16.00USD
Though most of the cards we sell fall somewhere between the 1890s and 1930, we do sometimes add a few outliers, and this one is certainly worthwhile. This is an image of four of the Fallone children, part of a traveling Gypsy family of musicians, who performed throughout France, but mainly in, and around the Burgundian city of Dijon. One of the best known of them, Tony "Tieno" Fallone, a very well respected accordionist, settled in that city, founding a recording studio, a school of music, and a musical instrument store. Fallone Music in Dijon is apparently a thriving business to this day. Below, is a link to their website, which in addition to advertising their business, offers a little family history, and a number of wonderful photographs, including one of the vehicle in which they used to travel. The website is in French, but the link we offer is to a translated version, and in English.:
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fallonemusic.com%2Fhistorique.php
This card was posted in 1936, when Tony was 12 years old. This might have been a considerably older image at the time, and Tony Fallone may have been one of those pictured, but we've no idea, really. Below is a quote from a book by Michael Dregni, "Gypsy Jazz: In Search of Django Reinhardt and the Soul of Gypsy Swing," in which he mentions the Fallones, and the souvenir cards they sold back in those days:
"...accordianist Tony "Tieno" Fallone. Born in 1924 and pumping an accordian by the time he was six, Fallone was early on enlisted in his family's traveling band. La Troupe Fallone was a miniature musical ensemble of child prodigies—and curiosities. They became a famous sight in France playing flea markets and /fettes foraines/, and post cards of the children were sold..."
Although we were unable to locate on Youtube any music recorded by Tony, or any of the Fallones, we offer below a Youtube link to a remarkable accordion piece composed by Tony Fallone and Andre Astier, and beautifully performed by Eric Bouvelle, titled "Route Express." We are not big accordion aficionados, but this really is impressive.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_MtIEuLdfw
Another link below, is to a clip from a fantastic film, "Gadjo Dilo," with some rather more "traditional" Rom music and dance. Though unrelated to our card, PLEASE don't miss this. Gadjo Dilo is a favorite movie of ours, and the song, "Tutti Frutti" is really wonderful:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TjGQbUz36Q
A fine card in very nice posted condition. Please examine our high res scans for detail.
Postage is for first class shipping in a secure photo mailer, and we happily combine shipping on all paper goods. If you purchase two cards, we will refund the postage on the second card, and when you purchase three or more cards from us at the same time, your shipping will be entirely free, except for international orders which, because of sudden increases in international shipping rates will still be charged one card's shipping fees on orders of three or more.
And please come visit our blog at:
redpoulaine.blogspot.com
where we post biographical and historical tidbits, images of cards and photographs for sale, some already sold but remembered fondly, related images of historical interest and sometimes even images of items that have not yet arrived in the shop, but that are expected to arrive soon, as well as coupon codes, links to other related sites, and more!