Daniel DeShaime

Daniel DeShaime
Daniel DeShaime, Cap-Chat, 2010
Background information
Birth name	Jean-Marie Deschênes
Born	(1946-08-02) 2 August 1946 (age 70)
Origin	Saint-Octave-de-l'Avenir, Québec, Canada
Genres	Pop music
Occupation(s)	Author, composer, Singer
Years active	1965–present
Labels	Trafic Music Productions Guy Cloutier Inc.
Website	Daniel DeShaime official site

Daniel DeShaime, born Jean-Marie Deschênes on 2 August 1946 in Saint-Octave-de-l'Avenir, Quebec is a French-speaking Canadian singer.

Daniel DeShaime was born in , a village founded in 1932 near the Chic-Choc Mountains in Gaspésie and closed in 1971 by the government of Robert Bourassa. An author, composer and organist, he performed in Gaspésie, in the Magdalen Islands and in New Brunswick before playing for artists including Édith Butler, Angèle Arsenault, and Jacques Michel ().

In his childhood, Daniel DeShaime was known in his village for playing the accordion at dances and reunions. He studied classical studies at a seminary in Gaspé and the École de musique Vincent-d'Indy and at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Québec. Then he travelled around Gaspésie, the Magdalen Islands and New Brunswick as an organist and pianist, performing for himself and for others, singing poems for which he had composed the music, and songs by others like Claude Léveillée ().

He was known in New Brunswick for playing the organ at the famous Père Galant lobster dinners in St-Ann's and for participating in radio and television shows on Radio-Canada, the French-language national broadcasting network. By the end of the sixties, he had accompanied artists like Danielle Oddera, Aimé Major (), Raymond Breau, and Calixte Duguay, and had written and performed with Edith Butler and Angèle Arsenault, with whom he collaborated for many years.