Festival 2009 - Fèis 2009
La Bottine Souriante - Thursday, Main Tent
La Bottine Souriante – first appeared on the Québec music scene in 1976 and have become living legends of French North American roots music. In over twenty-five years, this remarkable multi-award winning group has released twelve albums and sold over half a million albums! No longer simply a Québécois/Canadian musical phenomenon, their explosive sound has crossed borders the world over and left in their wake countless enchanted audiences. Their distinctive sound successfully allies its homage to tradition with a dash of jazz, salsa and pure folk, while at the same time perfectly representing the symbol of vitality and pride of its mother culture.
This unstoppable 10-piece party machine played such a pivotal role in the very early years of the HebCelt. A generation has grown up since and in this homecoming year a whole new generation will get to opportunity to discover just why this Québécois act is universally know as "the best band in the world".
Benoit Bourque (vocals, button accordion, foot tapping and dance); Éric Beaudry (vocals, foot tapping, mandolin, bouzouki, guitar); David Boulanger (vocals, fiddle, guitar, foot tapping, percussions); Pierre "Pedro" Belisle (piano, piano-accordion, trumpet); François Marion (acoustic and electric bass); Jean Fréchette (saxophone, percussions and arrangements), Robert "Bob" Ellis (bass trombone), André Verreault (trombone), Jocelyn Lapointe (trumpet) and Sandy Silva (percussive dance).
