Identification Number: 50-C28-1973-428
Theme(s): Music, Entertainment and Folklore
Folder Title: Boucher, Jean (Copy)
Date: June 1973
Theme(s): Music, Entertainment and Folklore
Folder Title: Boucher, Jean (Copy)
Date: June 1973
Description: This is Jean Boucher (1933-1998), one of the first professional Francophone country-western singers in New Brunswick.Even if he had a successful career in the USA including Nashville, he remained close to his native land, Madawaska. He even composed and sang the song "Madawaska". In 1990,the National Film Board of Canada in collaboration with Les Productions du Phare Est produced a document on his life entitled "À cheval sur une frontière" (A play on words loosely meaning Astride a Border) .
Subjects: New Brunswick, Singers, Country musicians, Stringed instrument players, Guitarists, Jean Boucher, Stringed instruments, Guitar, Madawaska (County)
Creator: Studio Laporte
Source: Cdem Studio Laporte Funds
Creator: Studio Laporte
Source: Cdem Studio Laporte Funds