WE CAUGHT UP WITH DELANEY AFTER HIS TOUR DE FRANCE, WE MANAGED TO ASK HIM A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT TIME HE HAD SPENT IN FRANCE AND HOW IT WAS:

WAS THIS YOUR FIRST TIME YOU TOURED FRANCE?
YES, ACTUALLY THIS WAS THE FIRST SOLO TOUR OF FRANCE I HAVE DONE, I TOURED FRANCE WITH DEAD BROTHERS ON OUR LAST TOUR, THE "NO SINGER "TOUR, AND HAVE ALSO PLAYED SMALL FORAYS INTO FRANCE, BUT THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME I WAS ABLE TO BRING THE GHOST ORCHESTRA.
I MET UP WITH WOVEN HAND IN MARTIGNY AND WE PLAYED THERE THEN LEFT FOR FEYZIN. BEAUTIFUL DRIVING FROM MARTIGNY THROUGH THE WINE REGION OF THE LAC DU GENEVE, FRENCH ALPS ON THE OTHER SIDE.. STUNNING..



WE PLAYED FEYZIN, GREAT SHOW, NICE BIG STAGE, GREAT SOUND...IT FELT A BIT LIKE A SCHOOL PERFORMANCE.. PEOPLE WERE SO WELL BEHAVED.. THE STAFF WE REALLY HELPFUL.. AND THE HALL HELPED WITH THIS AMBIENCE TOO, BUT IT WAS A GOOD NIGHT..



THEN I SPLIT FROM WOVENHAND, AND I WENT TO MEET MONSIEUR JEAN LUC NAVETTE FROM VIVA DOLOR TATTOO DESIGN IN LYON.. HE SHOWED ME THE LITTLE COVERED STREETS OF LYON, AND THE FREEMASONS SECRET RECIPE FOR THE PHOILOSOPHERS STONE, CARVED INTO THE DOOR OF THE CATHEDRAL.. WE SAW THE CHARGING HORSES IN THE MAIN SQUARE..WHAT A GENTLEMAN



 HE HAD ORGANISED A SHOW, ORIGINALLY WE WERE GONNA MAKE A SHOW IN HIS TATTOO SHOP, BUT ENDED UP PLAYING IN THE SONIC... A BEAUTIFUL BOAT ON THE RIVER, AFTER THE SHOW A SWAN WAS EATING SOME DEAD GUY IN THE WATER,  IT LOOKED SO NICE.. SUCH POETRY IN FRANCE..SMELT PRETTY STRONG...



THE PEOPLE ARE SO HAPPY HERE IN LYON.. SO FRIENDLY AND SUCH JOIE DE VIVRE.. (FRENCH FOR EXCITEMENT)



ANOTHER GUY WHO SAID HE LOVED THE BEATLES ESPECIALLY THE SONG YESTERDAY.. SAID HE REALLY RELATED TO THE LYRICS..



SO SADLY THE NEXT DAY, WE SAID GOODBYE TO JEAN LUC AND AUDREY AND LYON.. WHAT A GREAT PLACE.. THANKS FOR THE HOSPITALITY AND THE GOOD CARE...

SO FROM THERE YOU WENT UP TO REIMS? WERE THOSE THE ONLY SHOWS YOU DID WITH WOVENHAND? HOW DID YOU MEET JEAN LUC IN THE FIRST PLACE? WHAT DO YOU MEAN WE??

YEAH YEAH.. IF YOU GIVE ME A CHANCE I WILL TELL YOU..FROM THERE WE (BEING ME, ALAIN FROM THE COME AND GO, I CALL HIM COME AND ALAIN, HIS GOOD GAL STEPHANIE, AND DANNY (WHOSE PARENTS PLACE WE WERE GOING TO PLAY IN HERMONVILLE, A LITTLE VILLAGE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CHAMPAGNE REGION NEAR REIMS) WHO COMES FROM THERE) ALL HIT THE ROAD AND DROVE UP TO REIMS..





ALAIN LOVES FRANCE.. IT WAS A PRETTY COOL DRIVE.. NICE MOODS.. WE GOT TO REIMS AROUND 5.30 IN THE EVENING.. IT WAS RAINING AND WE WERE A BIT WORRIED FOR THE PARTY BECAUSE IT WAS PLANNED FOR OUTSIDE..



