One of my favourite loops to ride recently. The Chateau de Montbrun is said to be owned by a Dutch Porn Baron….whether this is true or not I don’t know, but it’s what it’s known as. Right after the Chateau there is the climb to Le Grand Puyconnieux. A really nice Cat 4 climb. From the top it’s big ring hammer time all the way to Cussac.
It was a brilliant ride, I really enjoyed it, and gave it some all the way round.
During the ‘confinement’ here in France I kept busy recording and collaborating. The result….a secret Funk EP from Sven Bennick! 🙂
You can check it out here…….
My friend’s band The Bellrays is trying to make the best of this virus situation by doing live sessions on Facebook and YouTube. To take it to the next level they need 1000 YouTube subscribers. So far they have 744. Could you give them a sub? If you want to do a sub for sub thing, leave me a comment with a link to your channel and I’ll happily do that.
Thanks, and stay safe!.
Since the start of this social distancing era the Ruts DC have been putting out some great stuff to their fans (of which I am one)…….check this…
Hey Folks, tonight is the last episode of our series. Can you believe we have done 9!
We are also pleased to say that this is a special tribute to Malcolm Owen & Paul Fox, so please join us on this special occasion! ? See you then!! ??????
Cheers!
– Segs, Ruffy and Leigh#punkrock #punk #ruts #rutstv #rutsdc #segsjennings #ffruk #ffrukits #peopleunite #punktv #sosumi #daveruffy
Played my first gig since February. A nice outdoor setting on a summer evening at Chabatz d’entrar in Les Salles Lavauguyon. Just Madame Blanc, and me playing some easy listening tunes.
The BellRays True Believers is a facebook group for fans of The BellRays that are more than fans. They are True Believers. A place to hang with like minds and the band. Special offers, LIVE events and more to come.
Blues is the teacher. Punk is the Preacher. It’s all about emotion and energy. Experience and raw talent, spirit and intellect. Exciting things happen when these things collide.
Bob Vennum and Lisa Kekaula made The BellRays happen in 1990 in Riverside, California but they weren’t really thinking about any of this then. They wanted to play music and they wanted it to feel good. They wanted people to WANT to get up, to NEED to get up and check out what was going on. Form an opinion. React.
So they took everything they knew about; the Beatles, Stevie Wonder, the Who, the Ramones Billie Holiday, Lou Rawls, Hank Williams, the DB’s, Jimmy Reed, and Led Zeppelin (to name a very few to whom “BLUES IS THE TEACHER”) and pressed it into service.
Those bands and artists have since become “buzz words”, things to imitate and sound like. That was never The BellRays intention. The BellRays were never about coming up with a “sound”, or fitting in with a scene. It was about the energy that made all that music so irresistible. The BellRays’ influences learned from the Blues and then learned how to to make it their own. The Beatles wanted to play R&B, converted that energy and invented “Rubber Soul”. The Ramones were trying to be Del Shannon or Neil Sedaka and out came “Rocket to Russia”.
The BellRays believe combining Rock and Soul is not meant to be a conscious effort. You shouldn’t have to force them together because they’ve never really been separated in the first place. It’s an organic trail that flows through Bob and Lisa and the current rhythm section of Bernard Yin (Fur Dixon, Par Avion ) on bass and Dusty Watson (the Sonics, Dick Dale) on drums, and comes out honest and urgent. You will learn and you will feel. Blues is always teaching and Punk is always preaching.
The BellRays are always listening.
Listen to some ‘real’ music here…..The BellRays Music.
Bennetti’s Jazz Blues All Stars featuring Nathalie Pnt. You’re gonna love this.
Feedback…… Oh la la ! Comment j’adore !!!!! Ça m’a envoyĂ© direct en arrière, Ă une Ă©poque que je n’ai pas connu certes, mais j’me voyais assise dans une salle enfumĂ©e d’un club de jazz , Ă Ă©couter une petite brune chanter ses peines de coeur ! J’en veux encore !!! Tu assures ! Bravo….
Oh mais franchement, comment ne pas aimer, ta voix est juste parfaite pour ce titre ! Moi ça m’a emportĂ© direct : c’est beau, ça paraĂ®t simple ( et c’est en ça que c’est fort parce qu’on sait bien que c’est tout sauf simple), cette douce mĂ©lancolie dans ta voix…..c’est divin ! J’ai Ă©coutĂ© 2 fois de suite et je vais la faire Ă©couter autour de moi si tu veux bien…..
Je viens d’écouter j’adore tellement ? ça me fait penser au chanteuse qui chantais dans les piano bar dans les annĂ©es 50-60″ Et tu sais Ă quel point j’aime ses annĂ©es…
J’adore, aaah du Jazz ! Magnifique timbre de voix, en fait, tu sais tout faire!…
j’adore ?ambiance de ouf. Ouhla pas facile, mais lĂ c’est rĂ©ussi quoi, tu fermes les yeux tu vois la scène, les rideaux rouges, la fumĂ©e, haha c’est Ă©norme…
Steve Bennett · I Fall In Love Too Easily – Bennetti’s Jazz Blues All Stars featuring Nathalie Pnt
Here in France we’ve been on ‘lockdown’ with severe restrictions for two months. But that ended on 11th May. I was thinking about how the confinement had made me slow down, and think about what was really important, notice the beauty around me. It’s has been so peaceful and quiet. I have some lovely memories from the last two months…..so it’s happy and sad at the same time….and it was this feeling that inspired the composition. I hope you like it.
It’s based on a tune from the 60s by Donavan.
Were are still confined here in France, so here is a collection of tunes from our members. Revisiting some old live performances, but also some fresh new recordings that I am sure you will enjoy.
Also, as it’s International Jazz Day…. Un grand merci Ă Clara Jaeger du magazine Kaizen de nous avoir donnĂ© une mention ….. ?
Big thanks to Clara Jaeger from Kaizen magazine for giving us a mention.
With all bars and restaurants closed, and travel banned for non essential purposes there was no way Bennetti’s Jazz Blues Club could go ahead in March. Instead we put out our first ever online broadcast. This featured music from members only. You can listen to it here….
Music from Norrie Snakebite Burnnett, Tim Bragg, Andy Berry, Ann Ellam, Rod Millgate, Madame Blanc, and Steve and Ev’ from Highland Hotclub.