...6th june begins an expo of his photos in 2 museums of the city....and more
the 5th his unique concert in town for the vernissage...His way to celebrate
"Exile on main street"...????

no,this has got nothing to do with Exile. As far as my information goes, Bill will play with the Rhythm Kings immediately after touring in Spain.

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...my last words were just a joke....but the news is true....jpM

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Bill WYMAN : STONE ALONE IN SAINT-PAUL 1966 - 2010

« Dès ma première visite en avril 1971, je suis tombé amoureux de Saint-Paul de Vence. J’ai l’immense plaisir d’y présenter aujourd’hui l’exposition « Stone Alone in Saint-Paul » qui entr’ouvre une fenêtre sur les années que j’ai passées dans ce merveilleux village. » Bill Wyman

La Ville de Saint Paul de Vence crée l’événement : elle accueillera dès le 6 juin une Exposition des photos de Bill Wyman dans les deux musées du village. Et...le concert unique en France en 2010 sous les remparts du village - La Courtine !


du 6 juin au 30 Septembre 2010



Bill Wyman s’est intéressé très tôt à la photographie, mais sa vie palpitante au sein des Rolling-Stones ne lui a pas laissé beaucoup de temps pour pratiquer d’autres formes d’art que la musique. Durant 30 ans de carrière avec le groupe il a voyagé un appareil photo en bandoulière explorant l’art de la photographie. Toutes ces prises de vue, constituent désormais l’album de sa vie sur la scène du rock. Les portraits des autres Rolling-Stones, des Who, de John Lee Hooker, John Lennon, Bob Dylan, Elton John et BB King ainsi que ceux candidement intimistes des artistes Chagall, Arman, César, sont typiquement représentatifs de cette collection unique.

Bill a accumulé près de 20 000 images jusqu’à ce jour.


L’exposition en propose 94 essentiellement en couleur dont beaucoup sont inédites et s’accompagne de quelques pièces d’archives personnelles. Les photos de Bill capturent leur sujet hors des poses et du contrôle, elles sont le parfait contrepoint de l’iconographie considérable qui s’est répandue dans les magazines du monde entier dès le début de sa carrière. En 1971, après huit années de succès planétaire, les Rolling Stones sont obligés de s’exiler pour des raisons financières. Ils choisissent le sud de la France, un lieu qui correspond parfaitement à leurs besoins. Le studio mobile est installé chez Keith Richard à Villefranche, c’est là que sera enregistré « Exile on Main Street » qui deviendra un des albums phare de l’histoire du Rock and Roll. Éloigné de ses habitudes de vie anglaises, Bill s’immerge complètement dans le mode de vie méditerranéen.


Grâce à l’amitié d’André Verdet il rencontre beaucoup de peintres et se familiarise avec diverses expressions artistiques présentes à Saint-Paul et aux alentours. Il partage des moments inoubliables avec les plasticiens et écrivains, chez eux ou à La Colombe d’Or, Chagall, Arman, le jovial César et James Baldwin sont au nombre de ceux-là. Il noue aussi une amitié durable avec beaucoup de musiciens anglais qui s’installeront progressivement dans le sud de la France.


En 1979, un éditeur propose à Bill de travailler sur une série de portraits intimistes de Marc et Vava Chagall chez eux. Ces photos seront publiées avec un texte d’André Verdet dans le livre « Chagall Méditerranéen », beaucoup d’entre elles figureront ensuite dans l’édition Anglaise à tirage limité « Wyman shoots Chagall ».


