Hubert-Félix Thiéfaine is a cult French pop-rock singer and songwriter, born July 21, 1948 in the town of Dole in the Jura département. Mostly shunned by television and radio, he has built through word of mouth and frequent touring a considerable following over the years, which allowed him to fill the 17,000-seater Palais Omnisport de Bercy for an anniversary concert in 1998. In recent years he has been increasingly name-dropped as an influence by the latest generation of performers in France