When I was a child, I was drawing and painting on Psychedelic Music, later in life, I started painting around The Doors, Jim Morrison, The Who and Keith Moon, Los Angeles and Jimi Hendrix. Once in L.A. I started videos around Mark Hollis of Talk Talk, celebrating the genius aspect. And now I am reporting on live L.A, shows and Jimmy Page, the genius again. My conclusion is that I am a genius and Music observer. This is what I want to share with you here.
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!
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. https://dstroviolin.com/
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.
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! :-)
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.
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.
