Capenoules

The Capenoules is a group of the north of France whose majority of the songs are in Ch' Ti.

History of the group

Raoul de Godewarsvelde

His/her father was photographer installed in a well-known district of the Inhabitants of Lille since 1919, close to the Town hall of Lille, " the Saint-Sauveur" district;. The large Raoul, was born in Lille in 1928, his exact identity is Francis, Albert, Victor Delbarre. He left us on April 14th, 1977. It was a jovial fellow. The name of scene of Raoul, " Godewarsvelde" it is actually the name of a northerner small village of the flandres. Raoul de Godewarsvelde it is the eternal is reproduced of the folklore of north, after having been him even photographer very known on Lille, Raoul founds in 1966, the " group; Capenoules" who corresponds in French to " small canaille" or " small voyoux" , with a band of buddies. Gouailleuse voice, with the accent ch' Ti, Raoul is a great type of 1 meter 92, weighing in the surrounding of 120 kg; it is impressive. In love with the sea, it carried its legendary cap of sailor. Many people of Boulogne on sea, of Audresselles (62) can know its work very well since he lived one moment in the Cape Gris Nose. Capenoules will leave their first disc 45 turns in 1966. In 1967, it is Maurice Biraud on Europe 1, which will make hear the first the songs of Capenoules. At the end of 1967, Capenoules will leave a disc 33 turns, with the title " songs of my nourrice" , for which knows the patois Ch' Ti, this disc is to die of laughing, bawdy songs, grivoises. " By meeting Toinette… domino, iron ore, domino, mino". Few people know it, but his great success " When the sea monte" was composed by Jean-Claude Darnal, song sold with more than 150000 specimens.

Composition of the group

Francis Delbarre, Biloute, Marcel Decubber, Mimi Ducherloque, Pierre Leclercq, Marco Slincart, Fernand Pierre, Maurice Deguffroy, Michel and Pierre Célie, Robert Lefebvre, Governed Hunez, Armand Piquet, Roger Frézin, Jacques Constant, J.P. Hermant, Felix Lescaut, Christian Lefebvre, Marcel Gauthier, Hubert Quertiniez, Toni Tagon, Jimmy Toffin, Leon Andrieu, Andre Dekooninck, Of lord Desmoulins, Emile Vanpeterynck, Raoul de Godewarsvelde

Discography

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