Tag: Larry Portis

  • the poverty of french rock ‘n’ roll (2004)

    (originally published by me on Libcom Blog) This is chapter 6 of Larry Portis‘ book French Frenzies. Larry Portis died on June 4, 2011 near Ales in the Languedoc-Roussillon region of the South West of France. He died suddenly of a totally unpredictable heart attack, at the tender age of 67, almost 68. The following is…

  • Johnny Halliday…

    Originally published in 2004 as part of chapter 6 of Larry Portis‘ book about a history of French music, “French Frenzies”, the chapter entitled “the poverty of french rock ‘n’ roll “   A kind of obituary for the former French President of Pop…although it covers lots of other aspects of French rock in the…