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Mariee Sioux @ Gibert Joseph, Paris April 06 2012, 6:00pm

Another free show in Paris, this time on Bd St Michel with folk lady Mariee Sioux promoting her new album.
Small gathering of fans, she's playing acoustic guitar without any amplification, hard to hear anything as she has a tiny voice and the guitar playing was also very soft.
4 songs set maybe the conditions were not top to appreciate her quiet folk.

She's playing @ Café de la Danse on Thursday (April 19) with Matt Elliott
She'll play another showcase @ Fargo on friday (April 20) at 6:00pm
There should be another one on sunday at a secret location

Laura Gibson @ Agnes B Store, Paris April 16 2012

Laura Gibson & band

Agnes B-Rough Trade store in Paris, today it's Laura Gibson to play a showcase in front of a dedicated audience.

Check the program of all the showcases on our facebook page (here)
Today we're talking about classy Folk Music, for a cool & relaxed 5-6 songs set with Laura on vocals, Guitar or Piano.

setlist & more Pics HERE

She played @ Oliver's a couple of years ago & @ Fleche d'Or in 2010

Agnes B store in Paris

Christopher Cross @ Trianon, Paris April 02 2012

American soft-rock(pop) singer Christopher Cross is playing at the beautiful Trianon theatre to promote his new album "Doctor faith".
He's well known for having a few hits on his first album published in 1979 with "sailing" & "Ride like the wind".Then I can hardly tell you what he did for the last 20 years.
It's the first time that we're seeing him in concert and friends who saw him recently @ Cigale (?) told us they had a good time.
The Trianon is almost full for this all seated event, lots of posh people down the front as the concert is sponsored by a insurance Cie, the guests had a nice food & drink reception before and after the gig.
This Cie probably bought a lot of the best seats for their best elements and clients ,I guess it's an easy way of having more people attending a gig considering that the tickets were quite expensive.You have to find the money where it is.It's a tough world ;-)

With an audience of posh people in their late 40's needless to tell you that it wasn't wild specially considering the music that is played tonight: the soft of the soft pop-rock.
Christopher made an effort to dress up with a nice costume as this show is recorded for a DVD.
He played some of his biggest hits and songs from his latest record.
The music as you can guess is very soft, we only had a couple of electric guitar soli for the whole gig, the rest is typical from the 80's with sax soli on many tracks.
I know It's the kind of music that people tend to hate but , we have our guilty pleasure and it's enjoyable from time to time.
The musicians are perfect, it's a well oiled machine.
Unbelievable but Christopher still have the high crystal clear voice he had 30 years ago.
The night couldn't be perfect without "Ride like the Wind" with a shower of ticker tapes and everybody dancing as if they were 21 again.
Very good show

setlist not accurate as he changed the order of the songs, "Never be the same" was played just after" sailing" (see video below)

"Sailing":

Elvis The Concert @ Zénith, Paris March 29 2012

Elvis The Concert @ Zénith, Paris march 29 2012

Elvis is still alive & well more than 35 years after his death.
As we were at the press Conference for the Hellfest we were very late and the fact that we had trouble getting tickets we've missed a good 30 min of the first part.
It's a medium size Zénith and all seated event, Elvis fans are getting older and older... not I'm jocking there are quite a few young people in the audience.
Cool to see that Elvis is still as popular in France specially when he is only on a screen with his band, The TCB playing live.
Lots of musicians on stage there's a classical orchestra led by Joe Guercio, The Imperials (Male Backing vocalists), The Sweet Inspirations (Female backing vocalists) plus the original live band : The TCB minus bass player Jerry Scheff, who's missing for the second time (last show two years ago was Nathan East on bass), this time his substitute is Elvis' session man Norbert Putman.
Of Course Glen D Harding is on piano, Ronnie Tutt on drums & James Burton on guitar.

Norbert Putnam on bass

It's basically the same show as two years ago, I guess it will never change as they probably don't have too many live footage of Elvis that they can use for the show.
Complete setlist here.
Most of the footage are coming from "Aloha from Hawaii" & "That's the way it is" with a couple of songs from the "Comeback special '68".

Glen D Harding / Ronnie Tutt/ James Burton

It's like attending a real Elvis Presley concert as they kept the same running order, it might be weird if you're attending for the very first time but you're getting used very quickly and then you don't even noticed that Elvis is on a screen.

Fans are well behaved for rockers staying seated for the whole first set.
There's a 20 min intermission and a voice is inviting you to get stuff at the merchandising, Remember It's business first.
For the second half in the second set the audience is finally standing up and getting closer to the stage trying to get something signed or to get the best picture of one of the musicians.
The TCB might be getting older and older , they are aging well and can deliver like young kids will do.

great 2 hour show !!!

Merchandising

Reminder (review & Pics):
Elvis with TCB @ Zénith March 2010
Elvis 2008 feat TCB @ Grand Rex Oct 2008 (Part 2)

Lee Fields @ L'Album de la Semaine, Paris March 26 2012

setlist

Funk & Soul singer Lee Fields & The Expressions is promoting his new album by playing Canal+ tv show L'Album de la Semaine.
35 min of great soul & Funk music with some vocals à la James Brown for this veteran singer.
Neat vintage songs with sax and trumpet with some cool grooves.
His version of Bobby Hebb's "Sunny" was terrific.
Just mix James brown, Otis Redding, Sam & Dave and you have Lee Fields.

Leon Russell @ New Morning, Paris march 19 2012

I can't tell you if Leon Russell has already played in Paris before, maybe in the 60's or 70's so tonight's show at the tiny jazz club New morning is a "must see".

French female singer Jain is opening on acoustic guitar, sounds like Selah Sue to me, enjoyable.

Leon Russell arrived @ the New morning in a wheelchair but get on the stage with his cane to sit down behind his keyboard for the whole of his 90 min set.
White long hair and beard , sunglasses white cowboy hat and brown leather jacket: cool look.
Maybe his "hawaiian" shirt with the big flowers is not up to the standard ;-)
Anyway we heard some of his most well-known songs tonight and many covers from other bands
setlist included : Delta lady, Rollin in my sweet, stranger in a strange..., sweet little angel, lady blue, kansas city woman, takes a train, let the good times roll, hard rain, I've just seen a face, lucky ol' sun, song for you, a medley of jumping jack flash-papa was a rolling stone-kansas city (here on video) and a few others.
The voice is a bit frail but the piano playing is intact some of the songs were re-arranged like the up-tempo version of The Rolling Stones' "Wild Horses".

I would have prefer more of his songs and less covers but I guess that he's more well known for his contribution for other artists he worked with than for his repertoire even though he had huge hits with his own songs.
Very good show, better than expected.

signed by the Master

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