Raôul Duguay

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 Abitibi-Témiscamingue 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.^[1] Boudreau and Duguay have re-united on occasion since then, including in 2007 for an Orgues et Couleurs festival.^[2]

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 Fête nationale, an annual Quebec nationalist cultural event.^[3] 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.^[4] His song "La bittt à Tibi" was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2008.^[5]

Duguay also provided the music for the film Wild Flowers (Les fleurs sauvages) (1982), for which he received a Genie nomination.^[6] In 1984, he took part in a musical collaboration with Parti Québécois legislator Gilles Baril.^[7] In 1996, he provided the text for a revised version of Terry Riley's In C.^[8]

Duguay has continued to publish works of poetry. His sixteenth volume, entre la lettre et l'esprit, was issued in 2001.^[9] He has also worked in the visual arts as a painter and sculptor.^[10]

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 [Quebec] an orgasm."^[11] In 2010, he signed a public letter criticizing the organizers of Quebec City's Festival d'été for booking mostly anglophone acts to perform.^[12]

Duguay ran for the House of Commons of Canada 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.^[13] In the 1998 provincial election, he ran as a candidate of the governing Parti Québécois in Brome-Missisquoi.^[14] He finished second to Liberal incumbent Pierre Paradis.^[15]

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 Woes of The True Policeman by Roberto Bolaño.[1]

Electoral record

v t e 1998 Quebec general election: Brome-Missisquoi
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Pierre Paradis	18,127	57.17	−3.95
	Parti Québécois	Raôul Duguay	9,789	30.87	+1.07
	Action démocratique	Eric Larivière	3,599	11.35	+4.58
	Natural Law	Jean-Charles Rouleau	194	0.61	−0.30
Total valid votes			31,709	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			258	0.82%
Turnout			31,967	80.56	-3.51
Eligible voters			39,680
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

v t e 1972 Canadian federal election: Longueuil
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jacques Olivier	22,129	44.62
	Social Credit	Emile-A. Vadeboncoeur	12,091	24.38
	Progressive Conservative	Marcel Robidas	7,015	14.14
	New Democratic	Robert Mansour	4,548	9.17
	Independent	Jacques Gendron	2,020	4.07
	Non-Affiliated	Raôul Wéziwézô Duguay	1,625	3.28
	Marxist–Leninist	André Pesant	170	0.34
Total valid votes			49,598	100.00
Total rejected ballots			2,977
Turnout			52,575	72.56
Electors on the lists			72,458
Source: Official Voting Results, Office of the Chief Electoral Officer (Canada), 1972.

Bibliography

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

References

Citations

^ Québec Info Musique: Raôul Duguay, Biographie, accessed 14 December 2010.
^ Arthur Kaptainis, "Heavens, what a concert," Montreal Gazette, 29 September 1998, E5.
^ Juan Rodriguez, "Music is the Message: How Quebec artists seize the moment to fuel a movement," Montreal Gazette, 22 October 2005, D1.
^ Québec Info Musique: Raôul Duguay, Discographie, accessed 14 December 2010.
^ "kids in the hall (of fame)," Toronto Star, 28 February 2008, E01.
^ Jay Scott, "Top Genie prospects for Jack Miner move," Globe and Mail, 10 February 1983, p. 23; Vincent Canby, "SCREEN: TWO WORKS BY CANADIAN DIRECTOR," New York Times, 9 November 1984.
^ "Young legislator rocks for charity," Globe and Mail, 16 July 1984, M9.
^ Arthur Kaptainis, "SMCQ turns 30, unveils new season," Montreal Gazette, 21 September 1996, E9. Walter Boudreau also participated in this project.
^ Raôul Duguay, écrivain, Raôul Duguay home page, accessed 14 December 2010.
^ Raôul Duguay, le sculpteur, Raôul Duguay home page, accessed 14 December 2010; Raôul Duguay, le peintre, Raôul Duguay home page, accessed 14 December 2010
^ This turn of phrase is referenced in Ray Conlogue, "Quebec artists face the fear," Globe and Mail, 14 October 1995, E1. The original was, of course, written in French.
^ Marianne White, "Festival d'été draws ire of sovereignists," Montreal Gazette, 7 May 2010, C10.
^ History of Federal Ridings since 1867: LONGUEUIL (1972/10/30), Parliament of Canada, accessed 14 December 2010.
^ Hubert Bauch, "Marquee candidates getting hard to find," Montreal Gazette, 19 October 1998, A1. This article described Duguay as a "hippie/New Age poet-philosopher."
^ Official Results, Government of Quebec^{[permanent dead link‍]}, accessed 14 December 2010.

External links

Raôul Duguay Official site

[1] Québec Info Musique: Raôul Duguay, Biographie, accessed 14 December 2010.

[2] Arthur Kaptainis, "Heavens, what a concert," Montreal Gazette, 29 September 1998, E5.

[3] Juan Rodriguez, "Music is the Message: How Quebec artists seize the moment to fuel a movement," Montreal Gazette, 22 October 2005, D1.

[4] Québec Info Musique: Raôul Duguay, Discographie, accessed 14 December 2010.

[5] "kids in the hall (of fame)," Toronto Star, 28 February 2008, E01.

[6] Jay Scott, "Top Genie prospects for Jack Miner move," Globe and Mail, 10 February 1983, p. 23; Vincent Canby, "SCREEN: TWO WORKS BY CANADIAN DIRECTOR," New York Times, 9 November 1984.

[7] "Young legislator rocks for charity," Globe and Mail, 16 July 1984, M9.

[8] Arthur Kaptainis, "SMCQ turns 30, unveils new season," Montreal Gazette, 21 September 1996, E9. Walter Boudreau also participated in this project.

[9] Raôul Duguay, écrivain, Raôul Duguay home page, accessed 14 December 2010.

[10] Raôul Duguay, le sculpteur, Raôul Duguay home page, accessed 14 December 2010; Raôul Duguay, le peintre, Raôul Duguay home page, accessed 14 December 2010

[11] This turn of phrase is referenced in Ray Conlogue, "Quebec artists face the fear," Globe and Mail, 14 October 1995, E1. The original was, of course, written in French.

[12] Marianne White, "Festival d'été draws ire of sovereignists," Montreal Gazette, 7 May 2010, C10.

[13] History of Federal Ridings since 1867: LONGUEUIL (1972/10/30), Parliament of Canada, accessed 14 December 2010.

[14] Hubert Bauch, "Marquee candidates getting hard to find," Montreal Gazette, 19 October 1998, A1. This article described Duguay as a "hippie/New Age poet-philosopher."

[15] Official Results, Government of Quebec^{[permanent dead link‍]}, accessed 14 December 2010.

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Raôul Duguay

Artist

Politics

Discography

With L'Infonie

Solo

Compilations

Collaborations

Legacy

Electoral record

Bibliography

References

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