Soul Attorneys
Encyclopedia
J. Gaines and the Soul Attorneys is a Canadian pop
R&B band formed in 1994 in Quebec City
as Soul Attorneys, which at the time consisted of Jacques Gaines, Eric Filto and Mathieu Dandurand.
Active under their original moniker between 1995 and 1999, they achieved some success in Canada and abroad, touring with Celine Dion, signing with Sony Records, and releasing two Canadian top-10 singles, "These Are the Days" and "So They Say".
In 2000, after Eric Filto left the band, Jacques Gaines added his own name to the band's title, and released the commercially successful album Another Day, produced by Aldo Nova
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Jacques Gaines released a French-language, self-titled solo album in 2004, and a solo English-language album, Four, in 2007. The first single is "These Things". He lives in Montreal
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Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
R&B band formed in 1994 in Quebec City
Quebec City
Quebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...
as Soul Attorneys, which at the time consisted of Jacques Gaines, Eric Filto and Mathieu Dandurand.
Active under their original moniker between 1995 and 1999, they achieved some success in Canada and abroad, touring with Celine Dion, signing with Sony Records, and releasing two Canadian top-10 singles, "These Are the Days" and "So They Say".
In 2000, after Eric Filto left the band, Jacques Gaines added his own name to the band's title, and released the commercially successful album Another Day, produced by Aldo Nova
Aldo Nova
Aldo Nova is a Canadian guitarist, keyboardist, vocalist and producer, Nova gained fame with his self-titled debut album Aldo Nova in 1981, and its accompanying single "Fantasy", which climbed to #23 on the Billboard Hot 100.-Career:Signing with Portrait Records, Nova released a self-produced...
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Jacques Gaines released a French-language, self-titled solo album in 2004, and a solo English-language album, Four, in 2007. The first single is "These Things". He lives in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
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External links
- Jacques Gaines' Homepage Bio page
- Brief Soul Attorneys article on Canoe.ca from 2000