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Article: Gilles Sioui: just an old fool for the blues.(People)(Biography)
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- Wind Speaker
- Article date:
- July 1, 2004
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QUEBEC CITY, Que.
Gilles Sioui is a well-known name in Quebec music circles. He is celebrating 30 years in the business with the recent release of his third CD, Old Fool.
This popular bluesman, whose Huron name means rising sun, grew up in Wendake, the Huron-Wendat community located a few kilometres north of Quebec City.
He was a sportsman on the brink of a university league basketball career when his path took a wild right turn.
His brother Bruno handed him a guitar. Sioui played three chords and was hooked for life. He practiced upwards of 18 hours a day, teaching himself the techniques employed by the likes of B.B., Freddie, and ...