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Jean Michel Daudier - Haitian singer & songwriter
Jean Michel Daudier was born in Les Cayes Haiti in 1957 into a family of musicians and poets. He was 15 years old when he learned to play the guitar. His first guitar was a broken once left behind by a half brother after a wrong turned out serenade night. Jean Michel left Haiti in 1989 to lived with his mother in New York before, he moved to Miami in 1999 where he continuous to produce his music and performs.

Jean Michel Daudier became famous in Haiti in 1986 after writing a protest song called “Lem pa we soley la” (When I don't see the Sunshine). The song was written for the Catholic radio station "Radio Soleil" which supported the fight against the former dictator Jean Claude Duvalier in Haiti. The song was distributed clandestinely on a small tape cassette and no one knew the singer. People were arrested for singing that song in the streets of Port - au - Prince after a Charismatic concert by Jhon Littleton a singer from Canada. In year 2009, the Haitian Eritaj Foudation of Boston nominated Jean Michel Daudier Ambassador of hope for Haiti.

Jean Michel already produced four albums already "Soley La”, "Dispora", "Nou Tout Samble" and the latest "Tropical Paradise". He impacted so many lives and influenced three generations with his music. He sings in Creole, French and English. In 1997, his work was documented in the book “A day for the Hunter. A Day for the Prey” by Gage Averill.