Born on January 28, 1952 in Chamalières in the Puy-de-Dôme in Auvergne, the singer-songwriter released around twenty albums throughout his career and enjoyed success, notably with a duet with the singer Mylène Farmer in 1991 entitled Regrets.
The song peaked at No.
Often praised by critics for the bucolic poetry of his texts, but also controversial for certain positions, Jean-Louis Murat has written for other artists such as Indochine, Julien Clerc and Françoise Hardy.
His songs were really well received in the late 1980s: “If I had miss you” brought him his first commercial success in 1987. The album that followed, Cheyenne Autumn, was the first to really sell. The title referred to John Ford’s ultimate film.
Identifiable by his blue eyes, his tousled brown hair and his haunting voice, Jean-Louis Murat is inseparable from Auvergne, where he has never stopped living. From this region he was able to invent a galaxy in which he mixed languages, epochs and countries in music.
A compilation of his best tracks will be released on Friday.
With information from Portal and France Inter