MONDAY 25th MAY 2009

Rehearsal with the New Trio 19
Not Recording:
'
Wild west'
Not Recording: 'Look sharp'
Not Recording: 'Sunday papers'
Not Recording: 'On your radio'
Not Recording: 'Fit'
Not Recording: 'Dani California'
Not Recording: 'Time is running out'
Not Recording: 'My friends'
Not Recording: 'Under the bridge'
Not Recording: 'It's different for girls'
Not Recording: 'Little bit stupid'
Not Recording: 'One more time'
Not Recording: 'I'm the man'
France 3 basement - 21:00-00:00 - P: Dude. Present: Dude, Thierry, Arnaud.

This is hands-up the very best rehearsal we ever did. Because I took some time with Mariette Hélou in the afternoon and she coached me into vocal training lessons, which I think helped a lot: I managed to fully sing all those intense songs for 3 hours in a row, without any throat suffering and without any voice loss ! The only thing I have to do is practice a lot, because I'm not comfortable with my new way of singing and sometimes my voice fucks up.
We did all the planned songs for the concert except "Hysteria" and "Exit music (for a film)". It was good.

SATURDAY 16th MAY 2009


Live performance at Beatles'titude in Laon (France)
Recording and filming:
'Things we said today'
Recording and filming: 'I want to hold your hand'
Recording and filming: 'Mean Mr Mustard'
Recording and filming: 'Polythene Pam'
Recording and filming: 'She came in through the
Recording and filming: bathroom window'
Recording and filming: 'I'll be back'
Recording and filming: 'Free as a bird'

Maison des Arts et Loisirs, Laon, France - afternoon - P: Dominique Grandfils. - Present: Dude, Coco, Jean, Phil, Mathias Bouyez, Filou, Mathilde, Rocking Cloud, Jean-Louis, Eric, JC OK, Laurent G. and a whole lot of people....

Jean-Louis Polard kindky asked me to participate in his Beatle Day in the wondeful and beautiful town of Laon. He asked for a majority of Beatles tunes, so I obliged. It all went very well, but I believe I sometimes sang out of key, because I could'nt hear my guitar loud enough in the PA system. I had bought my amplifier but I didn't use it. Never again !
My best memory of this day is the time I spent with my friends Calico and Coco. I never had such time in Mons so I tried to enjoy every second of it. We had a blast playing some lose stuff around a table. We did a lot of George's, and Calico played "Just like starting over", some Bee Gees, "Mrs Robinson"... it was great.




Thanks to Dominique Grandfils for the video, and to Rocking Cloud, Dr Robert, and Laurent G. for the photographs.