Biography
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Born
7 January 1949
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Born In
Moncton, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada
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Died
29 May 2024 (aged 75)
Cayouche was Canadian singer-songwriter Réginald Charles Gagnon (born in Moncton, New Brunswick, on 7 January 1949; died 29 May 2024). Of Acadian descent, he is remembered as the creator of Acadian French country music.
Gagnon's performance moniker, Cayouche, stems from his time in the USA, where, he said, people would tell him "You're not Acadian, you're Acayouche.". "Acayouche" later became "Cayouche."
His first album, Un Vieux Hippy, released in 1994, sold more than 15,000 copies in a fairly small market, and songs such as "La chain de mon Tracteur", "Export A" and "L'alcool au volant" become popular.
Cayouche maintained constant popularity throughout Canada and Europe, and is among the few popular Acadian artists in history to have sold over 100,000 albums.
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