Lawrence Lepage was born on 3 September 1932 in Nazareth (modern-day Rimouski), Quebec, Canada.[1]
Lawrence Lepage started his career in 1959 as a guitarist for Jacques Labrecque.[2] He performed in fringe venues; first at Le Cochon Borgne, la Butte à Mathieu, then at Chez Dieu, le Casanou and L'Imprévu.[3]
He wrote songs for Pauline Julien, Louise Forestier, Jacques Labrecque, Georges Dor, Édith Butler, Angèle Arsenault, Buffy Ste-Marie and Alexandre Zelkine. He worked with Gilles Vigneault, Tex Lecor, Guy Godin, Suzanne Valéry, Pierre Morency and Jean-Claude Germain. His two most well-known songs are Monsieur Marcoux and Mon vieux François.[3]
In the late 1970s, Lepage returned to his home region, Rimouski. He lived out of public view,[2] in the woods.[4]
In 1991, a collection of poems and songs of Lepage called Entre la parole et les mots was published.[5]
In 2000, Sylvain Rivière published Chapeau dur et coeur de pomme/ Lawrence Lepage,[5][6] a semi-biographic telling of Lepage's life.[4]
Lepage came back on scene and on disc in autumn 2012 with his album Le temps. He died soon after on 24 December 2012, at his home, near Rimouski.[2][4]