Influences

George Benson, Django Reinhardt, Keith Jarrett, John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Sonny Stitt, Joe Pass, Ed Bickert, John Scofield, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Ben Monder, Pat Metheny, Pat Martino, Wes Montgomery, Sylvain Luc, Scott Henderson, Robben Ford, Larry Carlton, B.B King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Bonnie Raitt, Albert Lee, Brent Mason, Vince Gill, Chet Atkins, Tony Rice, Ricky Skaggs, Jerry Douglas, Tommy Nash, George Harrisson, Jimmy Page, Mark Knopfler, Peter Frampton, Eddie Van Halen.


Montreal favorites

Christian Péloquin, Don Meunier, Éric St Laurent, Steve Hill, Greg Amireault, Jean Guy Grenier, Ben Charest, Greg Clayton, Sylvain Provost.


Favorite vocalists

Bonnie Raitt,Vince Gill, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Anita O' Day, Steve Wariner, Alison Krauss, Andrea Zonn, Paul Mc Cartney.


Favorite singer-songwriters

Lennon/McCartney, George Brassens, Jacques Brel, Léo Ferré, Jim Corcoran, Francis Cabrel, Joey Spampinato(NRBQ), Lyle Lovett, Mary Chapin Carpenter, James Taylor, Dwight Yoakam.

Top 20 records

Any Beatles record, all the Keith Jarrett standards trio records, Blue Benson, Coltrane jazz, Pêche à la mouche (Django), Intuit (Kurt Rosenwinkel), Dust (Ben Monder), Joe Pass Live at Donte's, Handful of blues (Robben Ford), Well to the bone (Scott Henderson), Kentucky thunder (Ricky Skaggs), Who i am (Alan Jackson) , Frampton comes alive, The Tony Rice guitar collection, Drive (Steve Wariner), Diggin' uncle Q (NRBQ), Love goes on (Andrea Zonn), Mark O'Connor and the new Nashville cats, any Ella, any Sarah, any Frank and any François Pérusse…

Favorite gear

Amps: Dr Z Prescription ES, Fender Bassman '59 reissue, 80's Peavey classic 50 head, Fender Deluxe.

Guitars: Fender telecaster, custom Dan Vigneault telecaster, custom Charles Azar telecaster, Fender stratocaster, Gibson 335, Ibanez George Benson model, Gibson J-200 ,Gibson J-45 and Takamine acoustics, Fender Precision bass.

Effects : custom pedalboard

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