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  • From: Dina Hornreich <dinahornreich AT earthlink.net>
  • To: typicalgirls AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [TypicalGirls] Fw: RIP Lizzy Mercier Descloux
  • Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 05:55:53 -0700 (PDT)

-----Forwarded Message-----
From: Perfect Sound Forever <perfect AT furious.com>
Sent: May 18, 2004 5:45 AM
To: Dina Hornreich <dinahornreich AT earthlink.net>
Subject: RIP Lizzy Mercier Descloux

Hi Dina,

For some reason, I can't post to TG list from work. Could you please share
this with the list?

Thanks,
Jason

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From: Richard Hell

On Saturday, May 22nd, 6:00-9:00 PM, there will be a memorial for Lizzy
Mercier Descloux at CBGB Gallery (313 The Bowery at Bleecker, next to
CBGB's. 212.677.0455). All are welcome.

Lizzy Mercier first arrived in New York from Paris at the end of 1974.
She was seventeen years old, and had been brought here by her
collaborator on Rock News magazine, Michel Estaban, who'd already
visited and been inspired by the earliest musicians at CBGB. Lizzy, in
turn, inspired the musicians, collaborating with Patti Smith and with
Richard Hell. By the later seventies she was making records herself. In
1984 she made an album (Lizzy Mercier Descloux) that was a hit in
France. It was recorded in Africa and was the first record by a French
musician (or American) to be made with pure African music. Her favorite
thing was to sail. She was always travelling and she lived for times in
East Africa, Guadaloupe, Brazil (where Chet Baker played on her album
One for The Soul), and Corsica, as well as Paris and New York, among
many other places. In recent years she also produced many paintings. She
was born 16 Dec 1956 and died 19 April 2004, of cancer discovered a year
ago. As she wished, her ashes were scattered at sea near Corsica.

There are some pictures of Lizzy and a few words from Richard Hell about
her to be found at http://www.richardhell.com/hellnews.html



-Dina

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