Biography
UBC. (University of
British Colombia)
Vancouver September
20 2003.
Yvon Serré was born in Sturgeon Falls, Ontario, Canada.He started playing guitar at the
age of 8 and by the age of 11 he had his first electric guitar and formed his first band called
   « Love Beat »
His next band,   « The Jr.Beatles »   performed at
weddings and school dances.
« Rock Wizard »     was formed when Serré was 13
years old.They played a variety of 70's rock music. Over
the next  three years they progressed from school
dances to the nightclub scene.
In his late teens Serré toured the Ottawa region
with the band « Thalassa ».
Later with « Klock » he toured western Canada for 8
months before returning to his hometown.
The second tour of western Canada was with the band
« Becuz ». Yvon was then 21 years old.
«Franc» was the next band formed by Yvon. These guys
played the local circuit for a 4 month  period.
At age 22 Yvon decided to write original songs in French and formed « Groupe - Yvon Serré ».
The group played locally for 3 months. Then in the winter of 83, Serré and his group drove to
Montréal where they would appear at Club Soda in February.
Disillusioned with the French market, he started writing English
songs. In 1985, The Harry Straight Band was formed in Montréal.
Before moving to Toronto, Serré joined the Band “Spirit" which
played the Ottawa region for 3 months.
Yvon moved to Toronto in August of 86 and continued
«the Harry Straight band» project with a variety of musicians
.The band played the Toronto area for 14 years before
disbanding in 2000.
Starting in March 2001 and up until 2004 Serré, with his wife
Zhijuan Luo played a variety of shows in and around
Toronto. They also appeared In Beijing, China in April 2001
and at a 5 star resort.
They played a number of nightclubs, South West Jiao Tong University as well as two television appearances on CDTV 1.
The first on April 23 & the next on May 18. This program was the 3rd most watched television show in the Sichuan
province (80 million people).
On febuary 20th 2004 "le
Centre Culturel
Francophone" Vancouver
Back in China on December 26, 2004 Yvon appeared on
CDTV (Chengdu T.V.) for the 55th  anniversary of the liberation
of Chengdu show.
Since 2004 Yvon has been busy playing with his band in countless venues in China.
After seeing them perform, producer Denis Pantis signed the group to his label (Les Disque
Millionnaire/Rockbec).Serré moved back to Montréal and did a few shows while waiting for the first
45 rpm to be released.The record was released with little airplay in 85.
Apr 2004 "École
secondaire de Kelowna
Secondary School".
More pictures in the Gallery page
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