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There are like 20 towns called Villefranche (sur Saône, Cher, Lonchat), it's better to be specific and call it Villefranche sur Mer.
Especially if somebody use a GPS to find the place and ask for Villefranche, he could be disapointed
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Villefranche-sur-Mer today // 40 yrs since Keith arrived at Nellcote
Posted by:
RobberBride
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Date: April 6, 2011 00:48
Villefranche has for the last twenty years been a fave sanctuary for me, really nice ambience and light. And today being exactly 40 years since Keith first set foot in Nellcote I had to stop by again.
Theres always so many new things to see in the neighborhood too that has relevance to that summer of 1971. Despite Exile being my all time fave-LP, to me its not about whether Tumbling Dice was really recorded here or what not. Nellcote and the myth of Exile is about a state of mind, the feeling of wasted elegance, of youth, of everything golden. That´s what drags me back down here.
And its still exquisite. Today the sun shined down on us as usual. The masses of tourists have yet to arrive so was calm and everything easygoing.
There´s new construction going on now on Nellcote again after the massive 2008 redecorations.
Currently they are making a 25 m2 addition and "new openings" to the structure, according to the sign posted outside.
Well - just a quick hello and goodbye from Villefrance.
Wish we could share this moment here. It really nice.
RB
Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 2016-01-04 14:19 by RobberBride.
Theres always so many new things to see in the neighborhood too that has relevance to that summer of 1971. Despite Exile being my all time fave-LP, to me its not about whether Tumbling Dice was really recorded here or what not. Nellcote and the myth of Exile is about a state of mind, the feeling of wasted elegance, of youth, of everything golden. That´s what drags me back down here.
And its still exquisite. Today the sun shined down on us as usual. The masses of tourists have yet to arrive so was calm and everything easygoing.
There´s new construction going on now on Nellcote again after the massive 2008 redecorations.
Currently they are making a 25 m2 addition and "new openings" to the structure, according to the sign posted outside.
Well - just a quick hello and goodbye from Villefrance.
Wish we could share this moment here. It really nice.
RB
Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 2016-01-04 14:19 by RobberBride.
Re: Villefrance today // 40 yrs since Keith arrived at Nellcote
Posted by:
caschimann
()
Date: April 6, 2011 01:23
thanks for the nice pics and words about this little paradise!
Re: Villefrance today // 40 yrs since Keith arrived at Nellcote
Posted by:
duke richardson
()
Date: April 6, 2011 03:03
I love those images of Nellcote from 2008. the place is so fancy ...and over-the top aristocratic looking, like a palace..
then you think of that basement...
and that music...
and the inheritors and practitioners of that music from the American South...
where a bigger disconnect between where the originators of that music lived, and Nellcote could hardly be imagined...
then you think of that basement...
and that music...
and the inheritors and practitioners of that music from the American South...
where a bigger disconnect between where the originators of that music lived, and Nellcote could hardly be imagined...
Re: Villefrance today // 40 yrs since Keith arrived at Nellcote
Posted by:
JumpingKentFlash
()
Date: April 6, 2011 05:11
If walls could talk...
JumpingKentFlash
JumpingKentFlash
Re: Villefrance today // 40 yrs since Keith arrived at Nellcote
Posted by:
jpasc95
()
Date: April 6, 2011 07:37
no doubt, it's a very special place
it's there that was born one of the best maybe the best album of the Band
Hope this place will never disappear
it's there that was born one of the best maybe the best album of the Band
Hope this place will never disappear
Re: Villefrance today // 40 yrs since Keith arrived at Nellcote
Posted by:
with sssoul
()
Date: April 6, 2011 08:49
thanks RobberBride - very atmospheric way to start my day
Re: Villefrance today // 40 yrs since Keith arrived at Nellcote
Posted by:
Bliss
()
Date: April 6, 2011 12:45
It's Villefranche, not Villefrance. Sometimes called Villefranche-sur-Mer.
Re: Villefrance today // 40 yrs since Keith arrived at Nellcote
Posted by:
leteyer
()
Date: April 6, 2011 14:41
Quote
Bliss
It's Villefranche, not Villefrance. Sometimes called Villefranche-sur-Mer.
There are like 20 towns called Villefranche (sur Saône, Cher, Lonchat), it's better to be specific and call it Villefranche sur Mer.
Re: Villefrance today // 40 yrs since Keith arrived at Nellcote
Posted by:
RobberBride
()
Date: April 6, 2011 17:37
Quote
letey
There are like 20 towns called Villefranche (sur Saône, Cher, Lonchat), it's better to be specific and call it Villefranche sur Mer.[/quote
Yeah sorry about the typo and I have clarified it now. Thought it was clear, this being a RS forum and all. But then again, I forgot about the sessions at villa Nellcote in Villefranche-sur-Saône. Those were legen...wait for it....dary!
(Why don´t you come down here and party instead? Still nice)
Re: Villefrance today // 40 yrs since Keith arrived at Nellcote
Posted by:
Jumpinjackflash59
()
Date: April 6, 2011 22:13
Quote
leteyerQuote
Bliss
It's Villefranche, not Villefrance. Sometimes called Villefranche-sur-Mer.
There are like 20 towns called Villefranche (sur Saône, Cher, Lonchat), it's better to be specific and call it Villefranche sur Mer.
Especially if somebody use a GPS to find the place and ask for Villefranche, he could be disapointed
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