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region of Quebec.Les Dales Hawerchuk: «Nous ne sommes pas gênés de notre joual du lac-Saint-Jean»
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Dale Hawerchuk Dale Martin Hawerchuk (April 4, 1963 – August 18, 2020) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach. Drafted first overall by the Winnipeg Jets in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft, Hawerchuk played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for ...

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lead singer Sylvain Séguin found in his car in 2001, shortly after being told that his band would need a name in order to perform at a local music festival.''Hawerchuk muse for Quebec band'', by Ian Shantz, in ''

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/ref> The band's other members are Sébastien Séguin (singer, guitarist, Sylvain Séguin's brother), Pierre Fortin (drummer), and Charles Perron (bassist, replacing Martin Bergeron). Their first three albums were produced by Olivier Langevin of

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Reception

Historian Amy Ransom has called their work "raw, fast-paced, guitar-and-drum-driven

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", noting that it evokes Dale Hawerchuk's "speed and energy",Hockey, PQ: Canada's Game in Quebec's Popular Culture
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comments that they are "not known for their subtlety".Les Dales Hawerchuk : lancer fort, frapper dur
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; published November 24, 2016; retrieved June 10, 2017; "ne sont pas connus pour faire dans la subtilité" ''33Mag'' ranked their 2005 song "Dale Hawerchuk" the 104th-best song by Quebec artists in the 2000s.Top 200 des chansons québécoises qui ont marqué les années 2000
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Discography

*"Les Dales Hawerchuk" (2005) *"Les Dales Hawerchuk 2" (2008) *"Le tour du chapeau" (2011) *"Désavantage numérique" (2016)Un retour en force pour Les Dales Hawerchuk
, by Hélène Gagnon, in ''L'Étoile du Lac'', published November 25, 2016; retrieved June 10, 2017

References

External links

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