DIONYSOS - LE GRAND JEU (CAN '71 PSYCH QC)

POUR MES AMIS DU QUEBEC

 

 

 

Montreal was still the largest and most happening city in Canada at the end of the 1960s. Toronto may have gotten all the press with its burgeoning scene in Yorkville, but a movement of a different sort was taking place up the 401 in Quebec. The Quiet Revolution was in full sway in la belle province and what better way to heed the call of maitres chez nous than to sing in Quebecois French.

Dionysos got their start in 1969 in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, on the outer fringes of Montreal, and was one of the first rock bands to sing in joual, the gruff regional dialect that in hindsight seems perfectly suited for the exigencies of rock and roll. The five - singer Paul-Andre Thibert, guitarist Eric Clement, keyboardist Andre Mathieu, bassist Jean-Pierre Legault and drummer Robert Lepage - had some success the following year with the song 'Suzie', a languid, if rather standard, take on American blues.
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