MARK HOLLIS A Life 1955-2019 Tribute DERDE VERDE & Friends, The Love Son...

 



My way to make him never forgotten.

VLOG: Happy Days in L.A. & David STROTHER Playing Violin, Small Business...

   

French/American Happy Days in L.A. and David Strother playing some violin for our Small Business Saturday which happens as every year in November.
I filmed as much as I could, hope you will enjoy this video!

Small Business Saturday 2017, DAVID STROTHER Playing VIOLIN in Eagle Rock

   

Some more street Music

Street VIOLIN w/ David Strother & A Glimpse On My Paperwork DECLUTTERING

    

A weird night, a very hot weather...

LOS ANGELES In The Rain & The January Nela ARTWALK Night w/ David Strother

   

In the day, in the rain, and at night under the stars and the strange lights.
David Strother is playing violin for us, mixed with the noises of the street.
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Priming My New Mark Hollis PAINTING & December Nela ARTWALK Night, David...

   

This is how I start a painting, and this is our December 2016 Artwalk. Every new Nela Artwalk Night gets weirder and weirder...

Street VIOLIN MUSIC, David Strother, Nela Artwalk Sept 2016, at CCLP Frenchic

    

It was an exceptional concert that night. Listen to it until the end, it is getting better and better!

60's Singles MUSIC, Street VIOLIN, Nela Artwalk Night & Behind The Scene

     

It was so much fun!!!

Artwalk May 2016 STREET VIOLIN with David Strother Playing, Vlog

     

It happened yesterday evening

Digital VIOLIN In The Street DAVID STROTHER, February 2016 Nela Artwalk

     

By filming, I didn't realize that there was kind of a strange feeling, with the noise of these cars passing, the dark atmosphere, we didn't have a lot of light, and not much people came. Which gives kind of an interesting, though not well filmed, video. Never mind, it is a way to keep memories.

I also kept the behind-the-scene moments, because we are still human beings who like to laugh a little sometimes.

The Failed December 2015 ARTWALK & A Dinner at Maximiliano, L.A.

 

For the first time, we had a failed Artwalk! :-) 

Not our fault, just because of the too cold temperature...

New Space ARTWALK Test Run & TALK TALK About Music + Violin

Yes, we are in our new space, however the outside was not painted yet. Nothing was well organized, and the musicians' position was not right, but still, a lot of fun and interaction. It seems to me even more eccentric than before! :-)

60's - 70's Street MUSIC + Violin, Psychedelic & More, Artwalk Night

My DJ and friend Ron Kane chose great musics that night, and David Strother, the violinist improvised rather well on them. 

Here was our last Artwalk Night.

Unfortunately, my camera dropped dead before the end, just when a lot of people arrived and were dancing in front of my shop.

A friend of mine took a photo of a few of us in my shop:

 it was a great souvenir for my Birthday, which was one day before, but I never celebrate it on the 11th because of 9/11.

All these musics that I listened to or could have listened to during my childhood are so wonderful, so full of images, conveying a form of hope and joy that we don't feel much nowadays. I am not certain that people were more joyful in the 60's or 70's but they were more spontaneous and innocent for sure.

On the Thumbnail of this video, it is a painting "The Myth of the Isle of Wight" that I made years ago about several artists playing there in 1970. It was the last time that we saw Jimi Hendrix on stage and there were The Moody Blues, The Who, The Doors and many others... Why the Myth? Because I would love to attend a festival there one day. I don't know if it is any good today, but for me, the Isle of Wight is something that I didn't do when I was still small. I easily imagine why my parents didn't want me to go! :-) I was anyway way too young.

Am I today too old? :-) 

We are never too old for Music.

Street VIOLIN on French 80's & More Music for BASTILLE DAY 2015 at Cucul...

Playing this songs in Eagle Rock for the Artwalk, is like merging two very different worlds which are very separate in my mind.

The Violin was surprisingly amazing on them.

Enjoy the snippets of Music we chose, and chiefly, enjoy the Violin in the street.

Part 2, Roots: Blues, Country / Original MUSIC at Cuculapraline-Frenchic's

Here is the Part 2 of the Joe Kevany concert in front of Cuculapraline-Frenchic.

It got much more animated at the end!

Roots: Blues, Country / Original MUSIC at Cuculapraline-Frenchic's Part 1

Yes, during the last Nela Artwalk Night (June 13th, 2015), I had three musicians playing in front of my shop: Joe Kevany (Guitar, Vocals), David Strother (Violin), and Brian White (Drums). The guitar and drums were acoustic, the violin was a digital one. 

It was some pure American Roots Music: Blues, Country, there were some covers but also some original songs.

This was very exciting for me, I am amazed by the quality of the sound in the street, especially when you know that the cameras I used were far from being professional. This is the Part 1, the Part 2 is coming very soon.

I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did!

The Mark Hollis Talk Talk LAUGHING STOCK VIOLIN Magic Experience

I wanted to do kind of a subliminal experience, chasing the Beauty and the Magic, the imperceptible, and it turned out being a little quirky, crazy, and finally really comical.

I am still laughing and still amazed to have got a few drops of Magic in spite of the circumstances.

We must thank David Strother who played his instrument from the beginning to the end, it was not an easy thing to do.

Violin on Mark Hollis or Talk Talk MUSIC, Morally Correct? Ramblings...

I think that I just wanted to honor the Music and the people that I love.

Music is meant to be played, and as of genius it can be, it is not supposed to remain locked under glass like a master piece in a famous museum and being forgotten there...

I wanted to see or rather hear how it would resonate live on my boulevard in Los Angeles, even though it is not a Los Angeles Music.

But when we know how much work and thoughts Mark Hollis and Tim Friese-Greene did put on the Laughing Stock album, we can start wondering if adding a violin or any other instrument on the top of that is such a good idea and morally correct...?

I was rambling yesterday night, and today, it was my violinist David Strother who started rambling by email as well.

What are we supposed to do?

Still now, we don't know, I am not even sure that something of Talk Talk or Mark Hollis will be played tomorrow. I want to be correct, but it makes me feel very sad too... 

I just wanted to know how it was like to hear this music for real.

Street VIOLIN on DISCO Music Nela Artwalk, David Strother, Ron Kane

This is my 50th video on YouTube! Obviously, I have a passion for Music and Art. 

You will find more videos on my YouTube Channel, especially a lot about Talk Talk and Mark Hollis Musics, my paintings and more to come...