One benefit to growing up near some francophone communities was being able to watch MusiquePlus, Quebec’s MTV. There’s a lot of good French music out there that I would never had heard without Musique+, like Damien Saez:
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One of my favorite French-Canadian musicians, the late Lenny Breau, and a beautiful song he wrote, Five O’Clock Bells in the Morning. Sad he’s no longer with us.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c43s68ddEpMReport
and early on, the Canadian TV show, A Touch of Jazz circa 1961.Report
oops: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=limCRMZD1EcReport
Lenny Breau. Listening to him after all these years makes me so sad. Randy Bachman kinda took over what was left, rather like Emmylou Harris took over after Gram Parsons burned down.
Lenny Breau was a musician’s musician. He’s still influencing people today.Report
I was fortunate to see Lenny perform at a VFW hall when I was probably 14; first time I ever went into a bar. My husband frequently plays with his brother Denny, much of the same style of playing, and one of the most gifted guitarists alive today, though, and produced his album, Live at the Outlook.
I’m most grateful to their mother, Betty Cody, who had her own recording career on the RCA circuit. About a decade ago, after backing her up on stage on the harmonica, she smiled at my sweetie and told him he was ‘some harp player.’ He’s taken the harmonica much more seriously ever sense. And that’s a very good thing.
Did you know you can’t get a degree in music in Canada without studying Lenny’s harmonizations? No wonder he’s still influencing people today, particularly Canadians!Report
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