MARY-LOU
One foot in America, one foot in Brittany, the west part of France, Mary-Lou have been playing their country-folk songs since 1996. The inspiration of the band comes from traditional music of North America, especially from the deep south (bluegrass, cajun,blues, country ballads, folk, ...)  mixed with the french songs tradition.
The songs talk about Acadia, Mississippi, Louisiana, swamps, … french lyrics telling stories of the deep south, the hobos, the trains, the dust storms …  and the America of the people.
They love Blues, jug bands, old country songs, Jimmie Rodgers, Bob Wills, Pasty Cline, Woody and Arlo Guthrie, the folk singers, the western swing... and much more !
Mary-Lou brings in France sounds and colours of that America that french people love.
That's why, year after year they have been asked to play in many festivals and stages in all parts of France and in Switzerland and Holland.

Mary-Lou is :
Mary : vocals, guitar, washboard, snare, fiddle
Jean-Luc : vocals, guitars, dobro, harmonica, accordeon, kick
with Stephane Dhondt since 2007 :piano, organ, harmony vocals

They spend part of their time in the USA (North Carolina, northern Florida, Tennessee). They've been touring in lovely places and Festivals in the springs of 2008,  2010 and 2011 with their friends from the Tammerlin Band, The Bluegrass Bombers, and Panama Red. Thank you everybody.

Listen samples here

You can and order CDs and DVDs on the band's website, with Paypal

The price of the cds and dvd is 10 €, except for the compilation (15 €)

The Mary-Lou band has recorded six cds and one dvd, the following ones are still available :

 - "Les Orages de Poussière" released in 2003

 - "Americana Favorites" released in 2006

 - "Mary-Lou en concert" (DVD) released in 2006

 - "Courrier Transatlantique" released in 2009

The Mary-Lou band also appears on a very good compilation of french bluegrass and folk music : "France Bluegrass Vol 2"

All these records are still available on the label of the band : Louise Bell Prod.

More than 25 musicians have been invited on these recordings, the trio likes to have friends on stage !

Or on others online shops like :

Price : 13 $

You can also download Mary-Lou's music on CD Baby

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