[1] Although proficient in a variety of string instruments and piano, he is best known for his work on the banjo.
Bolyer was born in Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada, into a French-speaking family.
[1] Beginning in the 1940s, Bolyer appeared regularly on Canadian radio stations CKCW (Moncton, New Brunswick) and CKNX (Wingham, Ontario).
[2] Bolyer also appeared as a guest on the Lawrence Welk and Arthur Godfrey shows in the United States.
[5] Bolyer was inducted posthumously into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame in 1989.