A group from Chaux-de-Fonier with spicy songs, the Petits Chanteurs à la Gueule de Bois have managed to keep their childish soul throughout their 20-year career. Back to their story.
Eight albums, including two for young audiences, spicy songs that have resounded on all stages of French-speaking Switzerland: the Petits Chanteurs à la Gueule de Bois, from the Neuchâtel mountains, are celebrating 20 years of career at the end of the year.
“This group started with a not very funny story. We lost a friend who was 28 years old”, remembers Lionel Aebischer, guitarist, banjoist and composer of the Petits Chanteurs à la Gueule de Bois in the 7:30 p.m. of December 19. We met at his funeral to play a few covers and then we had fun playing together. We kept doing it.”
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Simple and childish
For Lionel Aebischer, the recipe lies in simplicity. “For me, the Petits Chanteurs are an almost folkloric group. We use simple verse-chorus forms. We always play what we can play, but there are still one or two little subtleties. .”
The second challenge: keep your child's soul. “We knew how to remain immature, because we have a grain when the three of us are together. What are you going to tell the next generation? I find that there are quite a few things that we doesn't say enough or that we never say, even though we should tell them. And then being an adult is boring”, concludes Lionel Aebischer.
TV subject: Gilles de Diesbach
Web adaptation: Myriam Semaani
Les Petits Chanteurs à la Gueule de Bois, in concert on January 18, 2025 at the Docks in Lausanne and from March 19 to 23 at the Petit Théâtre in Lausanne.
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