Henry Padovani

Henry Padovani
Stage name:	Henry Padovani
Origin:	Bastia , Corsica , France
Born:	October 13, 1952
Active years:	1971 -
Genre :	Rock / Pop / New Wave
Record label :	IRS Records Copeland International Arts
Website:	http://www.henrypadovani.com/

Henry Padovani (born October 13, 1952 in Bastia , Corsica ) is a French guitarist, founding member of The Police and The Flying Padovanis , played briefly with Wayne County & The Electric Chairs and worked as a music producer and manager.

Childhood and beginnings

At the age of eleven, Henry received a guitar from his uncle, but initially ignored it for three years. At 16, he and school friends joined the band "Lapsus", who played English-language pop music in local dance clubs. Instead of starting his studies at the University of Aix-en-Provence in 1971 , Henry Padovani worked as a DJ in a club.

Artistic career

Here he met Paul Mulligan in 1976, attended a concert by his band The Flaming Groovies , ending with an invitation to London. Henry Padovani decided to stay in England in December 1976 and became friends with Marc Zermati , who in turn introduced him to Stewart Copeland .

From The Police to The Flying Padovanis

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Padovani jammed with Stewart Copeland, his brother Ian Copeland and later Sting in punk clubs, and in January 1977 this quartet formed the trio The Police. The Police had numerous live appearances and after a few months they had their first success with the single Fall Out, which was released by an independent label .

As early as June 1977 Andy Summers became guitarist for the band, and in September 1977 Henry joined the band Wayne County & The Electric Chairs .

In 1980 Henry Padovani founded his own guitar instrumental band The Flying Padovanis with further albums / singles up to 1983 and smaller (partially unreleased) productions with other artists, including the song "Cosa Nostra" on the " Johnny Thunders Tribute Album".

Music producer & manager

Between 1984 and 1994, Padovani was Vice President of Miles Copeland III 's - brother of Stewart Copeland and formerly manager of The Police - independent label IRS Records in Paris (bought by EMI in 1993). IRS Records artists included REM , The Bangles , The Gogos, The Cramps , Wall of Voodoo , Stan Ridgway (formerly "WoV" singer), William Orbit , Timbuk 3 , The Alarm , Doctor and the Medics , The Fleshtones , Concrete Blonde , The Act , The Lords of the New Church, and Animal Logic .

He met Zucchero in May 1994 and was again Zucchero's manager together with Miles Copeland from June 1994 to April 2000. In 1997 he also supervised the Corsican band I Muvrini and brought what he is proud of, their music on radio (as a duet with Sting ) and television (video with "Sting" and Laetitia Casta ).

Henry Padovani takes a break from the music business for two years and has produced other artists since 2002, such as the Cuban “casa de la trova” (album “la serenata picante”, May 2002).

Projects from 2004

Disaffected by the artist management, Henry decided to perform as a musician again and began in January 2004 with the meticulous preparations for his solo album and the documentary music film "La Vie comme elle va" (2003) with Jean-Henri Meunier . The recordings for the album ended in 2004 - "A croire que c'était pour la vie".

Particularly noteworthy is the single “Welcome Home” ( remix ), featuring Stewart Copeland and Sting , the first informal reunion of the original Police since the recording of “Fall Out” and “Nothing Achieving”. Manu Katché , Steve Hunter, Glen Matlock (ex Sex Pistols ) and Chris Musto are other prominent guest musicians.

"Secret Police Man" is an (autobiographical) book released on April 25, 2006 containing numerous episodes of the " sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll " lifestyle in London in the late 1970s and early days of "The Police" including pictures to the content.

For Jean Henri Meunier's film "Ici Najac, à vous la Terre" and his solo album, he wrote around 30 songs - "Ici Najac, à vous la Terre" (June 7, 2006) was an official selection at the Festival de Cannes and was included in 2007 awarded to the César .

The Flying Padovani's reformed in early 2007 and released the album "Three for Trouble", followed by a tour in the summer of 2007, including a performance at the Fuji Rock Festival in Japan.

