An emblematic figure of the French music scene, Eddy Mitchell has nothing left to prove. For years, the artist has been punctuating the daily lives of music lovers with titles like On the road to Memphis, mint-colored wateror The last session. At 81, the former sidekick of Johnny Hallyday is proud of his career and of Vieilles Canailles. For him, the new generation is clearly not up to the task. In any case, this is what his last interview given to Point this Thursday, December 14, 2023 seems to indicate.
Hearing about Benjamin Biolay, Jacques Dutronc’s sidekick “grimace”. “With the violins? It’s ridiculous. I don’t like his string arrangements. And his songs don’t interest me, his Winter Garden for Salvador is Lucile by Michel Jonasz”, he says. In addition to Benjamin Biolay, Eddy Mitchell “form” by Étienne Daho, the singer also questions his duet with Juliette Armanet. The reason ? Of the “tone issues”.
As for Vianney, he believes that “he’s the new Adamo, he has the look of an ideal son-in-law.” Not sure that the main person concerned appreciates… “Good people compose for me: Souchon, Jonasz, Chamfort, Obispo”, he nuances while evoking the geographical proximity that exists between him and the interpreter of Lucy.“He’s my neighbor, he crosses the street, he comes to my house… Above all, he is malleable, he adapts.”
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Eddy Mitchell devastated by the death of Johnny Hallyday
During his interview with our colleagues, Eddy Mitchell also returned to the disappearance of his faithful sidekick: Johnny Hallyday. “It’s a part of my life, I miss him, of course, but he wanted it. We followed the same path, but he went harder. Johnny drank to get drunk. Not me. And he white alcohol should be avoided, it destroys bones, Johnny had hip surgery at the age of 40.”. Touching confidences.
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