The Musicians

Antoine Gauthier

Being exposed to music from childhood, Antoine acquired a taste for traditional music at a young age. His house was a centre of musical activity with his mother, an accordionist and pianist, organising regular evening jams with local musicians. During his adolescence, he began to play mandolin and formed his first group, L'Éveil Bleu, in which he sang and, eventually, played fiddle. His repertoire of jigs and reels comes from his mother, traditional recordings, and jams with fiddlers from the Québec City region. Antoine is the founder of Scorbut Records, he's co-director of the Festival International des Arts Traditionnels in Québec City and recorded a solo album with his own instrumental compositions, project for which he got a grant from the Canadian Council for the Arts. He hosted for two years a traditional music radio show on CKRL 89,1 every Sunday. Curiosity : he took sitar lessons at Bénarès in India. He also is a master of Philosophy, of International Relations and a poet. Antoine Gauthier plays on a mandolin built by Brian N. Dean.
Vocals, fiddle, mandolin, banjo

Benoît Fortier

Began playing medieval and Quebecois airs on the recorder has a teenager. After meeting and playing a number of engagements with Antoine, Benoit took up playing the harmonica and singing traditional songs. He is known for both his appealing and charming renditions of traditional tunes. More recently, he has begun calling dances. Benoît has a masters degree in performance on the french horn from the Conservatoire de Québec and teaches that instrument in high schools.
Vocals, recorder, harmonica, feet, french horn, acoustic bass, piano, call

Olivier Soucy

Olivier has been playing guitar since his youth. In 1998, he formed the traditionnal music band "Les Gros Gnômes" with fellow agronomics students at Laval university. At age of 20, listening to other Québec musicians, he starts learning to play fiddle. He’s part of Les Chauffeurs since January 2006. Olivier is a regular at sunday and tuesday jam sessions and spreads folk music on his toasts at breakfast every morning. He's from Rimouski.
Vocals, guitar, banjo, fiddle, feet

Were also part of the band:

François Morrissette: voice, guitar, Irish bouzouki, Appalachian dulcimer, foot tapping, harmonica (1998-2003)
Jean-Philippe Reny: voice, guitar, Irish bouzouki, banjo, ud (2000-2004)
Inti Manzi: voice, fiddle, keyboard (1998-2005)
Louis-Simon Lemieux: Vocals, guitar, harmonica, fiddle, banjo, feet (2003-2006)