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Michael McLean (vocals, guitar)
Claude LaFrance (vocals, guitar)
Also known as Les Karrick, this Lac St-Jean, Quebec folk duo formed in 1968 This brought them to the attention of Robert Charlebois who took them on tour in and around Montreal and Quebec City. Their debut album 'Au chant de l'alouette', featuring Pagliaro playing guitar on several tracks, was released on Zodiaque Records in November 1971 which gave them a sizable hit single in Quebec with the French nursery rhyme title track.
They would also get distribution in English Canada through Trans-World and in Europe via Vogue Records. It was Trans-World that helped them to skim the RPM Magazine French-Canadian Top10 with 1972's "La fin du reve n'est pas pour demain" which reached #6 over a three week run.
Following a tour as part of 'Musicorama', the duo split in 1972.
LaFrance would tour with and write material for Louise Forrester and released one solo album in 1977 called 'Une belle soirée'.
McLean had intended to go solo but, instead, formed the short-lived Quebec prog act band L'engoulevent [The Nighthawk] with Pierre Moreau, Françoise Turcotte, and Russell Gagnon. They released one album in 1977 entitled 'L'Île où vivent les loups'. A children's album was also issued called 'Étoifilan'.
McLean became part of the 'Starmania' musical in the 1980s and in the 2000s moved to France to further his career as a solo artist.
On November 15, 2002, McLean and Lafrance played together for the first time in 30 years in Val David at an intimate 40-seater restaurant called "The New World".
Singles
1972 Au chant de l’alouette/Quelle est la couleur de ma prison? (Zodiaque) ZO4-304
1971 Yes a pichou (version originale)/La chanson de l’Acadien (Zodiaque) ZO4-311
1971 La légende indienne/La première (Zodiaque) ZO4-315
1972 Mary Queen/Des mots pour ma musique (Vogue - EU) 27020
1972 La fin du reve n'est pas pour demain/Capitaine Capitaine (Zodiaque) ZO4-321
Albums
1971 Au chant de l’alouette (Zodiaque) ZO-6904
1972 Karrik II (Zodiaque) ZOX-6006
1973 Collection les Karrik (Trans-World) 65-1920
1993 Retrospective (Merite) 22-1014
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