Ville Émard Blues Band
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Ville Émard Blues Band was a Canadian progressive rock band from Montreal, which played a significant role in the development of francophone rock music in Quebec in the early 1970s.[1][2] They were most noted for receiving a Juno Award nomination for Most Promising Group at the Juno Awards of 1975.[3]
Despite their name, the band was not a straight blues band, but incorporated a diverse mix of rock, jazz and world music influences.[1] A rotating collective featuring anywhere between seven and 25 members at any given performance, the band was led by bass guitarist Bill (Roland) Gagnon and included singers Lise Cousineau and Estelle Sainte-Croix, pianist Pierre Nadeau, percussionists Denis Farmer, Michel Séguin and Christian St-Roch, saxophonists Carlyle Miller and Renald Montemeglio, and guitarists Rawn Bankley and Robert Stanley.[1] Almost all of the members were simultaneously members of other bands, such as Harmonium and Contraction, or session players for solo artists, including Robert Charlebois, Claude Dubois, Franck Dervieux and Renée Claude.[1][2][4]
