11 octobre 2009
Mary-Lou band in Netherlands
We played a few days ago at the Café de l'Epoque in Rouen (Normandy). A very friendly night in this magic place that fights to keep french music and blues alive.
Then, road to Netherlands for the 20th anniversary our our friend Rob "The Doc" band, Bootleg.
17 janvier 2009
Mary-Lou® concert in Ecommoy (72)
Mary-Lou (just Mary and Jean-Luc) meet the Lonesome Day duet for a very special Bluegrass and Americana concert SATURDAY JANUARY 31th 2009 from 7pm in this magic place La Ferme d'Eugénie in Ecommoy, Sarthe (near Le Mans, France).
Come share this experience with us : 02 43 42 60 65. Site :
12 août 2008
Mary-Lou at the European Bluegrass Festival of La Roche sur Foron
Let's take some time to talk about a wonderful festival : The European Bluegrass
Festival of La Roche sur Foron (74), organized by Christopher
Howard-Williams and a steam of 150 volunteers, with the help of private and public
organisations.
32 bands from European countries were meeting the 1st week-end of august to play on
stage,and jam until morning. The music was the heart of this festival, but it also was
a very special human adventure allowing each one to meet musicians from Russia,
Great Britain, Swede, Tchequia, Slovaquia, Germany, Hollande, Italie, and, of course,
France.Many friends of ours were there. Jean-Paul and marion, from Lonesome Day,
Jacques Bremond, le boss of "Le Cri du Coyote", the best french magazine about
Americana, Jean-Pierre and Jean met in USA (thank you Gail, Tom and François),
Christian Labonne from Mary & Co, Jacques et Michèle, our producers, and many others.
We made a picture of musicians from Btittany.
We were proud and honored to be invited at this festival.
If we don't really play bluegrass, we are much respectfull about this music.
We feel in the Americana stream, that's why we go prtty often to the
Merlefest in North Carolina.The audience was very quiet and respected
music. The only times we decided to go to town have a drink were when
the line dancers shaking their boots on techno/country counting out
of time. It was too much for our musician ears.
We are happy to give you to links of most of the bands who were there.
Moonshine (Grande Bretagne - France)
New Lowland (Pays-Bas)
Cabine 12 (France)
Jacques Danielle's
Sidlo (Slovaquie)
G-Runs & Roses (Tchéquie - Slovaquie - Pays Bas)
Acoustic River (France)
Monogram (Tchéquie) - vainqueurs du concours 2008
Kralik and his rowdy rascals (Tchéquie) - vainqueurs du concours 2007
Grassroot Philisopher (Allemagne)
Finestreet (Russie)
New River Train (Autriche - Tchequie)
and Mary-Lou (France), pictures Jacques Goascoz
30 juin 2008
Mary-Lou in Ecommoy and Hoboes in St Brieuc
Very long week end for Mary and Jean-Luc ...
Everything began friday 27 in Audierne (29) at the Hotel de la Plage, for a private concert !
Fine meal, but strange atmosphere in this restaurant very "vieille France" . Anyway, our hosts were very pleased, and we did too.
Saturday, Mary-Lou (Mary, Jean-Luc and Stéphane) were playing in Ecommoy (Sarthe). A fine restaurant very friendly, "La Ferme d'Eugénie", offering very good food and great moments of music. The staff is wonderful (thanks to Arlette and Johny). Fine audience who likes to have fun and listen and appreciates music . 
And Sunday 29 in St Brieuc, Espace Commercial St Lambert.
The "association des commercants" was putting on for the second year a country week end. 
A very good and generous idea for this association with a social and humanist feeling.
We needed that to be on stage at 10 am as we were still in Le Mans at 2.
A great pleasure for us anyway to meet again the organizers, the sympathetic characters of the area, and the dancers of the "Color Hats" club. We had very good memories of last year, and it was fun to see them.
Everything ended, like in "Asterix", not by a fish battle, but by a good meal...
26 avril 2008
Mary-Lou in the USA
Midnight.
Back to our friend's from a dream evening with the best musicians of the area (The Kruger Brothers, Wayne Henderson and many others ) at the Cook Shack in Union Grove.
We played some songs and full up our ears.
Some of the jammers were 9 and 11 years old.
20 avril 2008
Mary-Lou in Florida and South Carolina
Wonderful audience at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, Wednesday evening for our 1st concert of this tour. One of the french teachers, Shira Schwam-Baird, a friend of our Tammerlin buddies had invited us, to play our songs and covers, mostly in french.
An audience made of students, teachers, and lovers of french, very attentive, perfect acoustic, warm welcome and very friendly and pleasant evening. lee and Arvid joined us at the end of the show to play "Suzanne", "J'ai mal aux pieds", and "Meet me in New orleans", one Lee's song of Tammerlin last cd.
Sorry, but it is very long to send pictures. That why there are only a few.
After the University, a lovely coffe house, here in Jacsonville, The European Street.
Then a long drive North up to Charleston (South Carolina) where we played at the "Unitarian Church" for an audience very carreful, and a little bit surprised to hear some famous songs with french words.
We slept in Charleston and early in the morning, we have been driving back to Jacksonville and Ormond Beach where we played at "The Bookstore", a wonderful place. Chuck, the boss tried Mary's washboard, he's such a kind guy.
Our version of Suzanne with Mary and Lee singing is great.
Tomorrow, monday, we are going to North Carolina and Tennessee for a few days of rest. Then we'll be back in Florida (Pensacola) the 1st of May for a radio and a TV show, before the Gamble Rogers Festival.