The French Connection and Tucson Friends: Masterclass Finale Concert

Tuesday October 3

Doors 7pm, Show 7:30pm

$12 Advance, $14 Day of Show

21+

The French ‘Masterclass’ brings Twelve Musicians to Tucson for Three Shows, Workshops

How would twelve musicians from Nantes, France, find their way to Tucson for a three week long ‘Masterclass’ with several of Tucson’s most gifted music makers?

The roots of the current Masterclass go back decades, and bespoke a transnational DIY ethos. Kick-started in 1995 by the French band The Little Rabbits desire to record with local producer/engineer/studio owner Jim Waters at his Waterworks studio, an un-official sister-city status has spontaneously manifested between Tucson and Nantes that has seen dozens of musicians, visual artists, filmmakers and more travel back and forth between their mutual cities for tours, festivals, residencies and more. The origin story is told in an article I wrote for Tucson Weekly back in 2015:

https://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/french-connection/Content?oid=1092159

Tucson locals who have made the trek over the years include Golden Boots, The Pork Torta, Al Foul, Bob Log III, Al Perry, Gabriel Sullivan and many more, including a few who are also directly involved in the Masterclass and three shows being staged while they are in town: Billy Sedlmayr, Brian Lopez, Jeff Grubic, Dimitri Manos and Tom Walbank. Other local musicians involved in the Masterclass include Sergio Mendoza, Arthur Vint, Vicki Brown and John Contreras.