Youenn Gwernig


Originals

Original songs by this artist are, for now, too exclusive to them to be listed here separately.

Covers

  • Cover of SON AR CHISTR in 1974 - as Son ar Jistr on album Distro ar Gelted (the Return of the Kelts), the version of his dad Jul; Youenn brought Breton folk overseas, even to the coffeehouses in Greenwich Village, NY, where he met up with Jack Kerouac, beat poet with Breton roots; it was Youenn who inspired Jack for a trip to France to check out his family's breeding ground (near Lanmeur, east of Morlaix); see also Kerouac's novel Satori In Paris (1960); as for Youenn Gwernig, the cultural center in his native ScaĆ«r is named after him

Contact


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Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)
Belgium

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