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Marquis de COCO NUT, is a French adventurer in southwest
France. Fascinated at the age of 9 by an early "Rolling Stones" (Got live if you want it), he was now forever Rhytm & Blues bound.
In the 1980's, in West Berlin, he founded with Françoise Cactus the "Lolitas". They recorded
several records, among them two in the U.S.: one produced by Alex Chilton in
1988 in Memphis, Tennessee and the other by Chris Chris Spedding in 1990 in New York
City.
In 1993, he quit the "Lolitas" and lived successively in New
Orleans, Louisiana (where he met Ernie K-Doe), New York City and Baltimore, Md.
In 1995
he was stranded in Guadeloupe (French West Indies) where he recorded two CDs on
his own label, "Tigres Production Guadeloupe".
The "Coco Nut Boogie" was
born, a fine blend of Rhythm & Blues, Soul,
Ska, Zydeco, Quadrille, Twoubadou and Mento
In Guadeloupe he was backed on stage by Tony Faisans, founder of
"Les Rapaces",a legendary combo in the French West Indies.
In 2005 he founds les Barons du Bayou who perform louisiania music live.
2007 he starts a new projekt: the "Art & Music $how", an exhibition of his paintings with live music in clubs, record stores or other....