"Jusqu'à Demain" CD

Louise Bell Prod - ML013 (2021)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Vagabondage, Vol. II" CD (HOBOES duet)

Louise Bell Prod - H03 (2020)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Le goût de la liberté" CD

Louise Bell Prod - ML012 (2017)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Southern Sessions" CD (HOBOES duet + american friends)

Louise Bell Prod - H02 (2015)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Rencontre Folk, Country & Western" CD (Mary-Lou + LMonesome Day)

Louise Bell Prod - RF01 (2013)

 

 

 

 

"Music Medecine Show" CD

Louise Bell Prod - ML011 (2012)

 

 

 

 

"Vagabondage" CD (HOBOES duet)

Louise Bell Prod - H01 (2011)

 

 

 

 

"Courrier Transatlantique" CD

Louise Bell Prod - ML010 (2009)

 

 

 

 

 Compilation "France Bluegrass" Vol II / 2 CDs

 Land of Plenty Prod - (2009)

 

 

 

"Americana Favorites" CD

Louise Bell Prod - ML009 (2006)

 

 

 

 

"Mary-Lou en concert" DVD

Louise Bell Prod - ML008 (2006)

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Mary-Lou 1998/2000" New edition 2 CDs

Louise Bell Prod - ML25 (2005)

 

 

 

 

Compilation "France Bluegrass" Vol I

Land of Plenty Prod - (2004)

 

 

 

 "Les Orages de Poussière" CD

Louise Bell Prod - ML007 (2003)

 

 

 

 

"Live Music" CD

Louise Bell Prod - ML006 (2002)

 

 

 

 

Compilation "Efferv' Essonne Pré-Mix"

Conseil Général de l'Essonne(2001)

 

 

 

 

"Histoires vraies (ou pas)" CD

Louise Bell Prod - ML005 (2000)

 

 

 

 

"Le Folk est à tout le monde" CD

Louise Bell Prod - ML004 (2000)

 

 

 

 

"Mon Préféré" CD

Produc Scène - ML003 (1999)

 

 

 

 

"Honky-Tonk Music" CD

Produc Scène - ML002 (1998)

In a few days it's gonna be the 12th anniversary of Mary-Lou. 12 years of musical adventures on the road. 12 years of music with musicians from France, europe and USA. 12 years, 5 cds, 1 dvd and 1100 concerts. In the spring of 96, we were preaching in the desert : "book a country folk band ... there's an audience in France for that music ..." and pretty often, the organizers were discovering that there were in France many country musicians.
As we say here : " some water has flown under the bridges ", Country European line dance fashion has come, and we are still faithfull to our french country folk sound that makes the one and only Mary-Lou.
Here are the posters of those 12 years :

1996

1998

2000

2001

2004

2007

Saturday 1st of March was the 12th anniversary of the 1st concert of Mary-Lou. We played with the blues band Dizzy Town Blues in Pleyben (29) for the Night of the Music school. More than a hundred friendly people were there. Thanks to the staff who put on everything.
Musical meeting with this young band from Douarnenez. They have a very good blues brand new cd. The guitar player Brendan de Roeck will be the next guest of our Private Concert the 5th of April.

(More informations (in french, sorry !), on the blog Hoboes)

30 musicians have played with Mary and Jean-Luc in the Mary-Lou band since 1996.Some of them for many years on stage, some others just for one song on a record. Good memories anyway ...

Vincent Antier (harmonica - guitar) - tours 1999/2000
Vincent Blin (fiddle - mandolin) - tour 2000 - CD "Histoires vraies (ou pas)"
Mick Byrds (piano - melodica - background vocals) - tours 2005/2006 - CD "Americana Favorites", DVD "Mary-Lou en concert"
Philippe Champion (trompet) - CD "Histoires vraies (ou pas)"

Thierry Chevau (flute) - CD "Les Orages de Poussière"
Stéphane Dhondt (piano, melodica, background vocals) - tours since 2007
Ducky Jim (guitar, banjo, background vocals) - CD "Honky-Tonk Music" and "Les Orages de Poussière"

Claudine Gabriel Des Bordes (lead and background vocals) - CD "Honky-Tonk Music"

Rob (The Doc) Dokter (lead and background vocals, guitar) - tours in Holland and concerts in France - CD "Les Orages de Poussière"
Karl Gouriou (saxophone) - CD "Histoires vraies (ou pas)"

Christian Gueguen (tuba) - CD "Histoires vraies (ou pas)"




Thierry Guillo (accordion) - CD "Histoires vraies (ou pas)" Thomas Henning (trombone) - CD "Les Orages de Poussière"
Jean-Philippe Heurteaut (piano, melodica, background vovals) - CD "Honky-Tonk Music" "Histoires vraies (ou pas)" - "Les Orages de Poussière" - concerts and tours since 2007

Daniel Le Bellec (background vocals) - CD "Histoires vraies (ou pas)"



