LCG #164 – Donal Gallagher interview (Rory’s brother)

Posted on 01/09/2012 by pjournel

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Hello,

It’s a very special interview I propose you in this show because you might not know that but I am a big fan of Rory Gallagher who died in 1995 so I jumped on the occasion to interview Rory’s brother, Donal, who followed him a lot on the road and who his taking care of Rory’s legacy now.

In this interview Donal tells the whole story about how Rory almost joined the Rolling Stones after Mick Taylor quit in 1974. You will hear this and many more about Rory’s music.

Who is the guitar player has NOT fantasized about Rory’s battered 61 Stratocaster?

All Rory’s albums are currently rereleased on CD so it’s the perfect time to (re)discover the music of this great guitar player who disappeared way to soon.

Extracts played before the interview:

Laundromat from Rory Gallagher
Barley And Grape Rag from Calling Card
Title track from Calling Card
Walk On Hot Coals from Irish Tour 74

A really cool YouTube videos where you will hear Rory talking about his 61 Strat:

Enjoy,

Pierre.

PS: please note that at the end of the interview I had a glitch with my phone recording software that’s why the interview is stopping a bit abruptly. Sorry about that.

Update September 3rd 2012

After I put this interview online Donal sent me a mail to give some more details, here’s an extract from the mail.

“…Thank you for the link, however on listening through the interview, I noted that I may have mistakenly said it was the mid-fifties (might be the audio quality mid sixties) as to when Rory purchased his ‘stratocaster’, it should be ’63.”

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“Also, you asked me of high – points in my brother’s career, I overlooked his meeting and recording with Muddy Waters, for the ‘London Sessions’ album – this was most important to him.”

LCG #155 – Simon McBride interview

Posted on 03/06/2012 by pjournel

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Hello,

I was very happy to interview Simon McBride (aka @smcbridemusic) via Skype as his music kept on showing up when I did some listening in shuffle mode to go through all the music I receive.

And each time it happened I said to myself ”I really MUST have this guy in the show!”.

That’s the method I use: I hit play and if the music I hear interests me I take a note. When it happened several times for the same artist, it really means I am on to something.

Extracts played before the interview:

Devil’s Road (Since Then)
Tear Down Your Soul (Since Then)
Down To The Wire (Nine Lives)
Rich Man Falling (Nine Lives)

Happy listening,

Pierre.

PS: note that toward the end of the interview there is a weird offset between our voices so it sounds like we are talking at the same time and like there were some long silences during our conversation. I had to way to correct that after the fact. Sorry about that.

LCG #149 – Clare Free interview

Posted on 21/04/2012 by pjournel

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Hello,

I am very happy to present you with the second interview on the Channel of a women guitar player with Clare Free (aka @ClareFree1).

As a reminder the first women interviewed was Heike Matthiesen whom I interviewed in french in episode #103 at last year MusikMesse. I also did more recently an interview with her in english that I will publish in the near future.

We need more women playing the guitar!

Let’s concentrate now on Clare who has just released a great blues album called “Dust And Bones”:

Extracts played before the interview:

Believe In Me
Stronger Than You Think
Smaller Miracles
Scars

Fours songs from the a previous EP “How It Is” are downloadable for free from Clare web site, check this page: www.clarefree.co.uk/download-songs/

Enjoy,

Pierre.

LCG #146 – Eric Bibb video session of “Going Down That Road Feeling Bad”

Posted on 30/03/2012 by pjournel

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Hello,

Last week in episode #145 I published the interview with Eric Bibb, now is the time to enjoy a song performed by him and beautifuly filmed as always by my usual partner in crime for video, Nicolas Esposito (aka @nesposit) from Rendez-Vous Création.

The link to Nicolas’s blog post on his own website is here.

Enjoy,

Pierre.

LCG #145 – Eric Bibb interview

Posted on 24/03/2012 by pjournel

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Hello,

It’s a great pleasure for me to present you with a second interview with the great blues man Eric Bibb (aka @ericbibb). The first one is in episode #68. He was in Paris for a cameo appearance at the New Morning but he will be back to play his own gig on April 2nd.

Extracts from Deeper In The Well:

Dig A Little Deeper In The Well
Could Be You, Could Be Me
Money In Your Pocket
Movin’ Up

Three great photos taken during the interview by Nicolas Esposito from Rendez-Vous Création (www.rendezvouscreation.org):

Don’t forget if you are in the Paris area, Eric Bibb is playing at the New Morning on April 2nd 2012.

Enjoy,

Pierre.

LCG #125 – Vidéo de Popa Chubby “Pound Of Flesh”

Posted on 28/10/2011 by pjournel

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Hello,

After the interview published in episode #124, here is the video of “Pound Of Flesh” song from the lasted Popa Chubby album ”Back To New-York City”.

Once more, Nicolas Esposito de Rendez-Vous Création has done a great job to capture on video this moment. Thanks A TON Nicolas.

Here a few pictures taken during the session:

Pierre.

LCG #124 – Popa Chubby interview

Posted on 23/10/2011 by pjournel

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Hello,

For the 2nd time (see #81 for the 1st interview), I had the pleasure to interview Popa Chubby as he was in paris to promote his latest album Back To New York City. After the interview we did a video recording of the song Pound Of Flesh you will see in next week episode.

Picture: Nicolas Esposito (http://rendezvouscreation.org)

Meeting and interviewing Popa is always some kind of adventure, this time we were supposed to to the interview in a radio studio but during the show he broke two strings so we had to go back to the hotel to get some new strings. We ended up doing the interview in the basement of his hotel in the gym room!

Extracts from Back To New York City played before the interview:

Pound Of Flesh
Back To New-York City
A Love That Will Not Die
She Made Me Beg For It.

Don’t forget to check out next week episode with the video recording of Pound Of Flesh!

Happy listening,

Pierre.

PS: Popa will play the Olympia on November 20th with Walter Trout.

LCG #081 – Popa Chubby interview

Posted on 13/11/2010 by pjournel

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Hello,

Popa Chubby is a New-York born guitar player which is pretty famous in France, I had the pleasure to interview him just before he played the Cabaret Sauvage in Paris.

As usual, before the intervie you will hear some extracts from his latest album “The Fight Is On”:

The Fight Is On
We Got Some Rocking To Do
The Right Time
Steelhorse Serenade

Happy listening,

Pierre.

LCG #068 – Eric Bibb interview

Posted on 21/08/2010 by pjournel

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Hello,

I had the pleasure this quiet but VERY intense bluesman, believe me, he has a DEEP voice and it is quite a feat to interview such a nice gentleman with such an articulate way to express himself.

His album “Booker’s Guitar” is a pure joy and if Eric plays near you, go check him out!

Eric official website: www.ericbibb.com

Happy listening,

Pierre.

LCG #058 – Philip Sayce interview

Posted on 06/05/2010 by pjournel

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Hello,

I had the great pleasure to interview Philip Sayce, a superb guitar player, while he was in Paris to do some promo for his latest album “Innerevolution”.

He will be back in Paris to play at Le Réservoir on May 26th, don’t miss him!!