1. Jean-Patrick Capdevielle was born on December 19,1945 and is a French songwriter, composer, singer, musician and painter who influenced the French rock scene in the 1980s.
16 Facts About Jean-Patrick Capdevielle
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Jean-Patrick Capdevielle received his high school diploma when he was 15 years old, then went on to study medicine and law.
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Jean-Patrick Capdevielle lived in London, where he met The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, and he became a close friend of Eric Clapton.
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In 1978, Jean-Patrick Capdevielle received a gift of an electric guitar from a friend and began to write his first songs.
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Thirty-five years later, Jean-Patrick Capdevielle is still remembered for this song in France.
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Between 1980 and 1982, Jean-Patrick Capdevielle completed three concert tours in Paris, two at The Olympia and one at The Palais de Sports.
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In 1982, Jean-Patrick Capdevielle released his third album L'Ennemi Public, recorded at Bearsville Sound Studio with the participation of renowned American musicians such as Wells Kelly.
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For example, with Mauvaise frequentations in 1984, Jean-Patrick Capdevielle provides a series of very personal, dark and minimalist songs.
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Jean-Patrick Capdevielle returned in 1988, with Nouvel age, which remains one of his lesser-known albums.
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In 1992, Jean-Patrick Capdevielle explored blues-rock with the album Vertigo, which was recorded in Nashville.
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Besides his musical career, Jean-Patrick Capdevielle achieved other artistic pursuits of various forms; he hosted a TV Show, Les Totems du Bataclan between 1985 and 1986; and in 1986, he acted in a telefilm L'Enigme des Sables directed by Philippe Valois.
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Jean-Patrick Capdevielle co-founded a production company with Paco Rabanne, Cadrages, which produced the feature film, directed by Mira Nair, Salaam Bombay that won the Camera d'Or at the 41st Cannes Film Festival in 1988.
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Jean-Patrick Capdevielle authored Linda William's musical success Traces released in 1988 and, the same year, participated to the charitable French song "Liban" with other French artists.
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In 2008, Jean-Patrick Capdevielle supported Sweet Air in taking part in the Baltimore project in support of the hostages of the world.
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The first drafts of these songs were released on social media and Jean-Patrick Capdevielle decided to launch a campaign on the crowdfunding platform KissKissBankBank.
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Jean-Patrick Capdevielle recorded a live album during this tour, which was released in 2017.