Padovani performed at The Police's reunion concert in Paris in the summer of 2007 towards the end of the concert.

Henry Padovani occasionally performs live with his friend Rachid Taha .

Discography

Singles with "The Police"

• 1977 - "Fall Out / Nothing Achieving"
• 2007 - "Welcome Home" (CD single, featuring Stewart Copeland and Sting, from March in the USA and April in England)

Albums with Wayne County & The Electric Chairs and Jayne County respectively

• 1978 - "The Electric Chairs"
• 1979 - "Somany Ways / J'attends les marines" (single)
• 1979 - "Storm the Gates of Heaven"
• 1980 - "Things Your Mother Never Told You"
• 1982 - "The Best of Jayne / Wayne County & The Electric Chairs"

Albums with "The Flying Padovanis"

• 1980 - "Vas plus haut / Western Pasta" (single)
• 1987 - "They Call Them Crazy"
• 1983 - "Font l'enfer"
• 2004 - "The Flying Padovanis Live"
• 2007 - "Three for Trouble" (May 2007)

Solo projects & collaborations

• 2001 - "Cosa Nostra" on the "Johnny Thunders Tribute Album" ( compilation )
• 2005 - "A croire que c'etait pour la vie" / "When You Believed It Was Forever"
• 2006 - "Ici Najac, à vous la Terre" (soundtrack to Jean Henri Meunier's film)

Filmography

• 2001 - "Campus, le magazine de l'écrit" (TV documentary, episode "Les décennies passent")
• 2003 - "La Vie comme elle va" - As Life Goes By (DVD / TV, June 9, 2003)
• 2006 - "Ici Najac, à vous la Terre" (DVD / TV, June 7, 2006)
• 2006 - " Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out "

literature

• Andy Summers: One Train Later: a memoir. Thomas Dunne Books, New York 2006, ISBN 0-312-35914-4 .
• Didi Zill: The Police - Photos from 1979 to 1981. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-89602-492-2 .
• Sting: Broken Music. The autobiography. Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2005, ISBN 978-3-596-16249-9 .
• Henry Padovani: Secret Police Man. Editions Flammarion, Paris 2006, ISBN 2-08-068943-6 .

Web links

• Official website (English / French)
• Henry Padovani on "myspace.com" (English)
• Photos from The Police's early years on Henry Padovani's website
• Henry Padovani in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Official website for the "Reunification 2007" of "The Police" (English)
• Henry Padovani on "Last.fm"

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1. ↑ On July 29, 1997, the label "Pangea Recordings" (Sting is the co-owner) released a CD entitled Strontium 90: Police Academy . It contains the first live recordings of The Police with the cast Sting / Copeland / Summers (and Mike Howlett ). The concert took place on May 28, 1977 in a big top in Paris. This CD also contains the original version of Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic , recorded in February 1977: It is the first studio recording by the line-up of Sting / Copeland / Summers.
2. ↑ From Henry Padovani's diary on his website ( Memento of the original dated February 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English). 
3. ^ "La Vie comme elle va" on the website of Jean-Henri Meunier (French).
4. ↑ A croire que c'était pour la vie at Allmusic (English)
5. ^ Website of Henry Padovani, Discography ( Memento of the original from March 1, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English). 
6. ↑ ^{a b} "Secret Police Man" on the website of the publisher "Editions Flammarion" (French).
7. ↑ "Ici Najac, à vous la Terre" on the website of the Festival de Cannes ( Memento of the original of December 7, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (French). 
8. ↑ The Best of Jayne / Wayne County & The Electric Chairs at Allmusic (English)
9. ↑ Font l'enfer at Allmusic (English)
10. ↑ Stewart Copeland's music documentary "Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out" on "laut.de"
11. ^ "One Train Later" on Andy Summers website ( memento from January 13, 2007 in the Internet Archive ): " In this intimate, revealing work, Andy Summers writes fluidly about his first guitar, his experiences with earlier bands, his relationships and encounters with Eric Clapton , Jimi Hendrix , John Belushi , and 'The Police', and more. ”