Discover

"Courrier Transatlantique" (2009)
mixed in Tallahassee, FL by Pete Winter.

Click on the titles to listen

Order the album

Download this album

Honky_Tonk_Train (F.Garric/J.L.Brosse)
Jean-Luc : vocal, acoustic guitar, bass, harmonica
Mary : Snare, harmony vocals
Stéphane : Piano, harmony vocals

Petite_Fenêtre (F.Garric/J.L.Brosse)
Mary : vocal, acoustic guitar
Jean-Luc : acoustic guitar, bass
Stéphane : piano, organ
Benoît Perset : drums

I wanna be a cowboy's sweetheart (Patsy Montana)
Mary : vocal, washboard
Jean-Luc : acoustic guitar, kick
Stéphane : piano

Une_Lettre (F.Garric/J.L.Brosse)
Mary : vocal, acoustic guitar
Jean-Luc : electric guitar, bass, harmony vocals
Stéphane : piano, organ
Benoît Perset : Drums

Comme_qui_dirait (J.L. Brosse / F. Garric)
also available on the compilation "France Bluegrass 2009" published in june.
Jean-Luc : vocal, dobro, box kick
Mary : vocal, washboard
Stéphane : piano

Zaricho est triste (F.Garric/J.L.Brosse)
Jean-Luc : vocal, electric and slide guitars
Mary : fiddle, harmony vocals
Stéphane : keyboard, harmony vocals
Benoît Perset : drums

Live a little (Roger Springer/Tony Marty)
Mary : vocal, fiddle
Jean-Luc : electric guitar
Stéphane : keyboard
Benoît Perset : drums

Way down home (F.Garric/J.L.Brosse)
Mary : vocal, acoustic guitar, percussions
Jean-Luc : acoustic guitar, harmonica, harmony vocals, percussions
Stéphane : piano, harmony vocals
Benoît Perset : percussions

Rosalina_(F.Garric/J.L. Brosse)
Jean-Luc : vocal, electric guitar, accordion
Mary : vocal, acoustic guitar
Stéphane : keyboard, harmony vocals
Benoît Perset : percussions
Jean-Paul Raffin : mandoline

Quand_vient_l'hiver (F.Garric/J.L.Brosse) 
Mary : vocal, fiddle
Jean-Luc : electric guitar
Stéphane : keyboard
Benoît Perset : batterie

Take_me_back_to_cotton_fields_(F.Garric/J.L.Brosse)
Jean-Luc : vocal, electric guitar, basse
Mary : acoustic guitar, chœurs
Stéphane : organ, harmony vocals
Jean-Philippe Heurteaut : piano
Lee Hunter : harmony vocals
Benoît Perset : drums, harmony vocals
Jean-Paul Raffin : harmony vocals
Panama Red : acoustic guitar, harmony vocals
Arvid Smith : steel guitar, dobro
Marion Thébault : harmony vocal

Tuesday december 22th, our friend Arvid Smith of the Tammerlin band was in our studio for a long day of music.

In the afternoon, he gave a wonderful master class to some lucky Jean-Luc's students.

Concert then, solo first, some blues with Jean-Luc, with the band Mary-Lou, and jam with many guests like Cristine, Marion Thebault, Jean-Paul Raffin of the Lonesome Day band, our piano player, Stéphane Dhondt who sung 2 songs of his new piano solo show, and many others.

Arvid, after a few days of private holidays, left Europe on december 28th. We will keep wonderful memories of that day. THANK YOU ARVID !

You can see the pictures here.

Thanks to Jacques Goascoz for the pictures.

           The Mary-Lou band

                     Mary

                   Jean-Luc

                   Stéphane

and all the staff of Louise Bell Productions

wish you

A HAPPY NEW YEAR

PEACE LOVE MUSIC

As an independant band, we want to keep our music available for the audience all around the world.

You can order or download our cds on CD BABY

http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/MaryLou

 All the tunes of Mary-Lou's Histoires vraies (ou pas) 1999/2000 album are available. It is not easy to keep old records on sale long years after they're released. We wish that the digital distribution offers this permanent link between you and us.

Honky Tonk Music (ML002 / 1998)

"Live Music" (ML006 / 2000)

"Les Orages de Poussière" (ML007/2004)

"Americana Favorites" (ML009 / 2006)

"Courrier transatlantique" (ML10/2009)

New

You can now download the song

"Miss The Mississippi And You" (Bill Halley)

by the Hoboes (Félicie / Mary and Jean-Luc)

on CD Baby's for 0,99 $ (around 0,8 €).

Just click on the picture below.

Thanks for supporting us !

Some gigs in Brittany at the beginning of august with our friend and drummer Benoît Perset (the one who plays on our cds). In Benodet (29) and at the  "Combourg's (35) Festival de la Lanterne".

(photos Marie Perset)

(photos Jacques Goascoz)

Thanks to the Tourism Office. We heared many bands in a friendly atmosphere. Thanks to the many many people of the Place Albert Parent.

Now we're back home. The summer tour is almost over. It has been very hard this year. Some pics from our last gigs in the south. Nîmes first, "the town with an accent" had invited us for the second time this summer, thursday 08/19. "Buffalo" played some harmonica with us and he kindly sent some pictures. Thanks to him. If you made pics or videos at a concert, please send them to us.

The day after,, gig in Lacanau (private campground),  then Charente, near Nanteuil en Vallée, A very cute place where we were playing for a private party. We were glad to meet again many friends, and, despite of the very high temperature (a Florida feeling) we, and the hundred of people there, will keep wonderful memories of that night : music, love and friendship under the stars. The real thing ! Thanks to Francine and Claude ! Happy Trails !

We played last saturday in St Ségal (Finistère). This small town near Châteaulin had invited The Hoboes to play their "Country Tales and Train Songs" in the St Sébastien Chapel. A hundred of people were there. You can visit that extraordinary building for free untill the end of August.

A lovely audience and a great night.

Thanks to the town and to Virginie Foutel who is in charge of the booking.

A fewdays ago, we had Sven Faringen, the swedish fiddler of the Long Gone Smiles Band, at home, with Anette, his wife. We met some years ago The Long Gone Smiles Band on internet.

They define themselves as the spiritual sons of Hank Williams and Jimmie Rodgers. They won several contests in Sweden and USA and are among the best musicians of their country. They often travel to USA to play, like us.
Sven came for a gig to play with us. Here are some pics.

The Long Gone Smiles Band just released a new album that we do recommend to you :

Please have a look on their website : http://www.bluestandardmusic.com/index.html
and buy their cd if you don't have it yet.

We recorded that Patsy Montana song with The Volleyball Jones Pickers in Jacksonville (Arkansas) on their way back from California to Florida. The Volleyball Jones pickers also called the Bluegrass Bombers are a bluegrass band of 4 very kind guys who are wonderful musicians. David Durham (upright bass), John Lee (vocals, dobro, banjo, guitar, banjobro), David Evans (vocals, fiddle, mandolin) & Steve Evans (guitar, vocals).

Stephane Dhondt, our piano player stayed in france because of the volcano. We had a wonderful time in Arkansas playing music and shooting that clip. Thank you the pickers.