Born on 19 July 1968 in Shemogue, Canada, Acadian country singer Laurie Leblanc
looked up to country legends like Randy Travis, Alan Jackson and George Strait
as a teenager before picking up his aunt's guitar in his early twenties and
teaching himself how to play. His first musical outing as a singer came in 1995
when he sang at a family wedding, and he subsequently formed an American country
covers band called Interstate with his brother-in-law Pierre on electric guitar,
Joe Mills, Jean Nowlan and Rhéal LeBlanc. Laurie Leblanc wrote his first solo
song "Emma" in 1998 as a tribut...