Beau Dommage

Beau Dommage is a 1970s rock band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada, who achieved great popular success in Quebec and France. The group's style included rich vocal harmonies and elements borrowed from folk and country music.

"La complainte du phoque en Alaska" ("Lament of the seal in Alaska") and "Ginette", among others, have become classics.

History

Beau Dommage started in 1972 as an offshoot of the creative association "La Quenouille Bleue". Pierre Huet, Robert Léger and Michel Rivard were soon joined by Pierre Bertrand. The next year Réal Desrosiers and Marie-Michèle Desrosiers, unrelated despite their identical last name, joined the band.

The group's first album, "Beau Dommage", was released in 1974 and broke sales records at the time. The next year, "Où est passé la noce" reached Oro on its first day of sales. The group met with considerable success on its yearly tours of Europe between 1975 and 1978, and also performed on numerous occasions in Quebec and the rest of Canada.

The group disbanded in 1978 and reunited in 1984 to perform twice and produce a live album. They reunited one last time in 1994 to produce a second self-titled album "Beau Dommage" and tour Quebec in 1995. They showed up during the 2005 Francofolies in Montreal when many artists decided to honor them.

Members

* Pierre Bertrand - guitar, bass, vocals
* Marie-Michèle Desrosiers - keyboard, vocals
* Réal Desrosiers - drums
* Michel Hinton - keyboard (starting in 1975)
* Pierre Huet - songwriter
* Robert Léger - keyboard, flute
* Michel Rivard - guitar, vocals

Discography

* 1995 "Rideau"
** "Échappé belle"
** "J'ai oublié le jour"
** "Tout va bien"
** "Tous les palmiers"
** "Quand Rose va chez son fils"
** "Harmonie du soir à Châteauguay"
** "Heureusement qu'il y a la nuit"
** "Sur la véranda"
** "Le retour du flâneur"
** "Tout simplement jaloux"
** "Le picbois"
** "23 décembre"
** "Montréal"
** "Ginette"
** "À toutes les fois"
** "La complainte du phoque en Alaska"
** "Le blues d'la métropole"
** "Bozo"
** "La mort de l'ours"

* 1994 "Beau Dommage"
** "La nouvelle saison"
** "Le retour du flâneur"
** "Tout simplement jaloux"
** "Quand Rose va chez son fils"
** "Échappé belle"
** "Du milieu du pont Jacques-Cartier"
** "Rive-Sud"
** "Grande cheminée"
** "J'aimais l'hiver"
** "Sur la véranda"
** "Marcher tout seul la nuit sur une route de campagne"
* 1992 "Beau Dommage au Forum"
* 1991 "L'intégrale" (boxed set)
* 1988 "Plus de 60 minutes avec... Beau Dommage"
** "Tous les palmiers"
** "Tout va bien"
** "J'ai oublié le jour"
** "Chinatown"
** "23 décembre"
** "À toutes les fois"
** "Tellement on s'aimait"
** "La complainte du phoque en Alaska"
** "Harmonie du soir à Châteauguay"
** "Le picbois"
** "Le blues d'la métropole"
** "Motel « Mon repos »"
** "Le cœur endormi"
** "Le géant Beaupré"
** "Rouler la nuit"
** "Montréal"
** "Le rapide blanc"
* 1977 "Passagers"
** "Rouler la nuit"
** "Le vent du fleuve"
** "Histoire de Jean"
** "Le cœur endormi"
** "Le passager de l'heure de pointe"
** "Hockey"
** "Le vent d'la ville"
** "Lettre d'amour"
** "Le voyageur"
* 1976 "Un autre jour arrive en ville"
** "Tout va bien"
** "Contre lui"
** "Cinéma"
** "Ça fait longtemps"
** "Le cœur sur la corde raide"
** "Seize en soixante-seize"
** "Marie-Chantale"
** "Berçeuse pour moi toute seule"
** "C'est samedi soir"
** "Un autre jour arrive en ville"
* 1975 "Où est passée la noce?"
** "Le blues d'la métropole"
** "Assis dans' cuisine"
** "Amène pas ta gang"
** "Motel « Mon repos »"
** "J'ai oublié le jour"
** "Bon débarras"
** "Heureusement qu'il y a la nuit"
** "Un incident à Bois-des-Filion"
* 1974 "Beau Dommage"
** "Tous les palmiers"
** "À toutes les fois"
** "Chinatown"
** "La complainte du phoque en Alaska"
** "Le picbois"
** "Harmonie du soir à Châteauguay"
** "Le géant Beaupré"
** "Ginette"
** "Un ange gardien"
** "23 décembre"
** "Montréal"

See also

*List of musicians with multiple self-titled albums

External links

* [http://thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0000234 Beau Dommage] in The Encyclopedia of Music in Canada.
* [http://thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0009119 Beau Dommage] in The Canadian Encyclopedia.
* [http://www.canuckistanmusic.com/index.php?maid=63 Canuckistan Music - Review of Beau dommage LP]
* [http://www.progquebec.com/beaudommage.html ProgQuebec: Beau Dommage]
* [http://www.comnet.ca/~rg/bd.htm Beau Dommage page] , with discography