“Well done Jim Bauer.
You were wonderful in
The Voice
tonight ”.
On April 18, the evening of his stunning cover of Annie Cordy's "Tata Yoyo", Jim Bauer received invaluable encouragement on Twitter.
That of his father Axel.
If no one has made a secret of the link that unites them, neither the son nor the father wanted to publicize it.
And this singer-guitarist apart, author of the immortals "Cargo", "Eteins la lumière" and "In my place" with Zazie hesitates a little before talking to us about his son, for fear of embarrassing him.
“It's tricky because Jim wants to be seen for himself and he's very good at doing it.
It's not easy when you have two known parents
(Editor's note: her mother is Nathalie Cardone, actress and singer)
.
He makes all his choices, he doesn't cheat, he kept his name, that obviously makes me happy.
I am there for him, he knows it, but Jim wants to make his way on his own.
And he is obviously right.
"
Bravo @JimBauer you were great in The Voice tonight 👏 #TheVoice #jimbauer
- Axel Bauer (@AxelBauerMusic) April 17, 2021
Nevertheless, Axel Bauer is an assiduous viewer of this tenth season of the TF 1 telecrochet. "The first guitar Jim plays, when he covers"
This Is A Man Man's World
", it's a Fender Telecaster that I gave him. offered.
But he doesn't need me to buy guitars, notes the musician.
In
The Voice
, I follow Jim with care and support, with the benevolence of a father but also the respect that artists owe each other.
I am proud of him, he has a lot of talent and I am happy to be discovered.
He is a sublime performer.
He never ceases to amaze us.
"
VIDEO.
Jim Bauer covers "This Is A Man Man's World" by James Brown
And to add: “His talent is not a surprise for me. He has had it since he was eight years old. At 10-12 years old, he had already made a great album, which he called
Les Planètes
. He was very precocious. He didn't play any instruments, but I gave him a little computer with music software and he put it together really well. "
Around thirteen, Jim Bauer asked his guitarist father a funny question: "Do you have a guitar?" ". "I gave him an old acoustic guitar and without telling me too much, he learned to play it," says Axel Bauer. He would just come and tell me to teach him a song every now and then. I remember
Hotel California
, because there were a lot of agreements. And then he worked a lot, sometimes he asked me if I could record it. His career is all the more deserving and respectable because he did it alone. He went in the subway, in the street, to face difficulties which the
sons of
do not necessarily have to confront each other.
In the street, he suffered all the setbacks, without ever complaining.
He's courageous.
He is also the son of his mother, who has a crazy character and she is a very good actress.
"
"We saw the birth of an artist"
And what does he think of his participation in the front page show? “I would not have done it, admits Axel Bauer, but we are different and times have changed. When he was a kid, I advised him not to do a show like that because I was afraid he would get eaten up by the media. Parents' natural fears. I revised my judgment on
The Voice
. Not only is there nothing pejorative about participating, but it is almost a condition for getting started. I think it's good that he's doing it. Through his voice, he will be able to defend different musical values and aspirations. Jim is beyond rock, very open and free, he likes to have fun and hates being put in a box. On stage, he goes so far as to cover Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
(Editor's note: "the Pakistani Pavarotti", disappeared in 1997)
, which is not given to everyone. I don't know if he will win
The Voice
, but he has already won because people recognize his talent. I would say the same if it wasn't my son. For me Jim is an artist. We saw the birth of an artist. "