Alain Le Hénaff (drums) - CD "Histoires vraies (ou pas)"
Philippe Le Rouzic (saxophone) - CD "Les Orages de Poussière"


Thierry Lecocq (fiddle, mandolin) - CD "Honky Tonk Music", "MonPréféré" "Histoires vraies (ou pas)", and concerts

Jean-Pierre Mallet (banjo) - CD "Histoires vraies (ou pas)"

Thierry (TT) Mathé (bass, double bass, background vocals) - tours 2005/2006 - CD "Americana Favorites", DVD "Mary-Lou en concert"


Benoît Molina (trompet) - CD "Les Orages de Poussière"

Patrick Pernet (piano, organ, melodica, percussions, background vocals) - CD "Honky Tonk Music", "Histoires vraies (ou pas)", "Live Music", "Les Orages de Poussière" and tours from 2001 to 2003

Benoît Perset (drums, percussions, background vocals) - CD "Honky Tonk Music", "Histoires vraies (ou pas)", "Les Orages de Poussière" and different concerts


Panama Red (guitar, lead and background vocals) - tour 2007
Professeur Silverhand (piano, melodica, background vocals) - tours 2004/2005

François Spannenburg (harmonica) - CD "Honky-Tonk Music"

Hugues Stéphan (background vocals) - CD "Histoires vraies (ou pas)"

Pierre Tchechovitch (bass) - tour 2004

Jean-Philippe Thépault (bass, lead and background vocals) - cd "Honky Tonk Music", "Mon préféré", "Histoires vraies (ou pas)", "Live Music", "Les Orages de Poussière" and tours from 1997 to 2003
Eric Vinagre (fiddle) - 2001 winter tour

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.

We left thursday morning for a long drive

Bells of Lyon

Landscapes of the Alpes

to go, after a little rest to sleep, to our buddies of the Jame's Café in Toussieu near Lyon.

For 6 years, we have been playing in this small show room where the ambiance has allways been warm and friendly. Unfortunately, like many others, this temple of live music will close, stangled by administrative troubles, and the "nothing to care" of the politics.
Si it was a friendly but also nostalgic night. Thanks to Gonzague and all his staff who will allways keep a place in our heart.

But the show must go on, and saturday, after a short night, we were "on the road again" bound to St Maximin la Sainte Baume, in the Var, invited by the town.

A very fine place, a pretty little town of the south-east of France, and a very pleasant concert with a very big audience. Thanks to everyone.

Way back in Brittany on monday with a draw offered by a young fan. Copyright Mia Heurteaut 2008.

 

Friday 18 of july at 9, at the camping des 2 Fontaines in Névez, our friend Rob (The Doc) Dokter joined us on stage a few amotionnal songs.
The Doc, dutch singer and guitar player, is not only a friend, but also a very good musician.
He's a great songwriter with a warm voice, and he sometimes has been compared to Neil Young.

He often playes on the french stages, and played many times with Mary-Lou, especially for the festival "Non à la Dépression" for the tenth birthday of the band. (c.f. site Mary-Lou).
It is on that same stage of the Camping des 2 Fontaines that we met him 9 years ago ! We played "Hello Mary-Lou" together, so we played it also last friday
Warm ambiance and friendly welcome from Hervé Le Talec and his wife, the owners of the camping that we thank very much.

Warning : For the ones who weren't there friday, last and only concert with The Doc Monday July 21st at the Camping du Letty in Benodet at 9. Free admition.

After a long time in our studio in Brittany, we proudly show you a few pictures of the recording. The tapes are on their way to Tallahassee to be mixed. 9 new songs of Félicie Garric and Jean-Luc Brosse (Honky tonk train, Take me back to cotton fields, Une Lettre, quand vient l'hiver, Way down home, Petite fenêtre, Comme qui dirait, Rosalina), 2 covers (Live a little, I wanna be a cowboy's sweetheart).The cd will be ready in june. The song Rosalina will also be included in the compilation France Bluegrass 2009, as Miss the Mississippi and you by the Hoboes. Enjoy this clip, tell your friends about it. Thanks for your support.

To order this album, please, click here !

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.

The Stray Birds in the Mary-Lou studio

The Stray Birds played in our studio sunday 2011/09/04, on their way back from England to Pensylvania. A small house concert friendly and great music. Maya and Oliver are very fine musicians, and kind people. They stayed one day with us in Brittany and left for two days in Paris before flying back.

Our album "Southern Sessions", released last september, was the album of the week few days ago...

Short interview by Ronan Manuel each day, and 1 different track.

Here are the 5 parts of this interview :

The Project :

The influences / The links between the artists :

The booklet / the recording process :

Mary's choice :

How to buy the CD / Jean-Luc's choice :

Here come the french country awards again !!!!!!

