#42 Chris Garneau

We took Chris Garneau in an animated parisian bar. He played softly, ignoring and caring little about the clamor about him. It was just quiet, and beautiful.
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#42.1 - BETWEEN THE BARS

Réal : Vincent Moon

Shot in Paris, March 2007

CAE - #42.1 - Chris Garneau - BETWEEN THE BARS

There was low lighting, a menu scratched in chalk, a smoky air, girls laughing, and chiming glasses. There was a dark, wooden piano, a hideous caricature statue of Gainsbourg, magazines strewn all about, and abounding discussion. There was a guy folded over the ivory with stooping shoulders, who seemed to be singing for his own amusement. His name was Chris Garneau.

That afternoon, we had crossed the whole north side of Paris, talking for hours about me discovering his music, about his childhood partly spent near Versailles. We laughed with his friend, gave up our seats for the more elderly on the 96 bus, and Chris had hardly even took his hands out of the tiny pockets of his tiny jeans. He rarely held his head up, and his shoulders remained permanently curled over. He emitted these small laughs and spoke with a slender voice, which is strangely timid yet open, embarrassed yet ready for anything. Ready to play in a bar that he discovered, surrounded by surprised Parisians.

The Troisième Bureau bar began to come alive again after the first song, which was barely announced and quieted the clientele. The coffee machine rumbled, the girls laughed, and the glasses chimed. Chris continued to play softly, ignoring and caring little about the clamor about him. He sung alone, whispering into the mic and folded over the piano as if he were actually playing before a tranquil and blurry landscape.

In the end, we were drawn into the song Between the Bars, forced into Chris’s quiet, whispering soundscape. Vincent Moon was at the other end of the room, perched behind some candles. Between him and Chris the hazy space remained noisy and attentive at the same time, absorbing certain parts of the musical caress.

We brought in a level of exaggeration to this last song for a change of pace. We left, sung outside, and came back into the bar as if we weren’t invited. Chris stopped suddenly in the middle for a tuning problem as the bar continued to live on, which made it even more magnificent. In the end, the tuning seemed the same, which made us wonder whether he had stopped for a completely different and mysterious reason.

#42.2 - WE DON’T TRY

Réal : Vincent Moon

Shot in Paris, March 2007

CAE - #42.2 - Chris Garneau - WE DON’T TRY

We’ll never know for sure. Following this, we climbed up to the Maroquinerie, where we had organized a show with Chris. A show for a more attentive audience, for whom Chris still had the same timid yet open nature as before.

le 3 April 2007 par Chryde
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Chris Garneau

wonderful work:D love your voice

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16 June 2007, by sillybunny

Chris Garneau

Where i can find the Mp3 of this amazing version of between the bars?

Please post the link!!! Thanx!!!

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19 September 2007, by un courageux anonyme

RE : Chris Garneau

http://www.stereogum.com/archives/mp3/chris-garneau-covers-elliott-smith.html

That link has a copy in mp3 format

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24 September 2007, by un courageux anonyme

Chris Garneau

I fell in love with him after seeing this.

He’s such a sweetheart! <3

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5 October 2007, by ilovechris

Chris Garneau

I saw him live a few months ago and he was amazing. I actually found him after seeing his cover of Between the Bars on this site when it was posted last year. I’m not sure what you mean by "which made us wonder whether he had stopped for a completely different and mysterious reason" because he didn’t really stop, he just reached the end of the song. And you can hear he is in a lower key the second time.

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