Marcel Aymar (born in Meteghan, Nova Scotia)[1] is a Canadian musician, composer, writer and actor.
[2] He moved to Sudbury, Ontario in 1972 as a teen and was a founding member of the popular Franco-Ontarian group CANO, playing guitar.
[5] Aymar, with John Doerr and Marc Cholette, wrote the theme song for CBC Television's The National and SRC's Soirée du Hockey, the French equivalent to Hockey Night in Canada.
[9] The album is diverse, featuring folk cajun styles, rock songs ("Dans un café américain à Paris"), and even ballads.
[2] In 2021, two classic CANO songs from the band's first album, Aymar's "Baie Sainte-Marie" and André Paiement's "Dimanche après-midi," were inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame.