Where from comes Dominique Rouquier guitarist under the shower ? It is enough to look at big "Led Zep" who is tattooed on his before left hand...
He arises from Hard Rock !
Since, Dominique apparently dived into the very demonstrative universe of the guitar gipsy.
A mixture of virtuosity in which emergent of the notes which lament, hands which cross sleeve at top speed in search of emotion …
The spirit is there : attack twinkling cascade of pearled notes, air appoggiatures.
He makes his debuts for the guitar towards the age of 12 years with his brother who teaches him then his first agreements…
Between Beethoven and Pierre and the Wolf, his mother he made listen to Django Reinhardt on an old man turns disc of time before going to the school…
He would like to play the fragments of Django but for a beginner it is a little bit difficult…
He turns rather to the discs of his older brothers: Led Zep ', Stones, Hendrix, and during years he will play the rock in various local groups.
Then in 1992 he decides to become a professor of guitar and for it he is going to follow classes(courses) in Paris, to Ars Nova Musicologie, and takes up with the music of Django by following classes(courses) with Romanic...... and the adventure begins.
After different guitaristiques experiences in groups of rock, hard' rock, funk, blues and 10 years of orchestra of variety show.
He meets Laurent Delaveau in Paris, between concerts and studios and he decide then to create a group of swing gipsy. It is the return to basics of the "swing" of its childhood...
Many road crossed since :
Anton who, in his caravan, makes him discover the secrets of the music gipsy. Quickly he arranges to meet the other members of the group; he meets then according to time and of the adventure, Tchavolo Schmitt, Biréli Lagrène, Florin Niculescu, Mandino Reinhardt, etc…
Since 1992, Dom' is a professor of guitar at the National Music school of Blois (department 'Current Music'). He was the guitarist of the orléanaise forming "Big Shot" (Album 1992 : Egghead Nightmarre)
During 2 years, Dom' took private tuition with Pépito Vargara, to make then one year to Ars Nova Musicollège with Romanic, Peter Nathanson and Oudni Hadir. He also participated in masterclasses with Jean-Yves Dubanton, and with Mandino Reinhardt.
Editor's note :
His timetable were very in charge of, he announced recently to his agent :
- "It is not question to make without me on scene! "...
This last one would have retorted :
- " Goes to see the bass if I wipe(suffer)! " ;o)
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