Lavilliers

Lavilliers – O Gringo
Label: Barclay/92 038/39 | Release: 1980 | Genre: Pop-Rock
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Bernard Oulion born October 7, 1946 in Saint- Étienne1 . He grew up in a very modest environment , lulled by the working class. His father, also a trade unionist, is used in the manufacture of weapons of Saint -Étienne (MAS ) and his mother is a social worker . Her education plays a big role in his approach to music . He explained that it is indeed his parents give him the passion for tropical rhythms, Puerto Rican jazz and classical music . It also benefits from its four years of music with the turntable we offer him for his birthday . Pulmonary ill during his childhood, his parents moved to the suburbs away from the pollution of Saint -Étienne . At 16, he became an apprentice turner metals MAS and also turns to boxing . He stays in the house of correction after some thefts. Upon his release , he began to work . The work itself seems tasteless, he later wrote : ” At this time of my life , I was looking for: I do not know if I ‘d gangster , boxer or a poet … ” . He joined the Communist Party in 1963. At 18 , Saint -Étienne , he participated in a first mounting Nocturne (text – songs) created by Duk troupe (led by Pierre- René Massard ) , alongside another young Etienne , Alain Meilland , future co-founder of Printemps de Bourges in which he participated in numerous occasions.
At age 19 he moved to Brazil, where he returned a year later. It is considered to be rebellious and he was interned in the fortress of Metz for a year. This period of his life, often repeated in different ways by the media , is the subject of controversy focusing on the consistency of dates and veracity of faits3 . Upon his release, he began singing in nightclubs on the left bank in Paris: Chez Jacky Scala, Lacepede street is also found in the Court of Miracles in Bordeaux with Gilles Elbaz, Germinal , Gérard Ansaloni . He released in 1967 his first 45 laps. He won the prize of the Golden Rose at Montreux song with The Swank . His first album was released in 1968 , with its first title and an enigmatic ” Lavilliers ” who became his stage name . During the events of May 1968, he sang in the occupied factories in the Lyon region . While crisscrossing France and have difficulties to break into the music, he plays a few months in cabarets province in June , he begs in Britain. He held several odd jobs ( restaurant , nightclub manager in Marseille … ) and married in 1970 with Evelyn . The same year he released a 45 simple4 under the name of ” Edgar Lyon ,” with Camelia blues and Juliet 703 titles .
He released his second album in 1972, The Poets and begins to have a certain reputation , which was confirmed in 1975 with the Etienne ( including securities and San Salvador Saint Etienne ) . Consecration occurs in 1976 with The Barbares5 . He describes this album as musical turning point in his career. It reveals indeed a musical mix ranging from rock to funk, tropical rhythms. He passes for the first time at the Olympia in October 1977. It was at this time that he met Léo Ferré, a model for him. In favor of a joint tour in 1977 (which also involved the Magma and Gong groups) , the two men become friends. Lavilliers also invite his older singing with him at the Fête de l’Humanité in 1992 and will be a tribute concert to the works of Ferré in 2006 in Lyon with her usual musicians and the National Orchestra of Lyon . A DVD of this concert will be released in 2009 under the name Lavilliers Ferré sings .

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