Eddy Mitchell continues projects. In addition to going out
Friends his fortieth album, he also offers his first autobiography. For this special occasion, it is in the columns of Figaro this Thursday, November 28 that he made some confidences. The singer mentioned his wife, Muriel Bailleul, who wrote a text for his new album but also devoted himself to Jim Harrison. “She had already signed a song about Léo Ferré, on my album The Heroes”, he recalled before continuing, in complete transparency: “As for Harrison, I’m a fan, but she’s even more of a fan than me.”
Jim Harrison left his mark on an entire generation, notably Muriel Bailleul. “François Busnel, from “La Grande Librairie”, who is also a great admirer, devoted a report to him”, he confided before adding:
“He made him listen to my song L’Esprit grande prairie. We were supposed to meet in Paris.” A meeting during which Eddy Mitchell fully intended to bring his wife, delighted at the idea of meeting one of his idols. “My wife was excited at the idea of dining at her table,” he declared before specifying that this dinner never took place. “ But the poor thing has died in the meantime,” concluded the singer.
Eddy Mitchell: a man transparent about his daily life
Eddy Mitchell surprised by revealing an autobiography. His fans never imagined that he would decide to become so transparent with them.
“No, it's because of Dutronc who wrote his book and who said to his editor: “You should see Eddy, he has things to tell”, he said. If this simple sentence encouraged him to get started, Eddy Mitchell specifies that it is not the only reason. “And then I was tired of reading false legends about myself.
It’s good to be able to put things straight,” declares the principal concerned.
Eddy Mitchell says it: the hardest part is getting started. “Afterwards the memories came back to me all the more easily because the book is chronological, which made the events resurface gradually.
he confides. In this work, he recalls his childhood, a society of which he has many memories but which has completely disappeared. “Belleville is no longer the same, which is perhaps not a bad thing, anyway. Everything changes,” he declared. Although he has very good memories of this neighborhood, he admits not “understand the fear of others. I never understood it. I wasn't raised like that,” assure Eddy Mitchell.
Eddy Mitchell and Muriel Bailleul: a couple still very close
Eddy Mitchell has shared his wife's life for forty years. Together, they gave birth to a daughter in 1982, named Pamela, whose godfather was her friend Johnny Hallyday. The singer is generally very discreet about his private life but sometimes he confides in it. Faced with Léa Salamé a few weeks ago, he first said: “It’s always in love, always in love, but differently,” before continuing:
“That is to say, there is less sexual intercourse,
there are fewer, let’s say conflicting, relationships, but we are still in love, yes.” A couple who are still so close.
