Showing posts with label On the road. Show all posts
Showing posts with label On the road. Show all posts

12/11/2011

6/03/2011

Old gear

I am packing gear for a 3 gigs tour in South-West France, Toulouse area. I can't find my second acoustic usual guitar, an Oudenot handmade. At least, here my old Alvarez Yari dreadnought sitting in the room. I didn't used her for years on stage, just for a few recording sessions in the past months.
And I decided to bring it with the murdered table ! there's a few splits, stripes and really dull.
On the road I change strings of course, and I am so surprise how deep, bright and powerful this tool is still sounding ! Whoohoo !
I tuned it for my G songs (DGDGBD) and used my other Alvarez yari WY1K Koa for the others songs, swinging from standard tuning to DADGAD.
The only things is, I am now more cautious with it, others damages could really made it unplayable.
That's all...

11/28/2010

White Black month

We were back from Milan early november where we've playing a good audience festival in gorgeous Milan town. It was freezing on stage but, nice to introduce our stuff to Italian fans . For the first time for years, we've been travelling by train, exactly when french trains where striking. We arrived a few hours later, It could be worse.
November here is "Black month". Snowy, cold, early this year. A breton idiom says "cold, cold, cold ! Weather to shit nails !" and truely realistic. I tried to play a few guitar yesterday but fingers seemed lazy.
Craic was good again this month. I've been invited on 20th sat. to set up a few breton songs at Yaouank festival with Loran Beru, the famous 90' punk hero on the french scene. Audience was great and hudge as usual (7000).
We've been playing the Liet event in Lorient also. It was good for us to meet others artists involved in there own native culture, huh ! As minority languages are the majority on earth, we are all spreading our accents and words for ye, good fellows ! All languages are on the same world shelf, isn't it ? We've enjoyed the night and we have other festivals and concerts coming with the same line-up. Schedule will be update early 2011.
Now, I chill out here, fire is in mode "on", writing a few lyrics and playing guitar sometimes, swinging from standard tuning to G or/ and D : what a dilemma.

10/23/2010

October Fest

My October Fest is concerts we've been playing and will play this month. After rehearsing with new line-up, we've been playing ROC'H album last 09th Oct in Carhaix (Coreff brewery festival). Great audience, good beer and one of our best concerts at the moment.
WebNoz Tv put me under the spotlights also, for 2 hours Tv Show. It was great. Friends joined me (Gilles Servat, JP Riou from Red Cardell, Bernez Tangi). I will add soon the Red Cardell song video, duet me and JP.
Now, straight on to Milan ... See u there Pagans !