A Very Rich Night for Piano du Pauvre – Bastille 2010
Piano du Pauvre is a French nickname for the accordion, its a poor person’s piano. (I guess they didn’t have Craigslist back then.)
What a great evening at Slate Bleu in Doylestown. It was bastille day so played solo French accordion, lots of musette and appropriated the chansons. Though I learned that I need more Maurice Chevalier in my set (Thank Heaven…) I think everyone was in such a good mood because the food was heavenly! I got the entire top floor to sing La Marseillaise.
I’ve been performing En Ce Temps-lá for a while now, but I’ve never heard a definitive version of it. Until two nights ago when I found the enchanting recording made by Michelé Arnaud! What a voice and what an arrangement. Just terrific! These ballads are my favorite when it comes to the chansons.
Tags: accordion, bastille, musette