Michael Jones had a few stories to tell our colleagues from Gala, especially concerning a man he has known for very long decades. It is of course Jean-Jacques Goldman.
In the 80s, the favorite personality of the French had done him a big favor. “I can date exactly the day when my life changed. In 1985, after the release of I give you a duet with Jean-Jacques Goldman, the attitude of others changed. For example, I had less trouble get a loan from the bank. And they offered to give me instruments, clothes. Before, I had to save up to buy guitars!”revealed the musician.
The 70-year-old man has therefore seen his status as an artist change and his notoriety climb, without him taking the big head.
“Celebrity has not changed me: I never go to fashionable places, I live in the countryside, near Lyon. Jean-Jacques Goldman and I wanted to sing the meeting of two cultures, of two horizons. Jean-Jacques the Frenchman, and me who comes from Wales. Like him, I think that if you want to write songs, you shouldn’t get away from real life, stay as close as possible people (…) Besides, I don’t know how he manages to do without contact with the public. Me, I can’t, I can never “he explained to our colleagues.
Forty after their meeting, the two accomplices have remained very good friends. “We have remained very close”explained Michael Jones to Provence at the release of his autobiography titled My best chances in September 2021. The composer who lives between Marseille and London had agreed to write the preface. Note that Michael Jones participated in the cover album The Goldman Legacyreleased on January 21.
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