Bill décide de s’enraciner plus encore dans la région, en achetant un bout de terrain sur les collines de Saint-Paul de Vence. Il imagine et conçoit sa propre résidence, une maison qui pourrait accueillir ses amis, anciens et nouveaux. C’est à ce moment-là qu’il envisage d’écrire et de composer seul, ce qui le conduira à l’enregistrement de disques solo et de musiques de film en collaboration avec d’autres musiciens. Il ne cesse pour autant de poursuivre son travail photographique avec ses amis de Saint-Paul de Vence, Giuliano Mancini un des pilier du café de la place, Georges Boisgontier, Nigel Ritchie, Nadine Vivier, tant d’autres…

Bien qu’il soit retourné vivre en Angleterre dans les années 80, il est régulièrement revenu depuis dans sa résidence Saint-Pauloise où il apprécie de se retirer pour vivre dans la lumière du sud. Quand Bill et Suzanne ont décidé de se marier en 1993, il leur a paru évident de choisir Saint-Paul où ils s’étaient initialement rencontrés. Tout naturellement, c’est le maire d’alors qui les a unis avant une cérémonie dans l’église toute proche et une réception à la Colombe d’Or.

Ces dernières années, Bill a porté son attention sur les merveilles de la nature dans ce petit coin de Provence, ses dernières photos constituent un portrait vivant du milieu naturel autour de sa résidence.

Près de 40 ans se sont écoulés depuis la première venue de Bill à Saint-Paul en avril 1971. C’est la trace de ce parcours, cette part d’histoire d’une des figures les plus emblématiques de ces années que nous dévoile pour la première fois l’exposition « Stone alone in Saint-Paul » (1966-2010) au musée de Saint- Paul et à l’espace Verdet.


Des musiciens célèbres sont venus à sa suite, d’autres viendront plus tard arpenter à leur tour les ruelles, les ateliers d’artistes et partager la table sous le figuier de la terrasse de la Colombe. Mais l’ex Rolling-Stone restera l’une des premières « rock star » à avoir tissé des liens sensibles avec les gens et les paysages de cette région. Le seul aussi à avoir transformé cette expérience en traces photographiques et littéraires sans oublier la part importante versée à ses archives impressionnantes. Les trois dernières décennies du vingtième siècle auront permis ici une émulation et des échanges rares. D’un côté les plasticiens de l’école de Nice, la figure de Marc Chagall, le musicien Michel Magne, l’écrivain James Baldwin et le poète André Verdet, de l’autre les musiciens anglo-saxons qui ont écrit la bandeson de cette exubérante période.

Le temps est venu de la revisiter !



18 h : Vernissage Samedi 5 juin 2010 21 h 30 : Concert Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings

Musée de Saint Paul 2 Rue Grande 06570 St Paul deVence Tel 04 93 32 86 95 Ouverture : 10:00 – 19:00

du 6 juin au 30 Septembre 2010 Espace André Verdet Place de l’Hospice 06570 St Paul de Vence Ouverture 14:00 – 19:00

du 6 juin au 30 Septembre 2010 www.billwyman.com www.saint-pauldevence.com

Contacts France : billwymanphotos@orange.fr Gilbert Trem Contact Londres UK ripple@ripplerecords.co.uk Caroline McCrink Tel : + 44 (0) 207 352 5628 STONE ALONE IN SAINT-PAUL 1966 - 2010


lundi 3 mai 2010 , par communiqué de presse

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HOPE MY TRANSLATION FITS TO THE TEXT ABOVE ....

All pics from Bill Wyman archives .


Bill WYMAN: STONE ALONE IN SAINT-PAUL on 1966 - 2010





" From my first visit in April, 1971, I felt in love with Saint Paul de Vence. I am very pleased to introduce the exhibition " Stone Alone in Saint Paul " which open an open space over the years I spent in this wonderful village. " Bill Wyman

The City of Saint Paul de Vence creates the event from June 6th an Exhibition of Bill Wyman's photos in both museums of the village. And the only concert in France in 2010 under the ramparts of the village -


From June 6th till September 30th, 2010



Bill Wyman was very early interested in the photography, but his exciting life with the Rolling Stones did not let him a lot of time to practise the other forms of art that the music. For 30 years of career with the band he travelled with a camera over his shoulder, investigating the art of the photography. All All these shots constitute the henceforth the album of its life on the stage of the rock. The portraits of the other Rolling-Stones, the Who, John Lee Hooker, John Lennon, Bob Dylan, Elton John and BB King as well as those artlessly intimists of the artists Chagall, Arman, César, are typically representative of this unique collection.

