Many consider one of the best songs in the history of food cowboys, an epic play Let you show you the show At first I wanted to become a pastry of the songs of the 1970s. “In the beginning it was almost Joke“, Admits the singer-author of songs JF Pauzé. So far, reality is not involved.
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In November 2024, Let you show you the show The song of the year was crowned on the gala concert Adisq. The song played in a strong rotation at several commercial radio stations during the year, despite its duration for more than seven minutes.
The play was created for the musical Royal pubThe field at that time was the creation of the show was already well advanced, but the character was absent. It was then that the pause had the idea of an old rock star, such as Johnny Hallide, who was subjected to a heart attack.
Led Zeppelin et eagles
“The song came like this,” says the author of the songs. I heard that this became the great Toune, but in the early 1970s it was a shepherd from LED Zeppelin and Eagles. Since it was for the musical, I wanted to ruin myself. I could get out of the beaten paths that I had with cowboys and play with my background De Cégep when I listened to these Touunes. It was for laughter. “
“After that, with the text that I put on it, the song took another dimension,” he continues. She lost her side [léger]There was no more field Joke. “
Present the song to Karl
Since the song spoke about the death of the character Johnny Flash, including the parallels with the life of Karl Trammlley – JF Pauzé could not introduce her to his friend. Rather, he played this with Marie-Ennik Lepin, who told her that she would make her listen to Karl.
“If Karl was not comfortable, I was ready to put something else for the musical,” says J.F. Finally, he said that it was a wonderful song and that he would sing it, “when I feel that the moment will come.” “
Fragility in his voice
Since his cancer weakened him too much, Karl could no longer leave the house at the end. Therefore, a small studio was created in his living room so that he could record the songs of the album Royal pub“To complete the loop.”
“When he did it in his living room [La fin du show]It was a rather touching moment, recognizes JF. […] We felt fragility in his voice, a little that Karl is usually not. We made two or three catches and made a collage from the best ends. We still did not know this, but it was a month before his death. “
General emotions
At the Adisq gala concert, he was captured by general emotions that JF Pauzé went to get Félix de la Chanson de la Year, in Mari-Annik and Jerome Dupras. “You win the song of the year and the author or composer of the year, but at the same time, your group dead. How is that strange. “
In his new round, JF Pauzé will be fifteen songs of Cowboys, in addition to their solo equipment. But he will not touch Let you show you the showThe field “It belongs to Karl and the musical,” he concludes.
