Greetings From France

Photo by Matthias Crepel

I have been in Lyon playing a series of shows. The first concert was Saturday, July 21, night at a very cool club, Modern Art Cafe, on the top of the Croix Rousse neighborhood. The Croix Rousse is an 18th century neighborhood set on a steep slope over looking the Saone and Rhone Rivers.

The next week I played four straight nights at the studio of Gedeon Sillac. During these concerts I would start playing solo and then invite musicians from the area (bass, drums, guitar, and kora) to play with me. With people listening from the streets, their windows, the studio itself and all the cd's I sold it was a huge success.

I met a lot of people from the neighborhood one being the wonderful photographer Matthias Crepel who took the picture above. Gedeon Sillac who holds many concerts throughout the year at his studio, is a painter, sculptor and lutier. It was really a great experience that any musician would be lucky to have.