Nashville Pussy + Steve Conte & the Crazy Truth @ Le Plan in Ris Orangis Feb 3 2011

Nashville Pussy + Steve Conte & the Crazy Truth @ Le Plan

Ris Orangis, Feb 03 2011

Steve Conte & The Crazy Truth

Ah ! Ris Orangis, you have to take the train to go there, half an hour from Paris, the place is in the middle of nowhere , hard to believe you can find such a nice rock club in this shithole.
Le Plan : I have good memories, I already saw the Nashville Pussy here but also Motorhead and a few others I can't remember including Rory Gallagher a long time ago.
Le Plan is a 500 capacity club with a nice view everywhere you stand and there's a cool bar/restaurant nextdoor.
It's 7:30 and the doors are still closed, there's a long queue outside, the ticket is cheap only 18 euros.
Steve Conte ( former New York Dolls ) is opening with his band The Crazy Truth.
Steve is the guy responsible for (most of ) all the guitar work in the NYD, he's holding the house together while Sylvain Sylvain is doing the show.
Crazy truth is a power trio and Steve is as cool as fuck, it might not be original but it's pure Rock'n Roll, the best. Lots of cool guitar licks and the guy can deliver on vocals.
Very good set funny how Steve is looking like Izzy Stradlin from the early Guns N Roses on his backdrop.

Nice to have such a quality support band for once, almost a double bill.
See what you've missed:

Then we have Nashville Pussy, we already saw them dozens of time for the last ten years, they haven't change they still have the flame burning and from start to finish it's non-stop rock'n roll Take no prisoners.

Short and fast songs with funny titles (see setlist). Ruyter Suys on guitar is making the show, the female Angus. They've played many songs from the recent albums which we're less familiar with ( shame on us).

No time to breath between songs as they're played one after another.

On your feet... or on your knees !

100 % Pure energy

Great set but they kept it short 9:40 to 10:45

Ruyter :The female Angus

A fucking nightmare to go back to Paris afterwards. Should get a car.

Merchandising & Setlist

The White Stripes split up : official statement

The White Stripes 1997- 2011 RIP

Click above for the official statement on The White Stripes official website

Faces to reunite with Rod Stewart for 2011 Tour ?

Faces to reunite with Rod Stewart ?

(c) Pacific Coast News

Ronnie Wood, Rod Stewart & Kenny Jones ( in the back) @ London's Ivy

Yesterday night ( Feb 1st) Faces original members Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood & drummer Kenny Jones went to the famous Ivy restaurant in London with their wifes & girlfriends.
Is it a good way of getting publicity for a reunion with Rod Stewart ?
It really looks like it.
Ian Mac Lagan was not there as he's playing several shows in Austin.

The Faces played a few shows last year with Simply Red 's Mick Hucknall as their singer but a reunion with Rod was never ruled out.
Thanks to Rocks Off

Turner Cody @ Fargo Store, Paris Feb 1 2011 7:00PM

Turner Cody @ Fargo store
Paris Feb 01 2011 7:00pm

Just back from the store , really cool 5-6 song set from Turner Cody, and guess what ? It's another bearded folk singer. In fact there's just the moustache left now !
Listen to his songs on his website.

Iron & Wine @ C'est Lenoir,Black session @ france Inter, Paris jan 31 2011 10:00PM

Iron & Wine @ C'est Lenoir, Black Session #323
Maison de la Radio, France Inter, Paris Jan 30 2011

setlist

Iron & Wine’s Sam Beam is playing this Black session for C'est Lenoir in the studio 105 of La Maison de la Radio near the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
Conditions are always perfect: sound is crystal clear and the 250 + people are all confortably seated in red sofas.
Iron & Wine has released a few records and its leader is here to promote the new one "Kiss each other clean" out on Jan 25.
He's playing the first 3 songs on his own on the acoustic guitar and he's then joined by his friends on piano, mandoline and backing vocals.
They are playing a mix of Folk-country-rock. Beautiful songs.
Very good hour set with one extra song on his own (not on the setlist)

