Robert Paquette is a Canadian singer-songwriter who has been an influential
figure in the Canadian folk music scene for over four decades. Born in Sudbury,
Ontario, on July 2, 1949, he began his career in 1965 writing songs for Les
Zodiacs before making his first-ever TV appearance with Les Chat-Uteurs in 1967.
During the 1970s, he was involved with the stage musical Moé, j'viens du nord,
'stie!, a project created by Franco-Ontarian progressive rock band CANO that
evolved into the professional theatre troupe Théâtre du Nouvel-Ontario. Dépêche
Toi Soleil, his studio debut, was rel...