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FRC 742 - Yvon Mimeault - Reissue of Y'​é​tait temps!

by Yvon Mimeault

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The FRC is reissuing this long unavailable but iconic recording of Gaspé fiddler Yvon Mimeault. Produced and recorded by Andre Marchand. Extensive notes by Yvon Mimeault and Guy Bouchard are here: fieldrecorder.org/track-notes-for-frc742-yvon-mimeault-yetait-temps/

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released November 14, 2022

Yvon Mimeault - Y’était temps ! | It’s About Time FRC742
Réédition de l’enregistrement original de 1998. / Reissued from the original 1998 recording.

Yvon Mimeault est né à Mont-Louis en Gaspésie en 1928. Il s’inite au violon dans au camp de bûcheron de la Côte-Nord et, à son retour au village, se fabrique lui-même un violon à partir d’une ‘planche d’enclos à cochon’! Sur cet enregistrement, Yvon joue les reels du Forgeron et du Pendu sur ce même violon qu’il a fabriqué il y a 50 ans. Il découvre alors que son père Odilon est un habile musicien qui, par crainte de voir ses fils consacrer trop de temps à la musique, avait caché son violon depuis le jour de son mariage! Quelques mois plus tard, Yvon est devenu le violoneux régulier d’une émission radiophonique sur les ondes de la radio à Matane ou il fera danser des quadrilles et des sets carrés pendant de nombreuses années. Il est certes l’un de nos grands violoneux et il nous présente aujourd’hui dans un style rythmique et dynamique, un répertoire varié et original hérité de son père, de sa paranté et de ses amis musiciens et qu’il a acquis au cours des cinquante dernières années.
Yvon Mimeault was born in Mont-Louis in the Gaspésie, Quebec in 1928. His first contact with the fiddle was in a lumber camp on the North Shore. When he returned home, he made himself a fiddle from memory out of a piece of wood from a pigpen! On this recording, Yvon plays the reels du Forgeron and du Pendu on that same fiddle he made 50 years ago. A little later, he discovered that his father, Odilon, played fiddle, but that he had hidden his fiddle the day he got married, for fear that it would be a bad influence on his sons! Several months later, Yvon became the regular fiddler on a radio show in Matane and also played for local dances (square sets and quadrilles) for a number of years. He is certainly one of our greatest fiddlers. With his rhythmic and dynamic style, he presents a varied and original repertoire which he learned from his father, relatives and musician friends with whom he has been playing music for over 50 years. — Guy Bouchard

Personnel: Yvon Mimeault: violon et piets / fiddle & foot tapping - Partout / On all cuts
Éric Favreau: violon / fiddle (3,9,12,13,14) • Paul Marchand: guitare / guitar (2,3,5,9,13,17,18) • Daniel Roy: flageolet/ wooden flageolet (17) guimbarde / Jew’s harp (10) • Kevin Carr: cornemuse irlandaise /uilleann pipes (3,9,14) violon / fiddle (1,3,8,10,15) • Barbara Mendelsohn: piano / piano (2,3,4,11,18) cuillères / spoons (13-16) • Laurie Rivin: violon / fiddle (1,3,8,10,14) • Laura Sadowsky: violon / fiddle (3) • André Marchand: guitare / guitar (2,4,7,16) • Guy Bouchard: guitare / guitar (1,2,8,11,14) violon / fiddle (3,14)

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