Dowagiac, Michigan Fun Fest with Yves Francois, 2008

[CoastStarlight11]

My grandparents own a cottage on a lake near Dowagiac

[johnarthurknight]

Yves, whatever happened to Ben Lansing?

[yvesfrancois]

john:

hey it's yves, just to let you know ben was going to be on the gig, but had to work. we have three guitarists in the band, ben, pat (who plays the jazzier gigs like this) and congolese guitarist simon kashama (who plays the afro dance gigs), sometines bruce mak also plays with us

all the best, and glad you (and my buddies soulnick and christie) are checking this, for this is the best yves francois on youtube i know of ... just wait for more!!

[Soulnik]

Cool daddio; I know that super groovy hep jazz cat Yves ;-)

[satellite35]

Awesome intro into the restaraunt! Were they excited? You huys are so good. Did you have fun Yves? I hope so.

*peace*

Christie

[yvesfrancois]

if you know me, you know it's me, guess i should give you the personell, jim christopher is the featured reedman (tenor and clarinet on the saints routine), marc smierciak is the other clarinet, pat mc clintock guitar, joe spilberg bass and the great billy "sticks" nicks on drums (he used to play with jr walker and the all stars), we hope to see you all in dowigiac soon

merci beaucoup

yves francois