Louis Bertignac

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Louis Bertignac (born February 23, 1954 in Oran, Algeria) is a French guitarist, vocalist and songwriter. A founding member in 1976 of the rock band Téléphone, he formed Bertignac et les Visiteurs after Téléphone split in 1986. Tony Visconti produced his first solo album, Elle et Louis (1993).

In 2004, he produced, arranged and played guitar on the debut album by Carla Bruni, Quelqu'un m'a dit. Bruni in turn contributed lyrics to 10 of the 12 songs on Bertignac's 2005 Longtemps.

He performed at Live 8 at the Palais de Versailles on July 2nd 2005.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Bertignac et les Visiteurs

  • Louis Bertignac et les Visiteurs (1987)
  • Rocks (1990)

[edit] Solo

  • Elle et Louis (1993)
  • Le Médiator (live) (1993)
  • 96 (1996)
  • Bertignac live (live) (1998)
  • Longtemps (2005)
In other languages