Oscar Thiffault

Oscar Thiffault (1912–1998) was a folk musician from Quebec, Canada. Thiffault was originally from Estrie, and lived for most of his life in Saint-Étienne-des-Grès. Working on construction sites, Thiffault composed new versions of Quebecois folk songs, and also wrote many songs setting new lyrics to traditional melodies. He first found success in 1954 with "Le Rapide-Blanc", a humorous song written in 1935 while working on the Rapide-Blanc Generating Station. The song was a country and western adaptation of the traditional song "Le moine tremblant et la dame". Thiffault wrote songs honouring local sports figures, including hockey players Maurice Richard, ("Le Rocket Richard"), and Guy Lafleur ("La Tourne à Ti-Guy Lafleur"). Other songs that he wrote were "Je parle à la française" and "En écoutant Y mouillera pu pantoute". In 1988, a documentary film about Thiffault's life, created by Serge Giguère, was released. His songs continue to be played and recorded in Quebec; the band Carotté included "“Tape la bizoune" on their debut album. "Oscar Thiffault: Ah! Ouigne in hin in!" (in French). cinemaquebecois.telequebec.tv. Archived from the original on 1 May 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2014. "Oscar Thiffault (1912-1998)". Université de Napierville website. "Parcours" (in French). qim.com. Retrieved 16 July 2014. "D'Oscar Thiffault à Omnikrom : ces chansons inappropriées que l’on a oubliées". On dira ce qu'on voudra, with host Rebecca Makonnen, 3 March 2017 Ici Radio Canada. Ursula Mathis-Moser (2009). Acadians and Cajuns: The Politics and Culture of French Minorities in North America. Innsbruck University Press. ISBN 978-3-902571-93-9. Jacques Bertin (1987). Félix Leclerc: le roi heureux. Editions Arléa. p. 22. ISBN 9782869590120. Charles Foran (8 March 2011). Extraordinary Canadians: Maurice Richard. Penguin Canada. p. 71. ISBN 978-0-14-318042-5. "Music about Sports". The Canadian Encyclopedia, by Florence Hayes, Richard Green, January 17, 2012 Irène Belleau; Gilles Dorion (1984). Les Oeuvres de Création et le Français Au Québec. Conseil de la langue française. p. 33. ISBN 978-2-551-06415-1. Jean-Nicolas De Surmont (2010). De l'écho canadien à la lanterne québécoise: comment la chanson est devenue la figure de proue de l'identité québécoise, 1850-2000 : essai. Éditions GID. p. 30. ISBN 978-2-89634-071-2. Repère. Vol. 1–2. Services documentaires Multimedia. 2008. p. 2143. "Quebec Dreams: The films of Serge Giguère & Sylvie Van Brabant". By Claude Lalumière • Point of View, April 1st, 2007 • Issue 66, Summer 2007 “For me, music and agriculture go hand in hand”. Words + Music, by Philippe Renaud | June 13, 2017 Oscar Thiffault at IMDb Oscar Thiffault at WorldCat