Sonly twenty-two days after the death of his companion Annette Auguste known as “Sò Anne”, the musician Tido Lavaux commonly called, has just died last Friday May 8 at the OFATMA Hospital in Port-au-Prince; following complications of diabetes and hypertension. We extend our reverence to his family and his brother musicians affected by this loss.
Tido, for his part, proved to be one of the first followers of the fusion movement which snowballed the country at the end of the 1970s. In short, after secondary studies at the Lycée Jean Jacques Dessalines, he decided to take part in the study group of the master Denis Emile. Which is in full development of the genre that would lead to the rise of rasin music . And of which Wilfrid Lavaud will be one of the first members, devoting himself to the guitar, which he will be appointed as one of the experts in the process; while also cultivating percussions. The continuation, it is the formation of the group “Sa” which constituted a test balloon for the continuity of this musical insurrection; in which Tido has in the meantime been able to form its own ideas, to become one of the spearheads.
WILFRID LAVAUD REMAINS ABOVE ALL A MAN OF STRINGS ALL IN FLAIR.
In the subsequent phase, it is the creation of the group “Foula” which will constitute an additional stage for Wilfrid, who this time joined forces with Chico Boyer, Jean Raymond Giglio and others to make the offering of a more spectacular touch of voodoo-fusion. This had the effect of putting rasin music outside the box. And like the first group of this current to receive a standing ovation outside the local borders. A position that has comforted Tido in its process of regenerating traditional Haitian rhythms and rites. A versatile musician, he was able to get around the percussive barricades, providing the sound environment, thanks to a game made of precise punctuations; proving that he masters the auscultating subject as well.
But, Wilfrid Lavaud remains above all a man of strings all in flair. Guitarist inspired his touch imbibes influences the overall sound, including: the jazz , the blues, the bossa nova , the rock , the reggaeand others. Brands that have installed him among the best guitarists of his generation, with an inventive and complete style that has enabled him to bring out in the same mold, a touch stamped with multiple contemporary escapades. The second half of the eighties was very enterprising for popular culture; as well as the fight for the right to life. Two factors that the colonial consortium and its local affiliates did not see favorably. From this logic, the coup d’état of 1991 against the first democratically elected president of Haiti is carried out.
An aggression which had the consequences of denying an entire generation the right to justice, dignity, peace, change and democracy. While destabilizing the culture and by extension the rasin movement which was in turmoil. With so much persecution for the musicians of this standard, who had the choice only between the maquis, exile or surrender. As a result, Tido ended up in NY with his friend Chico Boyer. Where they regrouped with Nikol Levy, for a remake of the group “Foula” which settled in the state ; galvanizing the diaspora to “ the return to democracy ”. Finally, when ballast is released to better eat us, Wilfrid was finally able to return to his country, to sum up his walk as an artist and musician. As well as its reinstatement within the original “Foula”, under the leadership of J. Raymond Giglio.
Continuing to highlight its multidimensional meaning, ending this time with the xylophone. While making himself available to respond to the various requests to which he is the object; including his companion ” Sò Anne ” Augustus, of whom he becomes the permanent chaperone. While getting involved in native cultural initiatives. But, the laboratories of the predatory embassies returned to the charge, to remind us of the lure of bourgeois democracy; by kidnapping President Aristide. At this point, Tido found himself with the arrest of “Sò Anne” by the neo Duvalier regime “Grenn nan bouda”. Between the negotiations, it was Préval the cynic who galloped back to the presidency. Taking all his time to see his “friends”, the good father Jean Juste and “Sò Anne”, dehumanized in prison;
Thinking of finding an ally in “Tiréné”, Tido then decides to run for the town hall of Delmas, under the blessing of this one who encouraged him well. While behind the scenes, the president was saying to his relatives: “Tido panse m fou, pou m ta vin bay yon lavalasyen pétwa”. Since then, Wilfrid has been a little discreet, between the opportunities that are not available in such a criminal environment and in which it is so difficult to survive. Still taking to heart its vocation as a scout of native culture. No wonder he was installed as cultural officer at the National Theater, in order to list the multiple rites and rhythms of the native land. Until ruthless death comes to delight him with a breeze of life.
