An American band that tried to make the switch to the French-speaking audiences. They named themselves after the only French phrase they could think of and consequently failed to find a foothold. They are known mostly around Quebec/Maine border area for their cover of The Beatles' "Love Me Do" (J'en Suis Fou).
New Band: Fat Finger Freddy
As a child, Alfred "Freddy" Benton was relentlessly teased by other kids for his weight and his poor background. His only solace came in the form of music, and he often spent entire days in the music room at his school, playing the piano. He grew up to become an adept concert jazz pianist, with his weight becoming something of a selling point. Audiences were often astounded by the deceptive dexterity in his fingers as they danced across the ivories. Freddy never really became big, though, because he insisted that jazz should be performed live, and that listening to a recording diminished the experience. He never once allowed his performances to be recorded. Nonetheless, he got enough performing gigs to get by until his thirty-sixth birthday, on which he suffered a heart attack mid-performance and died on stage.
That was not the end of the story of Fat Finger Freddy though. His death in the middle of a jazz piece caused a massive stir in the audience, and rumors started to spread that he now haunted the jazz hall where he died, doomed to never find rest until he finished the song. Sometimes, in the wee hours of the morning, the last employee responsible for locking up the jazz hall would hear the faint sound of piano music, played at an extremely slow tempo, as if some ethereal being was slowly working his way through the remainder of a song. Such stories could never be proven, of course, but there were many who were not uncomfortable with the idea of Freddy's presence lingering in the jazz hall, including the owner of the venue. After all, music had been Freddy's life.
Eventually a television crew came by to try to unravel the mystery of the ghost jazz musician. Funnily enough, all three members of the TV crew reported hearing the music at night, but none of their recording equipment picked it up.
New band: The Newer Directions