Twin Shadow @ L'Album de la Semaine, Paris Jan 31 2010 8:00PM

Twin Shadow @ L'Album de la Semaine for Canal+
Paris, Jan 30 2011

Twin Shadow @ Canal+ to promote their album "Forget".
They've already played the Point Ephémere last october (Oct 29) so i don't know why the colourful , for his nice shirt, singer George Lewis Jr is saying that's their first gig in Paris.
They will play an already sold-out Nouveau Casino in a couple of days.
Very cool 80's pop new-wave. The kind of music we hated when we were kids but I have to say it was very enjoyable.
80's revival even for the clothes they're wearing, they do have a very sexy female keyboard player and the singer has a funny haircut and even more funny he's looking like the hidden child of Phil Lynott (from Thin Lizzy fame).

Then we rush to the Maison de la radio to see Folkie Iron & Wine

Angels & Airwaves @ Cigale, Paris Jan 30 2011

Angels & Airwaves @ Cigale
Paris Jan 30 2011

After being @ Oliver Peel session we went straight to the Cigale theatre in the red light district and we were just on time for the beginning of American band Angels & Airwaves.
I don't know if it is sold -out tonight but the pit is crammed and it's hard to find an empty seat at the balcony.
If you don't know this band it is the side project of that guy from Blink 182 so I expected a kind of new power -pop American Punk band and ... absolutely NOT.
First: It's the better than expected. Second : It sounds like a new power pop "Prog" band.
"Prog": Yes sir, like those old geezers of "YES", many atmospheric mid tempo songs and a few faster ones.
The singer has some funny stage moves and has a sens of humour as he introduced the drummer as the best one in the world and that " He (the drummer) shit on John Bonham's grave" Immediately saying that he was joking just in case someone missed the joke.

Songs tend to sound a bit the same in the end but cool show , very short set as they only played for 80 min with no Encore.

merchandising

Thanks to Miss CK for the tickets xxx

Composer John Barry dead at 77, RIP

English composer John Barry just died of a heart attack at age 77
He composed the music for many James Bond movies, Midnight Cowboy with Dustin Hoffman and tv series including the very famous The Persuaders ( Amicalement Votre en francais)
He was also the first husband of English singer Jane Birkin

Jae + General Bye Bye @ Oliver Peel session, Jan 30 2011 5:00pm

Jae + General bye Bye @ Oliver Peel session #34
Paris Jan 30 2011

Jae (far left) & D'Artagnan is getting ready to rock (far right)

Part of the audience

General Bye Bye

Jae live @ Oliver on video soon

Rockers Kulture presents "The French Rockabilly Scene #2" @ Boule Noire, Paris Jan 28 2011

Megatones + Jezabel Rock + Hot Chicken + Easy LAzy "C" & his Silver Slippers

Rockabilly evening @ the tiny Boule Noire with french Band only.
We were there a bit late so we only saw the last 4 bands. There were probably 7-8 others before.
Each one of them was playing 3 songs except the last one who played 5-6 songs ending this Festival @ 11:00Pm sharp.
Many well dressed rockers and a few very beautiful girls all dressed up as well.
Lively atmosphere, good quality bands playing mostly covers maybe they should make an effort to sing a better English, sometimes it was laughable.
Very pleasant Rockab' Fest.

Hot Chicken

Easy LAzy "C" & his Silver Slippers

Sarah Rumer @ L'Album de la Semaine, Canal+ Paris Jan 28

Sarah Rumer @ L'Album de la Semaine, Canal+

Paris Jan 28 2011

setlist

English female singer Rumer is playing tonight @ L'Album de la Semaine for Canal+ with her band ( 7 musicians & 2 girls on backing vocals) to promote her debut album "Seasons of my soul".
I was a bit afraid after the first song which was very soft and I said to myself "Fuck Here's the new Norah Jones" Well one is enough , we don't need another she's so boring.
In fact No the second song is more up-tempo , Rumer is playing typical English 60's pop with a bit of soul & jazz, a modern version of PP Arnold, Liza Strike or Dionne Warwick before she turned into a disco queen.
He softer songs are a bit too soft for us but the rest sounds really great.
She ended her set with Smokey Robinson's " you really got a hold on me".