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About Me

I was born and raised in France until the music took me to the UK for over 20 years now. You could say I am Franglish. If it weren't for my Dad's wish, I would not have come to the UK, but gone to the US instead. What made me want to learn English in the first instance, was Music, as most of the songs I liked, and the films , were American. I taught myself, watching old late night black and white movies before I even started learning the language at school. The Music came later, sadly when Elvis died, and I discovered rockabilly... I was a wild child...and one day, I picked up a guitar. I have a job but I do not like working very much, I'm too much of a dreamer and often feel that I do not belong in the real world, but is the world real? I'm more of a night owl, and I like lie-ins. I have been playing the guitar and singing for about 13 years now, I have written a few songs, which I hope to be sharing here with you soon. Oh and I like to be lazy, live and let live, still too young to die. Through all the thick and thin, thank you Mum and Dad.

My Interests

Apart from playing the guitar and writing songs/ tunes, I enjoy going to gigs and to the movies, reading, meditating, cooking- my approach is more like alchemy though! I also love walking, long country walks...

I'd like to meet:

Bears, brown, white and black. Orang Outangs, Koalas, Sloths, Squirrels...The musicians and actors I admire.Anouar-El-Sadat, Martin Luther-King and Marilyn Monroe.

Music:

Blues, Folk, Rock'n Roll....I'm open to persuasion and percussion. Elvis, B B King, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Levon Helm, The Band, John Prine, Dan Hicks, Warren Zeavon, Peter Green , Frank Zappa, The Time Jumpers , John Martyn, Ry Cooder, Steve Earle, Stevie Wonder,Tom Waits, Bonnie Raitt, Little Feat, Jackson Browne, Joni Mitchell, Crosby, Stills and Nash, Delbert McClinton, Randy Newman, David Lindley, The Strawbs, The Pretenders, The Kinks, Ian Hunter, Mick Ronson, Rory Gallagher, Kate Bush, Led Zeppelin...and of course, Guthrie Govan... Not to forget Eddy Mitchell, Serge Gainsbourg, Renaud, Georges Moustaki, Georges Brassens, Jacques Brel, Michel Polnareff, Camille ... the list is infinite... and of the top of my head in no particular order...

Movies:

The Producers (the original one) , The Big Lebowsky, Withnail And I, The Green Mile, The Last Waltz, Betty Blue.........All films starring Jeff Bridges and John Wayne. Thanks to my Dad, I was raised watching cowboy films !

Television:

Discovery Channel when I get near a TV. I hardly watch TV, as I prefer to read.

Books:

The poetry of Arthur Rimbaud. Loads of music biographies, also Iain Banks, Lionel Shriver and the BrontÃ« sisters.

Heroes:

Not religious ones...

My Blog

A little poem I wrote...

Second Hand SmokeSecond hand smokeWon't make me brokeSo keep on puffin'While I'm strumming.Second hand smokeGive me a strokeStill ain't breathingWorth inhaling ?Second hand smokeDon 't need a tokeAs I...
Posted by Nathalie on Sat, 20 Sep 2008 03:34:00 PST

A beer and a cigarette ;-)

...they can't take that away from us yet.I must confess, I overdid that on a big scale for years, until bored and sick ;-) of it... but once in a while...hmmm....Well, I went to The Bassment in Chelms...
Posted by Nathalie on Sat, 02 Aug 2008 07:47:00 PST

Nicholas, loss of a friend...

Well, way back in may, when I was in France, I found myself in the music shop in Reims on a saturday afternoon. There was Nicholas, trying to coax a decent sound out of a POD, and we got chatting abou...
Posted by Nathalie on Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PST

Tarzan

When Jane was getting to know Tarzan, she asked him about his sexual history."Tarzan only have sex with hole in tree" he said." Ok Tarzan, you have it all wrong,I'll show you the proper way", so Jane ...
Posted by Nathalie on Sat, 28 Jun 2008 05:18:00 PST

Saturday at the London Guitar Show ;-)))

Well, it had to be done... Guthrie Govan's Erotic Cakes rocked with the added bonus of Dave Kilminster on guitar, suitably replacing Andy Noble's Moog sound ;-)"Slippery Thing" was more than Wonderful...
Posted by Nathalie on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 02:21:00 PST

Hello and a happy weekend to everyone ;-)

I was at the Half Moon in Putney on wednesday to see The Electric Strawbs perform, and they were just that, electric. Unfortunately, (or fortunately for some!), the place was too packed to jump about ...
Posted by Nathalie on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:51:00 PST

Richard Bona at the Jazz Cafe ;-)))

I’m still buzzing from this concert, even though I’m feeling pretty tired now after several glasses of wine, 5 hours sleep and another busy day on the shopfloor ;-)Richard is unbelievable...
Posted by Nathalie on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:29:00 PST

Seal culling is wrong and inhumane ;-(

It has to stop. Shame on whoever contributes to and profits from this massacre.I guess there’s no peace and love for those people, just a sad, sad world ;-(
Posted by Nathalie on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 05:07:00 PST

New York, New York ;-)

Hi ;-)Well I’ve just got back from an exciting six days in New York and I sure have the blues.It’s an amazing city, in its diversity and its music scene. I went there to see the Levon Helm...
Posted by Nathalie on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 07:12:00 PST

Last nights earthquake....

...was my first experience of such... and guess what my first thought was when my bedroom vibrated just above the other bedroom downstairs... wow, they must be having such a good shag! ;-))) ps. then,...
Posted by Nathalie on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 04:50:00 PST