For an idea of what was going on, up and down in 2005 just browse around these pages.
Presse Reviews
Rencontres insolites entre quelques pointures rock, folk ou blues, sur la
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"Bonheurs harmoniques" Retour sur la première édition de Rochefort en accords, un festival folk-rock-blues qui privilégiait les rencontres entre artistes. |
Du 25 au 27 août derniers se déroulait dans la ville de Rochefort (que tout le monde connait bien sûr pour ses fameuses Demoiselles !) la première édition du festival Rochefort en Accords, décrit par le journal Libération comme «le plus original et le plus pointu de l'été». |
The Performers in 2005
Hugh Cornwell band
David Thomas Rodolphe Burger
B.J. Cole Geraint Watkins Boo Hewerdine Jeb Loy Nichols
Clare Muldaur Manchon Olivier Manchon & Cedric Piromali
Paul Tiernan Panama Red John Lester
Rene Miller Band with George Wolfheart Paul Susen David Chalumeau
Chris Kenna Sal Bernardi
Johan Asherton Silvain Vanot Vic Moan
+ Ronnie Caryl, Tina Provenzano & Jacques Higelin
Concert program page
Concert Timetable
Thursday 25 august : 18 h 30 : Concert off free concert
Friday 26th
14 h 30 – Ecole Colbert
Paul Tiernan & John Lester
16 h30 – Jardin du Théâtre
Clare Muldaur Manchon, Olivier Manchon, Cedric Piromalli,
George Wolfheart & Paul Susen, Sal Bernardi & Panama Red
18 h 30 – Port de plaisance
Rene Miller Band & Tina Provenzano
21 h 00 - Longitudes Main Stage
Chris Kenna & Sal Bernardi / John Lester / Boo Hewerdine + John Lester
B.J. Cole & Ben Bayliss / Sylvain Vanot + Vic Moan
David Thomas, Rodolphe Burger & Jacques Higelin
23 h30 – Port de Plaisance – Off Free
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Samedi 27
11 h 00 – Ecole Colbert
Johan Asherton + Panama Red & Vic Moan
14 h 30 – Place Colbert
Rene Miller & Tina Provenzano
16 h30 – Jardin du Théâtre
Boo Hewerdine John Lester + Paul Tiernan
Panama Red & Geraint Watkins + Ronnie Caryl, George Wolfheart, Sal Bernardi, Paul Tiernan
18 h 30 – Rue Lafayette
Chris Kenna, Sal Bernardi + George Wolfheart & Vic Moan
20-30h - Longitudes Main Stage
Rene Miller Band + BJ Cole
Paul Tiernan + John Lester
Johan Asherton + John Lester & Sal Bernardi
Jeb Loy Nichols + John Lester, Sal Bernardi, Paul Tiernan & BJ Cole
Geraint Watkins &
Panama Red + George Wolfheart, Sal Bernardi, Paul Tiernan & BJ Cole
Clare Muldaur Manchon Trio
Hugh Cornwell Band + Clare Muldaur Manchon, Geraint Watkins & BJ Cole
and to see the night out a mass jam to the tune of
"Sweet Home Rochefort"
with
Panama Red, Paul Tiernan, John Lester, Windsor McGilvray
Johan Asherton, Sal Bernardi, BJ Cole,
Geraint Watkins, Paul Susen, Rodolphe Burger
Clare Muldaur Manchon Trio
Throughout the two days and nights of the festival the musicians had
the opportunity of interacting with each other in a semi-spontaneous manner.
The results were quite extraordinary considering most of them had never met before.
From the list of interactive performers above you can get a pretty good idea of who was playing around.
The common threads and mutual appreciation that existed between all of the musicians assembled ensured that with the minimum of rehearsal they were able to sit in with each other and perform works from their respective repertoires.
Rodolphe Burger, for example, had for some time expressed a desire to work with David Thomas and he was delighted to learn that David (though not aware of Rodolphe's prolific output of diverse styles) was intrigued by the idea of this original and unexpected collaboration. BJ Cole, whose session credits could fill a phone book, played on Boo Hewerdine's first album when he was with Cambridge based band "The Bible" and sessioned with Hugh Cornwell during the Stranglers years. Hugh had prepared a specical set for the festival and eagerly incorporated Clare, Geraint and BJ into his show.
That was the intent and spirit of the first Rochefort en Accords and I was delighted
to have been able to assemble such a talented and generous group of musicians.
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