A French-Canadian singer from Quebec, Gerry Boulet fronted the blues-rock band
Offenbach for two decades before his death in 1990. He was born as "Joseph
Gaétan Robert Gérald Boulet" on March 1, 1946, in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu,
Quebec. His first band, Les Gants Blancs, formed during the 1960s and adopted a
new name, Offenbach, in 1970. Singing in the Joual language, Boulet
distinguished himself from another Québécois rock vocalists and helped turn
Offenbach into a Félix Award-winning band. Although he continued performing with
the group during the early 1980s, he also launched ...