Re: GREAT new Stones photo exhibition in Paris!
Date: May 21, 2014 10:46
Very cool -- here are my edited translations for photos 1-7.
1."I knew the Rolling Stones at the time," says Dominique Lamblin, left in the photo. He was 19. Decca had commissioned him to take care of this band "young hairy." "In this black and white photo, I'm in a suit and tie but, please note, the shirt is pink and orange, I was the rock'n'roll connection with the group. They already had their first tour of the United States that hadn't gone very well, but their first album kicked off really well. Actually, they were about to explode."
2, "Brian Jones? I loved him. He was an extraordinary musician. He could be a bastard, for sure, but mostly he was just schizophrenic," recalls Dominic. "Don't forget: he was the leader of the group the first two years. Afterwards, he lost control, he fell into dope and excesses," laments this admirer.
3. "This is in Lyon, It was really a special place. It would have been hard to have been any closer to them, I'm on the stage, 2-3 meters of the group."
4."This is Paris, I'm on stage, as an interlocutor for the Stones' business in France. Mick Jagger is who I most saw in the '70s. I don't for them any more, but those with whom I stayed friends are Charlie and Keith. I love Charlie. He's a true gentleman with a good sense of humor; he's really a good guy."
5. Jamming - Montreux
Here the group--having returned to Montreux for the filming of an episode of a German TV show--is relaxed, a bottle of bourbon at hand."The idea was to use the images to make clips intended to illustrate the album "Exile on Main Street. This is a good memory, the atmosphere was friendly, relaxed, Besides Montreux is a city that they love because it is the city of Claude Nobs, legendary founder of the Montreux Jazz Festival, who died foolishly, skiing in January 2013. There were no photographers that day except myself(?), only Ian Stewart apparatus and Anita Pallenberg had a Super 8 camera."
6 Charlie Watts - Montreux May 1972
"In preparation for the [German TV] show they'd rented a theatre in Montreux--the Rialto--which had been turned into a de facto TV studio for the occasion,"says Dominic. "We had moved a few rows of seats, Charlie's battery was installed under the screen, and there's equipment everywhere, piled up amidst these rather kitsch decor.'This is a little story of my life,' Charlie once said.'In 25 years, I worked 5 years and waited 20 years. We're still waiting in this business.' I sent a print of this photo Charlie recently, and he called to thank me."
7 "Stretching"- Montreux May 1972.
This photograph is one of which Dominic Lamblin is most proud. It gives the impression that Keith is singing while he stretches."It should say something like 'It's taking so @#$%& long!' Or 'I'm tired of waiting!' "Like all TV shows, filming Montreux dragged on. First, the light doesn't work, then the sound isn't right, or the guitar is detuned--and they quickly began to get annoyed. In the end, they only had one really good title,"Tumblin Dice," when they could have filmed three or four for promotional purposes."
- swiss
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2014-05-21 22:43 by swiss.