PEBEZH EURED

 

                           GERARD GUENEGOU        JEAN-MICHEL GUILLANTON

''PEBEZH EURED'' 

Biniou Bras                                       Bombard 

SELAOUIT !  

Paris Album, 1977, 4-3390 

 This second hand album is a good example of the revival in Brittany that was also felt among traditional musicians who could record albums and sell them easily.
Guillanton and Guenegou are ''sonneurs'' : bombard and bagpipe in the form of the scottish bagpipe called biniou bras or ''big bagpipe''. 
Guenegou played a lot with the late Yann Péron who died in 1975 (see my post of the 9th August 2024). 
Guillanton comes from the Morbihan the biggest Breton departement; his father Joachim was a famous musicians and collector who took part with Polig Monjarret and others  to the creation of Bodadeg ar Sonerion (musicians' assembly). Jean-Michel was also involved in passing on knowledge to younger generations and collaborated with Dastum for the preservation and dissemination of Breton traditional music. He died in 2022 at the age of 68. 
The title means in Breton :''what a wedding; listen !''
On side A marches and melodies alternate while side B has two fisel suite, one laride and one scottish. 
Paris Album was a label based in Paris  that was mainly focused on blues.
Text in French and Breton. 

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