Musicians

Antoine Gauthier

[musique@leschauffeurs.com]
 Antoine Gauthier is director of Conseil québécois du patrimoine vivant. He 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

Louis-Simon Lemieux: Vocals, guitar, harmonica, fiddle, banjo, 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)