Bill accumulated 20 000 images until this day.






The exhibition proposes 94 pics essentially in color .Many are new and come along with some parts of personal archives. Bill's photos capture their subject outside the poses and outof control, they are the perfect counterpoint of the considerable iconography which spread in the magazines of the whole world from the beginning of its career. In 1971, after eight years of global success, the Rolling Stones were obliged to exile themselves for financial reasons. They chose the South of France, a place which fitted to Keith in Villefranche ,the place where will be recorded " Exile one Hand Street " which will become one of the record "headlight "of the Rock and roll'story .
Bill was taken away from his English habits dove completely into the Mediterranean lifestyle.





In 1979, a publisher suggested to Bill to work on a series of Marc's intimist portraits and Vava Chagall to them. These photos will be published with André Verdet's text in the book "Chagall Méditerranéen", many of them will appear then in the English edition with limited edition " Wyman shots Chagall ".


Bill decided to settle down in the area, by buying some land on the hills of Saint Paul de Vence. He imagined and conceived his own residence.

Although he returned to live in England in the 80s, he often go back to St Paul .
When Bill and Suzanne decided to get married in 1993, it seemed obvious to them to choose Saint Paul where they had initially met. Quite naturally, it is mayor at that time who united them before a ceremony in the quite close church and a reception with the Golden dove.

These last years, Bill paid attention on the wonders of nature in this small place of Provence, his last photos constitute a live portrait of the natural environment around his residence.

About 40 years passed by since Bill first came to Saint Paul in April, 1971..
Famous musicians followed , others will later to share the table under the fig tree of the terrace of the Dove. But the ex Rolling-Stone will remain one of the first " rock star " to have share links with people and landscapes of this area .
The only one also to have transformed this experience into photography.
The last three decades of the twentieth century will have allowed here a competition and rare exchanges. On one side the plastic surgeons of the school of Nice,( Marc Chagall), the musician Michel Magne, the writer James Baldwin and the poet André Verdet, the other one the Anglo-Saxon musician who wrote the soundtrack of this exuberant period.

Time again to came to revisit it!












I am a Frenchie ,as Mick affectionately called them in the Old Grey Whistle Test in 1977 .



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 2010-05-04 20:20 by SwayStones.

jp.M

What would you think of editing & changing the title of your thread into "Bill WYMAN : A STONE ALONE IN SAINT-PAUL 1966 - 2010" ? No offense of course .
I am glad you posted the new .

May be people here would be more verbose & stuck on the subject ,because not only there are very interesting thoughts on Bill Wyman 's life that you broached ,but Bill Wyman ,IMO, is still a Rolling Stone .
My translation might not be a close one but at least some people here will be able to emend me .



I am a Frenchie ,as Mick affectionately called them in the Old Grey Whistle Test in 1977 .

Live in the studio. Frampton on bass. Apologies if it's already been posted. But I'm in this kind of mood with the perfect weather in Harm City Baltimore today>

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Brue
Live in the studio. Frampton on bass. Apologies if it's already been posted. But I'm in this kind of mood with the perfect weather in Harm City Baltimore today>

Brue ,I had never seen this video.
Bill W . seems very umconfortable with the microphone ...i can't believe he used to dress like this -shirt into his trousers -and Oh no !!! I just saw Peter Frampton ..
BTW,the lyrics speak for themselves ,don't they ?



I am a Frenchie ,as Mick affectionately called them in the Old Grey Whistle Test in 1977 .

Hello,
I've got my tickets for the Rhythm kings show in Saint Paul(de vence, not Minnesota, check the difference [www.saint-pauldevence.com] expecting something special as the boss is playing at home. I saw them quite a few times. One of the best bands in the world in terms of musicianship. Can someone talk Bill into trying Georgie's very own "Bonnie & clyde" in the set list? it would remind everybody of the summer of 68 and raise tears and would sound pretty good with the Mead Payn team.
I'll let you, guys know about it.

Hey joecool ,I am waiting for your review !