If you think it's useful to vote ... for country awards,

you can help by voting for us in the following categories :

groupe de l'année (french band of the year) : Mary-Lou ... please go to http://www.highwayfm.com/FRENCH-HIGHWAY-AWARDS2011/Frenchgroupoftheyear2011.html

french female singer of the year : Mary (of the Mary-Lou band) ... go to http://www.highwayfm.com/FRENCH-HIGHWAY-AWARDS2011/Frenchfemalesingeroftheyear2011.html

french songwriter of the year : Jean-Luc Brosse(of the Mary-Lou band) ... go to http://www.highwayfm.com/FRENCH-HIGHWAY-AWARDS2011/Meilleurparolierdelannee2011.html

And, of course, you can vote for each of the 3 categories.

As we are not in the official list, you have to put our name in the last answer of the list "autre reponse" (other answer).

Thank you

The people who were in Plozevet last sunday for our great OBAMA PARTY heard a phone conversation about the election with our friends in North Carolina. Here's the mail then sent to us.

Bonsoir J-L and Mary,

That was sooooooooooooooooo much fun today to talk with you and we hope we answered your questions. The connection was not clear, so it was very hard to understand. Perhaps the airways were busy today. But still, what a wonderful thing to have so many friends and other French around celebrating the Obama victory. We are touched and thankful for your leadership in getting the day together. We have told many, many of our friends about your celebration and every person was thrilled to know about it and appreciated the support for Obama. As we have said, practically all of our friends and family supported Obama and they have all heard us talk of the warmth of the French in general and of the warmth of our friends there in particular. Again, thanks for being Jean-Luc and Mary and for your love and support. It means much.

C'était siiiiiiiiiiiii sympa aujourd'hui de parler avec vous, et nous espérons que nous avons répondu à vos questions. La liaison n'était pas nette, aussi c'était très difficile de se comprendre. Peut être les lignes étaient-elles encombrées aujourd'hui. Mais, en tout cas, c'est merveilleux d'avoir tant d'amis et de français autour de vous pour fêter la victoire d'Obama. Nous sommes touchés et reconnaissants pour votre initiative d'organiser cette fête. Nous avons parlé à beaucoup, beaucoup de nos amis de votre fête et chacun en était très ému et touché de votre soutien à Obama. Comme on vous l'a dit, pratiquement tous nos amis et leurs familles soutenaient Obama et ils nous ont tous entendu leur dire combien les francais étaient chaleureux, et nos amis francais en particulier. encore merci pour ce que vous êtes, pour votre amitié et votre soutien. Cela signifie beaucoup.

Southern Sessions - Hoboes and Friends par marylouband

Vagabondage / The Hoboes (2011)

You can buy this album here (10€ + 3€ shipping)

Or download 1 or several songs by clicking the symbols on the bottom of the picture below (0.99cts per song).

 

The France Bluegrass 2 is available since august 2009.
30 songss, and an almost exhaustive picture of the french bluegrass and folk music.
This double cd is available on the Mary-Lou website (15 Euros + 3 € shipping)

Buy 2 CDs and get the free mailing.

Thursday Mai 1st, Mary-Lou has been playing in Pensacola (Floride) for the public radio WUWF. You can listen to the show here :

(Mary-Lou on WUWF Part 1)

Trish Musgrove (Mississippi songwriter)
Tammerlin (Folk roots)
Mary-Lou (Americana with a french twist)

and

(Mary-Lou on WUWF Part 2)

Trish Musgrove (Mississippi songwriter)
Tammerlin (Folk roots)
Mary-Lou (Americana with a french twist)

Great night thursday at the Cook Shack in Union Grove. Wonderful audience, as you can hear on the video above. Thanks to everybody ans especially to our lovely friends Gail an Tom Watts. 

Several years have spent since our last show in Tréboul on the beautifus site of the Rheun.

We were there friday août 9, hosted by Norbert Joncour and the Comité des Fêtes of Tréboul.

Audience a bit shy, beautiful landscape, it's good to see Brittany again. Jocelyn was here and he made a few pics :

 

We have played all over France this summer :

In Brittany

 

At the wonderful Mondial Folk Festival

In the Alpes

In the Jura

Back in Brittany

In North Brittany

 

In Charente

Near Bordeaux

 

 

 

 

 

 

In Brittany again

 

Near Lyon

In the Massif Central, in Ardèche

Massif Central again, Millau Bridge

 

Here are a few pics of our april tour in USA :

You can also have a look at our photo book.

Florida gigs with Lee and Arvid of the Tammerlin band :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At the Luna Star Cafe Miami

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We met Panama Red in Alabama (Culman) the day of his birthday. Since, the town has been damaged by a tornado.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We were honored to play at the Cook Shack, Union Grove, NC, one of the famoust venues of NC. We had a great pleasure playing our songs ans americana covers in front of an audience that know each single word of the songs.

A few videos of our friend Tom Watts

 

Let's go to the Appalachia Moutains, to the North, with the bears !

 

 

 

 

 

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 :

Some pics of our concert in Courcouronnes, november 2009
All the pictures are available here.