S'Alright

An intense year gone already ... Here is a collection 2016 tracks released on SC , many of them in collaboration with SC friends I 'd like to thank so much here for their inspiration, creative enthousiasm and  kind patience !!!  :)
I love to think that what binds us is stronger than what seperates us (thank you Alexis for this beautiful thought I share completely) ...
 Let's continue to share the joy of playing, creating music and supporting each other in 2017 !!  Most kindly yours , Steph

2016 Tracks

For more information see http://bit.ly/BWJ_4968 

God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson is an eleven-track all-star tribute album that features inspired interpretations of the iconic slide guitarist/vocalist's most seminal material. Tom Waits, Lucinda Williams, Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi, Cowboy Junkies, Blind Boys Of Alabama (accompanied by Jason Isbell on guitar), Sinéad O'Connor, Luther Dickinson with The Rising Star Fife & Drum Band, Maria McKee, and Rickie Lee Jones all deliver deeply moving reinventions of Johnson's otherworldly "gospel blues" music.   

From Tom Waits' virtual embodiment of Johnson himself on The Soul Of A Man and John The Revelator to Derek Trucks' and Susan Tedeschi's reverent reading of Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning to Lucinda Williams' slide guitar-fueled lament in Nobody's Fault But Mine to Luther Dickinson's spirited take on Bye And Bye I'm Going To See The King (with The Rising Star Fife & Drum Band) to the Blind Boys Of Alabama's soul-baring Mother's Children Have A Hard Time, this record is packed with incomparable recordings that speak as much to the greatness of the performers as they do the enduring legacy of Blind Willie Johnson. 


God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson

Order from Alligator

Tom Waits - John The Revelator

My litle Happy new year to all ..with the clarinet :))
May love, kindness and happiness be with you !!!
All the very best 
Steph

A Story Without Words

Michel Delpech passed away recently : http://www.english.rfi.fr/france/20160103-famous-french-singer-michel-delpech-passes-away
This is my humble tribute to a a great composer singer and melodist who carried so well the soul of the 70's in France...this song I heard when I was very yound has imprinted me forever ..Hope you like my little version of it :) 
Original : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8EqlDIkrx8
All the very best 
Steph

Le Chasseur (Michel Delpech)

Vocals : https://soundcloud.com/ilaria-brovini
Music : https://soundcloud.com/ddjohn
Hope this full rock version makes you happy :))
Original : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyihQtBes1I

Lyrics
I've been long, a long way from here
Put on a poncho, played for mosquitos,
And drank til I was thirsty again
We went searching through thrift store jungles
Found Geronimo's rifle, Marilyn's shampoo
And Benny Goodman's corset and pen

Well, o.k. I made this up
I promised you I'd never give up

[Chorus]
If it makes you happy
It can't be that bad
If it makes you happy
Then why the hell are you so sad

You get down, real low down
You listen to Coltrane, derail your own train
Well who hasn't been there before?
I come round, around the hard way
Bring you comics in bed, scrape the mold off the bread
And serve you french toast again

Well, o.k. I still get stoned
I'm not the kind of girl you'd take home

[Chorus]

We've been far, far away from here
Put on a poncho, played for mosquitos
And everywhere in between
Well, o.k. we get along
So what if right now everything's wrong?

[Chorus]


If It Makes You Happy (Sheryl Crow)  By  Ilaria Brovini And DDJohn

Started wanting to make  a cover after listening to this  great version of this wonderful classic 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRVj7-CUtaE
but finally  decided not to do like the original ...  
Hope to share the fun of making this :)

S'Wonderful (George Gershwin)

Made with lots of love thinking of  the Eagles,  the Beatles, Ben Harper  and many other dear ones :))
Hope you enjoy my little song :)
Have a great week 
Steph 

Lyrics:
Did you ever open your mail box
Did you ever check it in the cloud
Did you ever listen to the little song 
I wrote for you

Now, I know you've got so much to do
Now, I know you're working real hard
Now, I know you don't have time for anything
Even for my little song

ooo when you come home
ooo I'll play it live for you
***
Hope it'll make you feel all right :)

Dedicated to all fathers missing their  dear little ones ...just waiting for them to come home :))

My Little Song

qu'est-ce que c'est
what you doing now
breaking my heart
breaking my heart
what you doing now
qu'est-ce que c'est
breaking my heart
breaking my heart
breaking my heart

take it away
bring it all down
take it away
that what you say
take it away
leave me alone
na na na

qu'est-ce que c'est
say say say
what you doing now
what you doing now
qu'est-ce que c'est
what you doing now
what you doing now
breaking my heart

ohh ohh ohh
I just can't take it no more
ohh ohh ohh
I just can't take it no more
ohh ohh ohh
I just can't take it no more

take it no more

qu'est-ce que c'est
breaking my heart
breaking my heart
breaking my heart
take it away
make it all go
take it away
make it all go
take it away
make it all go


ohh ohh ohh
I just can't take it no more
ohh ohh ohh
I just can't take it no more
ohh ohh ohh
I just can't take it no more
take it no more

qu'est-ce que c'est
breaking my heart
breaking my heart
breaking my heart
take it away
bring it all down
take it away
bring it all down
take it away
bring it all down
na na na
na na na







The other side

Qu'est - Ce Que C'est

When the cooking is good, it's easy to get Lost In The Sauce...

All recorded on keyboards
The photo is of Jimmy Page in '72 in San Francisco.  

Thanks as always for your generous time listening, for your comments and for your shares

Lost In The Sauce

Just  a first go on this great classic we 'll be playing live for the "fête de la musique " with FLC team on June 21st 

What's Going On (WIP)

Ohh God, It's me I'm alive..  I tell you I'm not done!

I Lost That Soft Touch

Involved in different local music associations with my clarinet  (in classic and jazzy mode) ,  I also  love to play the guitar, I love to try to create and produce music with Cubase and different other instruments at home. I love all forms of music. 
Thank you reading these lines, for your kind words , listens and all forms of appreciation and support, I'm always happy to explore,  discover new sounds  and collaborate on this unique platform with wonderful musicians  !!

2022 Collabs, Jams and Chansons :
https://on.soundcloud.com/pkz71
Proud to be inducted  in 2022 as an Official Lunatics after this:
https://soundcloud.com/cosmic-ratzzz/lunatics71-skyline-cosmic-ratzzz-ddjohn?si=aa7c346eca754497a8e4168605590197&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
Still so happy to listen to this one with my french SC buddies in the memory of Georges Brassens on this one :
https://soundcloud.com/ddjohn/les-copains-dabord-george-brassens-with-le-hot-club-de-soundcloud-quebec-usa-fra?si=ec03fb2f0b8b42b1b57522bf07221d14&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
...and loving to play with friends in the marvelous style of Django Reinhardt
https://soundcloud.com/ddjohn/sets/collabs-with-lami-bjp

Album/EP featurings @ the clarinet :

https://soundcloud.com/mountain-songs/take-cripple-club-collab-with-ddjohn-download?in=ddjohn/sets/2015-1/

https://open.spotify.com/album/2XfVKVx3ZE1qUBwoUojmfW
.... and @ the guitar :
https://chrispendergraft.bandcamp.com/track/aint-seen-the-worst-of-it-yet-tribute-to-jimmy-page