One of the mysteries concerning les filles sourires (apart from: 'Why was there never a follow-up to Dorval's beautiful debut-album' or 'If Coralie Clément is really the sister of Benjamin Biolay, what is her, and his, real name?') is: whatever happened to Tuca, the female Brazilian guitarplayer that made Françoise Hardy's album La Question (from 1971) such a masterpiece?
As Dutch/American vj Adam Curry once said, there are no secrets, just information you don't have. On this great blog, the mystery is revealed: Tuca died in 1977, because of losing too much weight too fast. How sad. To celebrate the magnifique musique that she and Hardy made, here's two songs from La Question. Doigts and the title-track.
Francoise Hardy - Doigts
Francoise Hardy - La Question
(Smiling.) Contemplation is a sweet state to be in. Roar
BeantwoordenVerwijderenLoving your blog, been in love with so many french chanteusses currently in love with Francoiz Breut.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenÝou & me both, Moka!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenWasn't she the one that spent time with Nick Drake? I seem to remember her from reading his biography.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenAnd I do like the tunes...
That blog did a mistake...
BeantwoordenVerwijderenTuca (the nickname of Valenza Zagni) died in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in May 8th, 1978 (not '77).
She had only 2 albums edited in Brazil: Eu, Tuca (1966) and Dracula, I Love You (1975 or 76). The cond was recorded in Paris whre she lived from 1969 to 1975.
I attended to a simple show by her, only voice and guitar, around 1966, in Sao Paulo, in a small place called O Jogral. She was then chubby, small, non-attractive.
I don't know how she came close to Hardy. Rumors insisted for long years that they were lovers.
Aha! Thanks, Refer.
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