Those Development followsSwiss music in mourning –
Bernie Constantin, death of a rocker
The alpine iguana with its beautiful patter had shaken the sweet Helvetia with its “Switzerland reggae”. He died this Thursday at the age of 77.
Posted today at 5:14 p.m.
Bernie Constantin in his Anzère living room, in 2022. Behind him, his personal altar to the glory of rock’n’roll and his own youth.
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“The Rolling Stones are older than me and they still play. So why would I stop?” Bernie Constantin knew how to choose his references. The privilege of sharing with Mick Jagger a face full of lip and arrogance and, like the Englishman, of having also been a pioneer, in the tumultuous hours of original rock. Not on the same scale, of course, but who cares! England and the world for the Stones, French-speaking Switzerland and its surroundings for Bernie. Who unfortunately lost his bet to survive them: the Valais rocker died this Thursday, at his home. He was 77 years old.
