{"id":73092,"date":"2026-03-02T15:51:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T20:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cmaontario.ca\/?p=73092"},"modified":"2026-03-02T15:57:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T20:57:12","slug":"ontarios-country-music-pioneers-smokey-martin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cmaontario.ca\/fr\/ontarios-country-music-pioneers-smokey-martin\/","title":{"rendered":"Les pionniers de la musique country de l'Ontario :<br>Smokey Martin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Le regrett\u00e9 \u201cSMOKEY MARTIN\u201d est n\u00e9 Lucien Ren\u00e9 L\u00e9ger le 15 mars 1926 \u00e0 Cornwall, en Ontario. On se souvient de lui comme d'un guitariste, chanteur et auteur-compositeur qui s'est produit avec le spectacle \u201cHal Lone Pine &amp; Betty Cody\u201d.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_73094\" style=\"width: 432px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-73094\" class=\"wp-image-73094\" src=\"https:\/\/cmaontario.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ontarios-country-music-pioneers-smokey-martin-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"422\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cmaontario.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ontarios-country-music-pioneers-smokey-martin-1.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/cmaontario.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ontarios-country-music-pioneers-smokey-martin-1-150x97.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/cmaontario.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ontarios-country-music-pioneers-smokey-martin-1-300x193.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 422px) 100vw, 422px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-73094\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cLe groupe \u201dThe Hal Lone Pine\" (G\/D) Art Maher, Betty Cody (Cote), Hal Breau, Frank Allison, Smokey Martin.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Lucien L\u00e9ger commence sa carri\u00e8re musicale \u00e0 la fin des ann\u00e9es 1940 et, en 1950, on lui demande de se joindre au spectacle \u2019Hal Lone Pine &amp; Betty Cody\u201c, un spectacle qui est devenu une attraction de premier plan dans l'\u00c9tat du Maine d'Hal \u201dLone Pine\u201c Breau... si populaire que leur musique s'est r\u00e9pandue dans les Maritimes canadiennes o\u00f9 ils sont rapidement devenus des favoris.<\/p>\n<p>La femme de Hal Breau, Betty Cote, est n\u00e9e \u00e0 Sherbrooke, au Qu\u00e9bec. Ils \u00e9taient les parents de feu Lenny Breau, qui allait devenir un ma\u00eetre guitariste reconnu dans le monde entier.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Le groupe a d'abord enregistr\u00e9 aux studios RCA de Montr\u00e9al en 1950-1951, sous la direction de Hugh Joseph.<\/p>\n<p>Smokey Martin a jou\u00e9 plusieurs r\u00f4les au sein du groupe Hal Lone Pine. Il \u00e9tait guitariste, il jouait le r\u00f4le de comique sur sc\u00e8ne et il \u00e9tait souvent le \u201cbaby-sitter\u201d de Lennie Breau... Smokey donnait des le\u00e7ons de guitare rudimentaires au jeune homme qui s'est rapidement \u00e9panoui pour devenir un \u201cguitar wonder boy\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Lenny Breau conna\u00eetra une mort tragique le 12 ao\u00fbt 1984, lorsque son corps sera retrouv\u00e9 dans la piscine d'un appartement de Los Angeles, dans une affaire de meurtre qui n'a toujours pas \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9lucid\u00e9e.<\/p>\n<p>Smokey Martin est \u00e9galement un auteur-compositeur dou\u00e9, qui compose plusieurs chansons auxquelles Hal Lone Pine ajoutera son nom en tant que coauteur. Lors des sessions de Montr\u00e9al du d\u00e9but des ann\u00e9es 1950, Hal Lone Pine enregistre les chansons de Smokey Martin \u201cOh Lord Please Tell Me, Do\u201d, \u201cLittle Jeannie\u201c, \u201dA Hundred Times\u201c et \u201dThe Waltz Of The Bride\u201c, cette derni\u00e8re \u00e9tant publi\u00e9e en tant que single 78 tours sur RCA en 1951. La chanson \u201dThe Waltz Of The Bride\u2019 a \u00e9t\u00e9 enregistr\u00e9e plus tard par Gaby Haas, d'Edmonton, et par Stompin' Tom Connors.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-73095  alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cmaontario.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ontarios-country-music-pioneers-smokey-martin-3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"246\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cmaontario.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ontarios-country-music-pioneers-smokey-martin-3.jpeg 481w, https:\/\/cmaontario.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ontarios-country-music-pioneers-smokey-martin-3-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/cmaontario.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ontarios-country-music-pioneers-smokey-martin-3-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/cmaontario.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ontarios-country-music-pioneers-smokey-martin-3-298x300.jpeg 298w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px\" \/>Apr\u00e8s avoir quitt\u00e9 la route au d\u00e9but des ann\u00e9es 1960, Smokey Martin a travaill\u00e9 sur la sc\u00e8ne musicale locale de Cornwall, en Ontario, en se produisant avec \u201cThe Golden Bar Rangers\u201d et d'autres groupes. Il trouve \u00e9galement le temps d'enregistrer son propre album solo \u201cLove At First Sight\u201d (London Records), qui comprend six de ses chansons originales et met en vedette les fr\u00e8res Brisson, membres du Temple de la renomm\u00e9e de la musique country de la vall\u00e9e de l'Outaouais. L'album est peu promu et la maison de disques London Records sort l'album avec une pochette amateur, ce qui n'aide pas les ventes.<\/p>\n<p>Le travail de Smokey Martin \u00e0 la guitare a \u00e9galement figur\u00e9 sur un album enregistr\u00e9 par le grand violoniste canadien Johnny Mooring.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-73096 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cmaontario.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ontarios-country-music-pioneers-smokey-martin-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"186\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cmaontario.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ontarios-country-music-pioneers-smokey-martin-4.jpg 186w, https:\/\/cmaontario.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ontarios-country-music-pioneers-smokey-martin-4-150x202.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 186px) 100vw, 186px\" \/>Au cours de ses derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es, Smokey Martin a \u00e9galement dirig\u00e9 \u201cThe Leger Family Band\u201d, un groupe populaire dans sa ville natale, compos\u00e9 de ses fils Alan, Daryl, Brian et Mark. Alan s'est ensuite produit derri\u00e8re la chanteuse de country Tammy McRae ; Daryl est devenu membre du groupe de Bruce Golden, et Brian Leger (plus connu sous le nom de \u201cBonzo\u201d Leger) a tourn\u00e9 derri\u00e8re Michelle Wright, The Dennis Whitty band, Ted &amp; Leissa &amp; River Road, parmi plusieurs autres groupes.<\/p>\n<p>Une pleine page d'hommage \u00e0 Smokey Martin a \u00e9t\u00e9 publi\u00e9e dans l'\u00e9dition d'avril 2006 de Country Music News. Lucien Leger (Smokey Martin) est d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9 le 20 septembre 2019 \u00e0 Cornwall, en Ontario.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Le regrett\u00e9 \u201c SMOKEY MARTIN \u201d, n\u00e9 Lucien Ren\u00e9 L\u00e9ger le 15 mars 1926 \u00e0 Cornwall, en Ontario, est connu comme guitariste, chanteur et auteur-compositeur qui a jou\u00e9 avec les \u201c Hal\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":73093,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1250],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ontario-pioneers-2026","post_format-post-format-image"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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