Gérard PIERRON
(Gerard PIERRON)
Gérard Pierron was born on October 14, 1945 in Thouars, Deux-Sèvres (79). In the
1970s, on the banks of the Seine, Pierron came across a collection of poems by
Gaston Couté in a bookshop. His reading was a revelation, and he decided to set
these texts to music, producing his first two albums: La Chanson D'un Gâs Qu'a
Mal Tourné (1977) and Gérard Pierron chant Gaston Couté (1979). While the latter
won the Prix de l'Académie Charles-Cros, these two albums launched Gérard
Pierron into music and defined his style: literary and poetic, accompanied by a
few instruments (guitar, accordi...
