Raôul Duguay (born February 13, 1939) is a Canadian artist, poet, musician, and political activist in the province of Quebec, Canada. He has been an active performer since 1966. Duguay is a longtime supporter of the Quebec sovereignty movement and has run for public office on at least two occasions.

Artist

Duguay was born in Val-d'Or in the

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region of Quebec, an event that he later chronicled on the semi-autobiographical track "La bittt à Tibi" on his first album. He began writing poetry in the 1950s, and his first two anthologies were published in 1966 and 1967. He met Walter Boudreau in 1967, and the two artists formed L'Infonie shortly thereafter. This project was intended both as a music group and a new approach to collective improvisation; Duguay published its manifesto in 1970. The group released a number of albums on the avant-garde side of Quebec's progressive rock and jazz-rock scenes before dissolving in 1973. Boudreau and Duguay have re-united on occasion since then, including in 2007 for an ''Orgues et Couleurs'' festival. Duguay released his first solo album in 1975, entitled ''Alllô tôulmônd''; this album features "Tôuttt etô bôuttt," one of his best known tracks. The following year, he performed in front of 400,000 people at the province's ''

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'', an annual Quebec nationalist cultural event. Duguay released several more solo albums in the seventies, eighties, and nineties; after a gap of eleven years, he returned with ''J'ai soif'' in 2010. His song "La bittt à Tibi" was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2008. Duguay also provided the music for the film '' Wild Flowers (Les fleurs sauvages)'' (1982), for which he received a Genie nomination. In 1984, he took part in a musical collaboration with Parti Québécois legislator Gilles Baril. In 1996, he provided the text for a revised version of Terry Riley's

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. Duguay has continued to publish works of poetry. His sixteenth volume, ''entre la lettre et l'esprit'', was issued in 2001. He has also worked in the visual arts as a painter and sculptor.

Politics

Duguay is a longtime supporter of Quebec sovereigntism. In his poem ''Trente Lettres'' (1995), he described Canada as a father who "never gave mother uebecan orgasm." In 2010, he signed a public letter criticizing the organizers of Quebec City's ''Festival d'été'' for booking mostly anglophone acts to perform. Duguay ran for the

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in the 1972 federal election as a non-affiliated candidate in Longueuil, under the name "Raôul Wéziwézô Duguay." He finished well behind Liberal candidate Jacques Olivier. In the 1998 provincial election, he ran as a candidate of the governing Parti Québécois in Brome-Missisquoi. He finished second to Liberal incumbent Pierre Paradis.Official Results, Government of Quebec
accessed 14 December 2010.

Discography

With L'Infonie

* 1969 : L'Infonie Vol. 3 - Kotaï, London Records * 1971 : Vol. 33 : le Mantra - Kotaï, London Records * 1972 : L’Infonie Vol. 333 - Kotaï, London Records * 1974 : L'infonie Vol. 3333 - Kotaï, London Records

Solo

*''Alllô Tôulmônd'', 1975 *''L'Envol'', 1976 *''M'', 1977 *''Vivant Avec Tôulllmônd'', 1978 *''Lettre à Tôulllmônd'', 1980 *''Le Chanteur de pomme'', 1982 *''Tout ce qui compte'', 1983 *''Douceur'', 1985 *''Monter en amour'', 1993 *''Caser'', 1999 *''J'ai soif'', 2010

Compilations

* 1979 : ''Ôn S'm Ô Kébèk'' * 1992 : ''Monter En Amour''

Collaborations

* 1975 : ''Les Porches'' by Maneige - Vocals and trumpet on the title song * 1986 : ''Paix Sans Frontière'' - Raôul gave one of his songs ''L'oiseau pour la paix'' * 1989 : ''Nova'' - with Michel Robidoux * 1992 : ''Atlantide / Golgot(h)a'' - With Michel-Georges Brégent and Walter Boudreau - Raôul on : ''Golgot(h)a'' with Walter Boudreau * 1999 : ''La santé par le rire'' - by Jean Drouin * 2000 : ''In C'' - by Terry Riley - With Michel-Georges Brégent and Walter Boudreau - Raôul vocals on the title song ''In C'' * 2006 : ''Septentrion'' - by Anodajay - Raôul vocals on ''Le Beat À Ti-Bi''

Legacy

His name appears among the friendships of Arcimboldi in ''

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Bibliography

* Raôul Duguay ''et al.'', ''Raôul Duguay ou : le poète à la voix d'ô'', Montréal, L'Aurore, 1979.

References

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External links

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Official site {{DEFAULTSORT:Duguay, Raoul 1939 births Living people People from Val-d'Or Quebec sovereigntists Musicians from Quebec Writers from Quebec Parti Québécois candidates in Quebec provincial elections Candidates in the 1972 Canadian federal election Independent candidates for the Canadian House of Commons