Byron Holmes : run see and listen!

Byron will be there again, café Benjamin, Wednesday night! Byron did it again at le Benjamin café on rue de Rivoli. The setting sun peeks in through the open window on the side street, the trottoir filled with stunned people listening and jumping.

Byron does it again, he screams like Screaming Jay Hawkins, he plays the 'lectric guitar to Jimmy Hendrix like Jimmy Hendrix and he's himself, here in Paris, the star from Louisiana, who with his percussionist and bassist do a ripping performance.

As a child his mother told him to get rid of his dog. He was 13 years old. He stepped out with his dog, wondering where to dump him. He finally found a fence around a property and shoved the dog over it. He turned to walk back, when he saw a long-haired Jesus like figure in a white gown and beads approach. He ran for his life. He heard his voice gently calling him back. He stopped and met the man who offered to buy his dog. He would have to bring him to his home, a large mansion further on. Byron followed him and entered a haven of freedom, beautiful girls and boys running around undressed, loving each other -- and the smell of incense.

Totally bewildered, he forgot to ask for the money for his dog, and listened astounded to the collection of Jimmy Hendrix records the Jesus like man had in his mansion. When he returned home he was hallucinating.

Today he's the voice of Hendrix, but his own style and recent songs make him stand out in strange places - like le chat noir at Pigalle. On Wednesday 21, at 20:30 you can see and hear him do an exceptional concert Benjamin, rue de Rivoli, Les Halles.