About Maxime Le Forestier
Maxime Le Forestier .mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-smallFrench: ; born 10 February 1949 as Bruno Le Forestier) is a French singer-songwriter.
Bruno Le Forestier was born on 10 February 1949 in Paris to Robert Le Forestier and Genevieve , who had lived in England. He had two older sisters, Annette and Catherine .
His musical training started on the violin. He attended the Lycée Condorcet, where he studied literature.
In 1965, he formed a duo with his sister Catherine. Playing at cabaret venues on Paris' Left Bank, the pair met and formed a friendship with Georges Moustaki. They were amongst the first artists to cover a number of songs by Moustaki – including Ma Liberté and Ma Solitude. In 1968, Catherine joined Moustaki as a backing singer. Le Forestier began to focus on songwriting and composed Ballade pour un traître which was recorded and released by the French/Italian singer and actor, Serge Reggiani.
Le Forestier continued as part-time singer/songwriter during his military service with a parachute regiment . He recorded two songs: Cœur de Pierre, Face de Lune, and La Petite Fugue.
His military service ending September 1970, Le Forestier refocused on his musical career. He developed a folksy style which was enormously popular in the 1970s and 1980s. He and his sister spent the summer of 1971 living in the Castro District of San Francisco at the invitation of his friend, Luc Alexandre. The experience, and meeting Allen Ginsberg, was the inspiration of a popular song, San Francisco.
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