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Oct 01, 1952 Rouen, Normandy, France Died on 29 May 2002 (aged 49)
French musician
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About François Ovide
- François Ovide (born in Rouen, October 1952; died in Rouen, 29 May 2002) was a French guitarist, best known for his longstanding collaborations with Albert Marcoeur and with John Greaves. Ovide grew up around Rouen.
- His first two band projects in the 1970s were rock band So & Co and Plat du Jour.
- In 1976, he started working with Marcoeur. He went on to join Weidorje for the band's last year of existence and then started doing session work.
- He also joined folk-rock band Gwendal in 1981.
- In 1984, he joined Greaves' backing band, working alongside Mireille Bauer (previously of Gong).
- They later married and had two children. Ovide went on to play on Greaves' albums La Petite Bouteille de Linge (1991), Songs and The Caretaker.
- He also played on Pip Pyle's 1998 7 Year Itch.
- In the mid-1980s, he also recorded a solo album with Bauer, Pierre Vermeire, Andy Emler and others, but the project was never released. Other session work was with Renaud, Patricia Kaas, Johnny Hallyday and Maxime Le Forestier.
