Les Cowboys Fringants is “the most important group in the history of Quebec”

The Minister of Culture and Communications, Mathieu Lacombe, believes that the Cowboys Fringants group is the largest in the history of Quebec.

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At least that’s what he said in an interview with Pierre-Olivier Zappa a few minutes before the tribute ceremony to Karl Tremblay.

Seeing the many fans of the group from the province, but also from overseas traveling to be present for this event, the facilitator posed the following reflection:

“We heard people mention that if there is an emblem of Quebec culture, it was Karl Tremblay who embodied it,” underlines Pierre-Olivier Zappa.

To which the Minister of Culture and Communications acquiesced.

“I have to be careful between my role as minister and the 35-year-old young man that I am and who grew up with the Cowboys Fringants, but I agree with that because Karl Tremblay is the voice of the Cowboys Fringants, a group which 25 years after its creation is at the peak of its popularity. They marked [plus] of a generation. I think that probably makes them, I weigh my words, the most important group in the history of Quebec,” says the minister.

See the full excerpt in the video above.