tour in 2002. Since that time, he has toured with Michael Jones and in groups such as Les Rapalas and After The Rain.

Discography

with Laurent Voulzy

* 1979 : Cœur Grenadine * 1983 : Bopper en Larmes

with Alain Souchon

* 1983 : Olympia 83

with Jean-Jacques Goldman

* 1985 : '' Non homologué'' – Bass on "Je Te Donne" * 1987 : ''

Entre gris clair et gris foncé ''Entre gris clair et gris foncé'' is a 1987 double album recorded by French artist Jean-Jacques Goldman. It was his fifth studio album and was released in November 1987. It provided four successful singles: "Elle a fait un bébé toute seule" ...

'' – Bass on "Peur De Rien Blues" * 1986 : '' En Public'' * 1989 : ''

Traces Traces may refer to: Literature * ''Traces'' (book), a 1998 short-story collection by Stephen Baxter * ''Traces'' series, a series of novels by Malcolm Rose Music Albums * ''Traces'' (Classics IV album) or the title song (see below), 1969 * ''Tra ...

'' * 1991 : '' L'Intégrale 81/91'' * 1992 : '' Sur Scène'' * 1995 : ''

Du New Morning au Zénith ''Du New Morning au Zénith'' is a 1994 double album recorded live by the trio Fredericks Goldman Jones. Composed of 31 tracks, it contains many successful songs from Goldman's previous albums and from the trio's two studio albums ''Fredericks Gol ...

'' * 1996 : '' Singulier 81/89'' * 1999 : '' Tournée 1998 En Passant'' * 2000 : '' L'Intégrale 90/00'' * 2003 : '' Un Tour Ensemble'' * 2008 : '' La collection 81–89''

with Michael Jones

* 1997 : A consommer sans modération

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Le Peron, Claude 1948 births 2020 deaths People from Fontenay-sous-Bois French bass guitarists Male bass guitarists French male guitarists