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<p>Hi Jean Marc,</p>
<p> We saw the Chris Barber band three days ago. They do an annual
gig in a village hall on the Oxfordshire, Berkshire border. It's a
privilege to hear a group of astoundingly good musicians in such
an intimate session. I think the mare, mère confusion might have
started as a joke; Politically incorrect men used "mare" to
describe women sometimes. <br>
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<p>Best wishes,</p>
<p>Jude<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 16/12/2018 23:11, Jean Marc Ternois
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Hello Bert,</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Chris Barber
made a big hit in France with Petite Fleur (Monty Sunshine)
maybe more than the Bechet's version. His version of "Si tu
vois ma mère" (Lonesome) was less successful. </div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">The Bechet's
success in France was very great and this beyond the Jazz
fans. There was a kind of love story between Sidney and the
popular french public. Sidney wrote many tunes according the
"french taste" during his last years living in France. </div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I'm a big fan
of Chris Barber, he was (and still is) one of my models when I
started on trombone in 1964 ! He is a very great trombone, I
like his playing.</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Regards</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Jean Marc</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Le dim. 16 déc. 2018 à 22:11, Bert <<a
href="mailto:mister_bertje@hotmail.com"
moz-do-not-send="true">mister_bertje@hotmail.com</a>> a
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<div
style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Hello
Jean Marc,</div>
<div
style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br>
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<div
style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Many
thankt for your help with the French situation and your
knowledge of the song. </div>
<div
style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">In
my country (Netherlands) it was a little different. </div>
<div
style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br>
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<div
style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Bechet's
other composition that had been a big hit through the
recording of Monty Sunshine with Chris Barber's Jazzband,
was Petite Fleur, and reached #1 for several months in
Holland, the year 1959.</div>
<div
style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">So
the record company tried to duplicate this succes with a
new recording of Si Tu Vois Ma Mere by Monty Sunshine. The
first version was marred by a teriible out of tune guitar.
Later there was a new version, where Chris Barber answered
the clarinet with trombone, in place of the guitar. </div>
<div
style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">One
of those records reached the #8 position in the Dutch
charts, either 1960 or 1961. </div>
<div
style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br>
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<div
style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Bechet's
version never was a hit in the Netherlands, due to the
silly fact, that Holland had no hitparade at all in the
early 1950's! </div>
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<div
style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Very
kind regards,</div>
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style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Bert
Brandsma</div>
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<div id="gmail-m_-1880047299547511061divRplyFwdMsg"
dir="ltr">"I didn't know the word of "Mare" and the
misunderstanding with the title "Si tu vois ma mère". It's
very interesting ... and funny. </div>
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<div
class="gmail-m_-1880047299547511061x_gmail_default">For
my part, what I can say is that the first time
Sidney Bechet recorded this tune was in 1952 </div>
<div
class="gmail-m_-1880047299547511061x_gmail_default">This
tune was a very big hit in France, many bands
played it and nobody was singing it. </div>
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class="gmail-m_-1880047299547511061x_gmail_default"><br>
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<div
class="gmail-m_-1880047299547511061x_gmail_default">So,
according to the big success encountered, the
recording company (I suppose) wanted someone to
write lyrics (to make more money ?? :o)) ).</div>
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class="gmail-m_-1880047299547511061x_gmail_default"><br>
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<div
class="gmail-m_-1880047299547511061x_gmail_default">Jean
Broussolle was a singer who was a member of a
vocal group well-known in France at that time,
named "Les compagnons de la chanson" which made
his debuts with Edith Piaf."</div>
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