caption website associated_acts years_active birth_place label background birth_date instrument genre image article_title name occupation
plume 2012 . latraverse at the francofolies de montréal 14 june -lsb- http://www.phaneuf.ca/plume/ www.phaneuf.ca/plume] offenbach 1970 -- present montreal , quebec london/deram solo_singer 11 may 1946 vocals , guitar , harmonica , piano rock , folk , blues plume-latraverse-14-juin-2012 . png plume latraverse
 plume latraverse artist , musician , musician , writer , songwriter
plume latraverse

plume latraverse -lrb- born `` michel latraverse '' 11 may 1946 -rrb- is a prolific singer , musician , songwriter and author from quebec.at the end of the 60 's , he formed a band named la sainte trinité with pierrot le fou -lrb- pierre léger -rrb- and pierre landry .
then he formed a duo with steve faulkner -lrb- 1972-1975 -rrb- .
they performed for the last time at the chant ` août in quebec city .
in 1976 , plume started a solo career and became one of the most influential names in quebec counterculture .
during a european tour -lrb- 1979-1980 -rrb- he presents a show during le printemps de bourges and receives the prime minister of france 's prize -lrb- prix international de la jeune chanson -rrb- and the pop-rock prize for the best songwriter from quebec .
in 1982 he associates with offenbach and produces the album À fond d'train .
after his filmed biography , '' Ô rage électrique '' , plume presented his show `` show d' à diable '' in 1984 , in which he makes his official but not definitive goodbye to the singer career .
he then focused on painting and writing .
he published many of his songs texts and a story book .
in 1980 the `` montreal gazette '' described him as `` the french frank zappa '' .