I am a Frenchie ,as Mick affectionately called them in the Old Grey Whistle Test in 1977 .

A video here scroll down ,click on "en savoir plus ,video )

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I am a Frenchie ,as Mick affectionately called them in the Old Grey Whistle Test in 1977 .

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joecool
Hello,
I've got my tickets for the Rhythm kings show in Saint Paul(de vence, not Minnesota, check the difference [www.saint-pauldevence.com] expecting something special as the boss is playing at home. I saw them quite a few times. One of the best bands in the world in terms of musicianship. Can someone talk Bill into trying Georgie's very own "Bonnie & clyde" in the set list? it would remind everybody of the summer of 68 and raise tears and would sound pretty good with the Mead Payn team.
I'll let you, guys know about it.

How was it ?



I am a Frenchie ,as Mick affectionately called them in the Old Grey Whistle Test in 1977 .

I was in St. Paul de Vence. Very very nice and unique

The times they have changed, Bobby. In my day a mayor would ban rock concerts so that ,as a teenager, you would have a bone to gnaw at. The mayor of Saint Paul de Vence in person came to introduce the Rhizome Kings (!!) and praise their leader, "the most discreet of the famous inhabitants" of this French equivalent of Laurel Canyon. This time of year the whole village smells so much of jasmine that you find it hard to believe people ever fought for this place to the point of fortifying the town. The concert was held along one of the fortified walls which proved totally ineffective against invasion since the city and the valley around are occupied, owned and operated by Brits who must have had the surprise of a lifetime when they discovered the sun didn't shine the same for everybody. Bill has been hanging around there for forty years, enjoying the light and taking pictures of artists who had come to warm their bones (Marc Chagall) or get sunburnt (Nick Mason). Bill's photo exhibition was the pretext to add this French date to their European tour. God bless Nicephore Niepce. Among the gems of his production there is a very moving picture of bassist of the millenium John Entwistle, which goes to show how much Bill appreciates and respects musicians and music.
The weather conditions were ideal: warm sunset, cool breeze. The international audience ranged from ten year old kids to die hard Stones fans in their seventies or eighties. Younger children were under Tony Panico's care and he made a point of teaching them how to clap Jamaican rhythm in time on Three Cool Cats. Call it good-natured, semi informal or whatever you like, that's the kind of gig I'm ready to travel 200 miles everyday to attend.
The music was up to the Rhythm Kings' standards: both top notch and laid back.
Nick Payn and Frank Mead make up for the gaping hole left by the absence of Albert Lee. The set list goes:I got a woman/Sweet s'l music/Chicken shack boogie/too late/all night long/Melody/Just your fool/This is a man's world/Hit the road/Better for me baby/Three cool cats/Johnny B Good/I just wanna make love to you/Just for thrill/You never can tell/Encores geraint's solo/I put a spell on you/Honky Tonk woman. Geraint's solo was “Easy to say bon temps roulez”. Crowd pleasers such as Hit The Road, Johnny B Good and You Never Can Tell sent the audience to seventh heaven, singing along and dancing to the risk of breaking their thighbone. But the third encore did the trick as everybody sang their heart, lungs and guts out on Honky Tonk Woman (to Marthe Richard's great grief) leaving an exhausted but fully satisfied audience on their knees. It's not only Rock 'n Roll but also Blues, Rhythm 'n Blues, Caribbean, Cajun Music etc …you name it, they play it, we love it. When these guys went to the crossroads for the second time, they made the right choice.
Boogie Chillun!

Nice review,thanks !
"Rhizome Kings " haha !



I am a Frenchie ,as Mick affectionately called them in the Old Grey Whistle Test in 1977 .

Video here :

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Pity the journalist translates Bill's speech over his voice instead of putting subtitles .



I am a Frenchie ,as Mick affectionately called them in the Old Grey Whistle Test in 1977 .

Just seen this report on the expo on one of the nationwide channel in France. Bill looks as an humble man, right in his shoes. But most of it, the pics shown looks real great. It latsts 1'48.

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