Thomas Dutronc has kept face since the death of Françoise Hardy last June. It was also he who announced the sad news on Instagram… The singer returns with a new album, his fourth, which he chose to call “It’s never too late”a clever mix of pop and gypsy guitar on eleven new tracks. The artist spoke to our colleagues at Point de vue and assured that he had no intention of being a singer before falling in love at first sight. The son of Jacques Dutronc obviously admitted to having been influenced by the tastes of his parents. “My father was country music – Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson – and I thank him for this culture: simple songs that speak of the simple life, from which I want to draw more and more inspiration.”he confided.
Why didn’t Thomas Dutronc always want to be a singer?
And to continue: “At one time, mom listened to France Gall all the time, loudly. And there, Dad and I were less in agreement, we left by slamming the door!”. “From the age of 12, I did my own education. Many black Americans: Chuck Berry, Jimi Hendrix, then Prince, Ray Charles, Michae Jackson, James Brown… I also revered Georges Brassens”he concluded on this point by announcing that he “didn’t want to be a singer”. For what ? “I thought there were enough of them in the family,” he began by answering.
Then to explain his change of mind: “I fell in love at first sight one evening at a friend’s house who was playing The Doors of the Penitentiary and Forbidden Games on the guitar. At 20 years old, my decision was made and when I announced it to my mother, she It was a sort of contract: I had five years to seriously learn to play and make it my career. I started with campfire guitar with friends, in Corsica. I was crazy about Clapton. , I also listened to flamenco, blues, until the day I discovered Django Reinhardt. A huge slap in the face..
Thomas Dutronc took the opportunity to confide his regret at the fact that he is constantly reminded of the death of his mother while he releases his new album. “JI wish she could listen to him. I would also have preferred that the press talked to me less about her absence… I always have a somewhat naive belief in the delicacy of people but… reading or hearing ‘she’s better off where she is’: no!”he declared. And to conclude: “I would have preferred that she still remained among us to enjoy her. Her life revolved around the songs and around me. And perhaps first of all around me. This morning, I listened to So Many beautiful things, that she wrote to me My grief is both very banal and. try again personnel”.
