The mystery of Canadian musician 'Lewis'... solved!

For two and a half years, record label Light in the Attic has been trying to track down the mysterious Canadian musician known only as "Lewis." As we first told you earlier this month, Lewis' mellow-sounding 1983 debut album L'Amour became a cult sensation after being discovered by a record collector in an Edmonton flea market. Last week, thanks to a surprise tip, Lewis -- whose real name is Randall Wulff -- has finally been found.

"We'd gotten a lead from an old friend of his, who had been a business partner back in the day in Calgary," Jack Fleischer, a writer for Light in the Attic Records tells As It Happens guest host Laura Lynch.

Based on the tip, Fleisher and detective Markus Armstrong flew from Los Angeles to Canada and were able to track down the city and area where Lewis was last seen.

"Out of the corner of my eye, I see sitting at a coffee shop, a guy dressed in all white, he's got a cane, he has got a gold watch on," Fleischer recalls. "I took one look at him and we were like, 'That's him! That's him! Oh my God, that's him!'"

"He told us a bunch of stories and we talked about the records and he's still very much involved with music. He plays every night. He says he plays guitar 'til four in the morning and he's just not interested in making money off of it, or promoting it, or doing anything with it beyond just his own personal satisfaction."

They also told him that the label held royalties for him waiting to be paid out.

"He didn't want a dime," Fleischer says.

When he was told about his cult popularity, Lewis was surprisingly nonchalant.

"You would think this would just have blown his mind... frankly, it seemed as if he almost expected it."

Hear a track from Lewis' L'Amour: