- Born
- Died
- Ferre Grignard was born on March 13, 1939 in Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgium. He was a composer, known for Verloren maandag (1974), Empire of Dust (2011) and Echo (1961). He died on August 8, 1982 in Edegem, Flanders, Belgium.
- His manager recalls : "The success in 1966 came too suddenly. He enjoyed it too recklessly. He went to live in a mansion, the birthplace of Peter Benoît (Belgian classical composer), where he made music, painted and partied with the 20 friends who lived with him. When he was paid 10.000 Belgian francs for a gig on Saturday, he would come begging for 100 fr. on Monday to buy some bread.
- Belgian blueslegend Roland Van Campenhout recorded a version of "Hash Bamboo Shuffle" in 1998 for his cover-album "Waltz", citing Ferre Grignard & the Muze as one of the reasons he started making music back in the sixties.
- After his death however, his influence has continued to live on : many in the Antwerp scene (groups such as dEUS & Zita Swoon) cite Ferre Grignard as one of the influences on the way they make music.
- His "Ring Ring, I've Got To Sing" and "My Crucified Jesus" conquered the world with their mixture of skiffle, folk music and blues.
- The Belgian artist George Smits was a member of Ferre Grignard's band around that time.
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