Cisco started guitar when he was 17. However, he had a singular approach to the instrument as he was more interested by playing music than by just playing guitar. So it took only a few guitar lessons and a lot of practice (8 hours a day everyday for over a year) before the lady who taught the instrument told him he had no more to learn from her. A whole year passed. Though originally a brilliant pupil, Cisco was now too obsessed and rebellious to carry on studying if he could play music instead. After being expelled from two different colleges, he left his family and went on travelling around Europe with his guitar on his back.
Cisco's travels took him to Wales where he met John James. The Welshman was immediately captivated by the young virtuoso and his playing and took him under his wing. With John James, Cisco not only learnt finger-picking techniques. He was also taught that this very style was especially difficult to master, as it required more than just authenticity and feel. In order to avoid becoming an academical musician, James told his student that the most important was to drown himself into to the reality of the Blues. Hence, the young Blues apprentice carried on with his journey. Inevitably, it took him where everything began, that is on the banks of the Mississippi River. There, were the genuine players, playing the Real Thing. Cisco drenched himself into the music and made a pivotal encounter: Fred Mc Dowell. Cisco learnt many tricks and techniques from him, including the bottleneck techniques that made him one of the best slide players to this day.
When he returned to France, he became one of first French Bluesmen in the country. And even though his style was very innovative, he was broadcast several times on the French national radio (he did the « ORTF Cabaret » 3 times). Then, he was quickly taken on board by Breton bard Glenmor for one of his tours. Cisco then recorded with famous French Ragtime Jazz combo « Les Haricots Rouges » for the Pathé Marconi label. The recording was followed up by a tour. It was during that tour that Cisco experienced another unexpected twist of fate: John Lee Hooker was opening for them. Both guitarists instantly digged each other and when John Lee offered him to be his second guitar on his tour, Cisco could only accept. These were hard times for Blues music and France was an especially hard place to be a Blues musician. Except for a few buffs, no one really seemed to care about this style of music. Cisco decided it was time to take a break. He went back studying, successfully graduating both in Psychology and Economics. During that period, he wrote numerous columns and created psycho-technical tests still in use today. He also got married, raising three beautiful children while still actively working for the recognition of the Blues with his brother Gérard Herzhaft, internationally linking their name with this music.
Then, Cisco went back to Memphis and came face to face with Moses Vinson, one of the last ragtime and boogie-woogie piano pioneers still alive. The man was once well known in the 1930s, playing with Albert Ammons, a experienced Barrel Houses performer. Vinson, way into his nineties, still had to play for a few dimes in souvenirs shops as part of tourism folklore to make his living. Cisco decided it was time to get back on the saddle for the glory of the Blues. He flew straight back to France to record with his brother Gérard the first Herzhaft Blues album, a musical eulogy dedicated to all blues musicians in and out of History.
Cisco's travels took him to Wales where he met John James. The Welshman was immediately captivated by the young virtuoso and his playing and took him under his wing. With John James, Cisco not only learnt finger-picking techniques. He was also taught that this very style was especially difficult to master, as it required more than just authenticity and feel. In order to avoid becoming an academical musician, James told his student that the most important was to drown himself into to the reality of the Blues. Hence, the young Blues apprentice carried on with his journey. Inevitably, it took him where everything began, that is on the banks of the Mississippi River. There, were the genuine players, playing the Real Thing. Cisco drenched himself into the music and made a pivotal encounter: Fred Mc Dowell. Cisco learnt many tricks and techniques from him, including the bottleneck techniques that made him one of the best slide players to this day.
When he returned to France, he became one of first French Bluesmen in the country. And even though his style was very innovative, he was broadcast several times on the French national radio (he did the « ORTF Cabaret » 3 times). Then, he was quickly taken on board by Breton bard Glenmor for one of his tours. Cisco then recorded with famous French Ragtime Jazz combo « Les Haricots Rouges » for the Pathé Marconi label. The recording was followed up by a tour. It was during that tour that Cisco experienced another unexpected twist of fate: John Lee Hooker was opening for them. Both guitarists instantly digged each other and when John Lee offered him to be his second guitar on his tour, Cisco could only accept. These were hard times for Blues music and France was an especially hard place to be a Blues musician. Except for a few buffs, no one really seemed to care about this style of music. Cisco decided it was time to take a break. He went back studying, successfully graduating both in Psychology and Economics. During that period, he wrote numerous columns and created psycho-technical tests still in use today. He also got married, raising three beautiful children while still actively working for the recognition of the Blues with his brother Gérard Herzhaft, internationally linking their name with this music.
Then, Cisco went back to Memphis and came face to face with Moses Vinson, one of the last ragtime and boogie-woogie piano pioneers still alive. The man was once well known in the 1930s, playing with Albert Ammons, a experienced Barrel Houses performer. Vinson, way into his nineties, still had to play for a few dimes in souvenirs shops as part of tourism folklore to make his living. Cisco decided it was time to get back on the saddle for the glory of the Blues. He flew straight back to France to record with his brother Gérard the first Herzhaft Blues album, a musical eulogy dedicated to all blues musicians in and out of History.
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:02
Size: 107.7 MB
Styles: Acoustic blues
Year: 2010
Art: Front
[4:32] 1. Feel Like A Warrior
[3:27] 2. The Cisco's System
[3:42] 3. Apache
[4:45] 4. Mean Dirty Street
[3:17] 5. The Joggin' Boogie
[3:58] 6. Summertime
[3:18] 7. Sixteen Tons
[2:23] 8. Raggin' Bluegrass
[4:18] 9. Slidin' Out My Soul
[2:27] 10. Raggin' Guitar Man
[2:38] 11. Walkin' Down My Lonesome Road
[3:50] 12. Can The Circle Be Unbroken
[4:22] 13. Feel Like A Warrior (Group)
The Cisco's System mc
The Cisco's System zippy
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 52:30
Size: 120.2 MB
Styles: Acoustic blues
Year: 2007
Art: Front
[3:43] 1. Cookin' The Boogie
[4:26] 2. John Henry The Irishman
[2:23] 3. Sweet And Spicy Rag
[3:39] 4. J'ai Du Bon..
[4:09] 5. Schnorer's Blues
[3:27] 6. Pease Don't Try To Make Me
[4:20] 7. Handworking Blues
[1:28] 8. Rock (Rag) Around The Clock
[3:29] 9. A Quoi Penses-Tu
[3:43] 10. Long Lonesome Blues
[4:15] 11. Indian Whisky Blues
[3:35] 12. La Valse Du Xxème Siècle
[6:05] 13. Baby Please Don't Go
[3:43] 14. Rollin' And Tumblin'
Cisco's Cooking mc
Cisco's Cooking zippy
3 comments:
Pleas New Links. Thank You
New links for "Cisco's Cooking" can be found below. Sorry Checo but I don't have the other album on this post, but you could try asking for it in the Basement.
Cisco Herzhaft - Cisco's Cooking (2007) [320]
MC: https://www.mirrored.to/files/WWUOFC7G/CH-CC.rar_links
Zippy: https://www41.zippyshare.com/v/egtmjJHZ/file.html
No Problem Red Rooster, Thank You For The Album.
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