Sèm Montanhòls / Nous sommes montagnards, Occitan traditional by steelguitar

[steelguitar]

Contribution for the Traditional Fest
Here my version of a occitan (south of France) traditional revolutionnary song
I made my own arrangement music&lyrics from a french lyrics adapted directly from occitan language

"Occitan (English pronunciation: /ˈɒksɪˌtæn/;[5] French: [ɔk.si.tɑ̃]; Occitan: [utsiˈta]),[6] known also as lenga d'òc by its native speakers (Occitan: [ˈleŋɡɔ ˈðɔ(k)]; French: langue d'oc), is a family of Romance language spoken in southern France, Italy's Occitan Valleys, Monaco, and Spain's Val d'Aran: the regions sometimes known unofficially as Occitania. It is also spoken in the linguistic enclave of Guardia Piemontese (Calabria, Italy). Occitan is a descendant of the spoken Latin language of the Roman Empire, as are languages such as Catalan, French, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian and Spanish." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occitan_language

Hope you will like a folk-blues oriented   of a traditional french/occitan song  

Jean-Sébastien

Ps : the original occitan  language is like this : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrmASIOBwHE

[Oldrottenhead]

brilliant, i wonder if tom waits listened to this type of music in the past.

[SwanSong]

This is marvelous. u have a wonderful vocal. and works well
with your style of guitar playing..hats off 2 u for a fine
production going on here. wish u the best Neil.!

[danieldesete]

Great groovy cover, I love the atmosphere, you just brought back that rebel song in the 21st century. I love the guitar work in the end, and your voice is calm and grave, a keeper !
Daniel

[danieldesete]

My Stephany wants you to sing it in occitan, come on steelguitar !

[steelguitar]

My Stephany wants you to sing it in occitan, come on steelguitar !

Wow! It is a quasi foreign language for me, even if some people in my family talk occitan!!!

I will try, promise. But if it is not satisficing for me, there will not a post!!!

Thanks my friend for your comments ! :-)
Thanks also for SwanSong & Oldrottenhead! I don't know if Tom Waits used to listen to these traditional french/occitan songs for his own songs.

Jean-Sébastien

[64Guitars]

Great job, Jean-Sébastien. Your guitar playing is very dynamic and expressive and I love the vocal.

[fenderbender]

Great recording Jean-Sébastien
love that bluesy trem guitar --super
great vocals too -


Tommy

[Groundy]

Absolutely Brilliant, well done to to you.............Alex

[danieldesete]

HI JS, I couldn't resist adding a little bass line to your occitan rebel song.

Hope you don't mind, but if you call it intrusion, invasion, imperialism or mere s**t, I'll delete the post, no offence


cheers
Daniel