What could be a better plan for a relaxed Saturday evening, after having spent the afternoon walking around in Paris than going to some bar with a friendly atmosphere where a good band is playing? Well, that was exactly our plan last Saturday. I had met Ainhoa in the early afternoon and Hans a bit later and after having an early dinner at our favourite creperie in the Quartier Latin, we headed for some concert that was supposed to start at 20h in a bar that is actually on a boat moored in the Seine.
Unfortunately, when we arrived there, nothing was happening, the place was empty, dark, abandoned even... We got a beer from a 'terrace' outside, and waited for about half an hour, and nothing was happening. A few people walked in and asked us about the concert, to which we could only reply that we were also waiting for that. After a while we decided to go elsewhere and we found this small 'bistro' close to 'Grands Boulevards' where a band called 'feeBidou' was about to start playing. The style and sympathy of the band easily got everybody in a very good mood and cheering and following the tunes. The type of music reminded me of the music of the old silent films, where a piano was giving the rhythm to the action. In this case, the three musicians were playing double bass, accordion and banjo, and you could really visualise the story they had told before starting each piece. So with them we followed the Tour de France, and some memories of the accordion player in his favourite bar, playing table football, the adventures of Batman in Rumania, and finally even one of their pieces was an homage to Melies.
I'll be looking for their next concert, and for their third CD that should come out any time soon. You can find more about them at www.freebidou.com
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