[1] Overland had been the lead singer/guitarist/music arranger for the 1950s Montreal trio The Strangers, along with his sister Arlene on claves and drummer Leon Segal.
That year, the band performed on Let's Sing Out, a CTV Television Network series hosted by folk singer Oscar Brand.
[6] The Raftsmen's single (on Apex Records) of Brand’s "Something to Sing About" sold nationally and appeared on local radio charts[7] during the time period leading up to the Canadian centennial in 1967.
Its single of Gordon Lightfoot’s "The Hands I Love" (known also as "Song for a Winter's Night") received considerable air play.
Leroux later toured with Nana Mouskouri for the better part of ten years, then became a Latin guitar player in session work and released a pair of instrumental solo albums.