French-Canadian folk and rock luminary Richard Séguin was born on March 27 1952
in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Canada and kicked off his career in the 1960s with the
group Les Nochers, which he founded with his twin sister Marie-Claire. After
joining forces with a troupe of other band members—namely guitarist Robert
Letendre, bassist Andre Brault, pianist Norman Théroux, and drummer Denie
Chénier—the group set about recording their self-titled debut album as the newly
christened La Nouvelle Frontière and the follow-up, L'hymne aux quenouilles,
(both released in 1970) before deciding to ...