Today I received a very cool gift in the mail. A number of months ago, on Flickr, I found the drawings of Frédéric Bach.
www.flickr.com/photos/frederic-bach/
I really liked their spontaneity and enjoyed looking at them. Frédéric is a writer besides his passion for drawing. Last week he sent me a message and a link about an album that he did the artwork for and was created by his friends. The group is called The French Taxmen and they are band from Strasbourg. The album is an homage to one of my favorite groups, okay my favorite group The Beatles. He sent me a link with a podcast interview about the album. The podcast (in French) was really good and there are samples of the music. I loved it. The songs aren’t sung. They are read. The music is a bit jazzy. My first impression were the clubs in the 1960s in Greenwich Village in New York City. Smoky, full of Beatniks all in black and snapping their fingers. One thing that I really liked about this album is that it is something I have never heard before using the music of The Beatles. I think it works really well. Also, the French accent in English gives it a very “Yellow Submarine” aura. I don’t think it would work if the lyrics were read with an English or American accent.
Here is the link to the podcast and other information:
frederic-bach.com/2021/07/07/the-french-taxmen-en-ecoute/
The French Taxman “Les Beatles”
Serge Sokil: vocal
Martin Woelfli: saxophones
Remy Goguel d’Allondans: percussion
Special guest: Jean-Baptiste Mersiol: bass, Mellotron, Harmonium, Irish bouzouki, vocals
Frédéric told me that he spoke to the band and he would send me a CD. How nice is that?
Frédéric, merci un mille fois pour le CD ! Je l'aime!