BUT BY THE TIME THE EVENING CAME AND WE HAD EATEN THE PIZZA AND SAUCISSE THE WEATHER HAD CLEARED UP AND IT WAS OK..PEOPLE WERE READY FOR SOME ENTERTAINMENT.. THE LOCAL MAYOR HAD GIVEN THE THUMBS UP, THE TOWN WAS WARNED AND WE HAD PERMISSION TIL 10:15 TO MAKE AS MUCH NOISE AS WE WANTED..



SO WITH ONE SIDE OF THE P.A. WORKING I MANAGED TO MAKE SIX SONGS LAST AN HOUR AND A HALF... I DONT KNOW HOW THIS HAPPENED.. EVENTUALLY THE STORM CAME BACK AND TO THE STRAINS OF RAMBLING MAN THE CONCERT CAME TO A RUMBLING AND THUNDEROUS CLIMAX... I GRABBED THE PEDALS AND THE GHOST ORCHESTRA FROM THE DUST BEFORE IT TURNED TO MUD.. AND THE FRIENDLY LOCALS COMMENCED TO SING LOCAL MUSIC DEEP INTO THE NIGHT WHILST OPENING BOTTLE AFTER BOTTLE OF LOCAL CHAMPAGNE...





THE NEXT MORNING WE HAD A BIG FARMHOUSE STYLE BREAKFAST.. AND WHAT VISIT TO FRANCE IS COMPLETE WITHOUT A BIG FARMHOUSE TABLE EXPERIENCE..MENNO (DANNY'S DUTCH FATHER) COOKED UP BUCKETS OF NASI GORENG AND WE ALL ATE OURSELVES FULL...

WHAT ABOUT WOVENHAND? DID YOU CATCH UP WITH THEM??

FUNNY I WAS JUST GETTING TO THAT BIT.. THIS PART OF THE TRIP WAS THE MOST STRESSFUL FOR ME.. THE SITUATION WAS LIKE THIS: I HAD TO PLAY AT 20:30 FOR A HALF HOUR, (WITH WOVENHAND, SO I PLAYED THREE CONCERTS WITH THEM IN TOTAL) THEN SELL SOME CDS (PREFERABLY), THEN GET THE TRAIN TO PARIS TO MEET MY CONTACT MISS LALLA MORTE, AND GET THE EUROSTAR FROM PARIS TO LONDON AT 6:34 AM THE NEXT MORNING..

SEEMS SIMPLE ENOUGH..

HOW FAR IS THAT?

I GUESS NON STOP ITS ABOUT 6 HOURS.. ANYWAY I WAS SORTED WITH A HOTEL AND A TAXI RIDE TO THE TRAIN STATION AT 4:30 IN THE MORNING.. I WAS TOSSING THIS OVER IN MY MIND WHILE I PACKED UP THE MERCHANDISE AT THE END OF THE NIGHT, AND SOMEONE STARTED TALKIN TO ME.. HE WAS THE LAST GUY LEFT IN THE NIGHT CLUB.. SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT GOING TO NEW ZEALAND.. THIS MIGHT SOUND RUDE, BUT I HAVE HEARD SO MANY PEOPLE SAY THAT.. EVERYONE WANTS TO GO TO NEW ZEALAND THESE DAYS.. I WAS HALF LISTENING TO THIS GUY. HE SEEMED SINCERE.. HE WAS MENTIONING SOMETHING ABOUT COMING  TO THE SHOW FROM PARIS.. HANG ON .. DID YOU SAY PARIS?? YES HE SAID HE HAD COME FROM PARIS TO SEE THE SHOW TONIGHT.... ARE YOU GOING BACK THERE TONIGHT I ASKED?? YES HE SAID.. OH THE LUCK OF THE HOBO I THOUGHT TO MYSELF... I TOLD RUDOLPH I DIDNT NEED THE HOTEL ANY MORE I HAD FOUND A RIDE.. HEY THATS GREAT HE SAID.. LET ME GIVE YOU A BOTTLE OF CHAMPAGNE FROM THE REGION.. SO THERE I WAS.. ON THE WAY TO PARIS.. MEET THE CONTACT.. BOTTLE OF CHAMPAGNE IN THE BAG.. 100% JOHNSON.....

ADIEU REIMS, ADIEU PARIS..VIVE LA FRANCE..

WELL THATS IT? I GUESS SO.. THANKS MR DAVIDSON FOR SPENDING SOOME TIME TO TELL US ABOUT YR TOUR OF FRANCE. DO YOU THINK YOU WILL COME BACK TO PLAY FRANCE AGAIN??

YES FOR SURE. THANKS YOU TOO DICK HEAD

IS IT TRUE YOU HAVE TOURETTES?

FUCK YOU JACKOFF ASSHOLE.