A New Video Tribute to Bernard Allison: Tibo Degraeuwe Brings “I’ve Learned My Lesson” to the Screen
A new blues-inspired video project is about to premiere, bringing together music, storytelling and a deep personal appreciation for one of the great contemporary blues artists, Bernard Allison.
French director and filmmaker Tibo Degraeuwe has spent the past year working on a documentary about Bernard Allison. Alongside this ambitious project, however, Tibo had another idea that he had been carrying with him for some time: creating a music video for his favourite song from Bernard Allison’s repertoire, “I’ve Learned My Lesson.”
Originally featured on the album Higher Power, released by Ruf Records in 2004, the song inspired Tibo to create a completely different kind of visual interpretation. Rather than producing a conventional performance video, he decided to tell a story of his own.
The result is a fictional music video inspired by the song, created as a work of storytelling and visual interpretation. It is important to stress that the story does not portray Bernard Allison or his family, nor does it attempt to recreate events from their lives. Instead, Tibo uses the emotions and themes suggested by the song as the starting point for an original fictional narrative.
For the filmmaker, the project represents something even broader: an ode to the blues and to the artists who continue to keep this music alive. His approach reflects the powerful relationship between blues music and storytelling — a connection that has been part of the genre since its earliest days.
The project is particularly meaningful to Tibo because Bernard Allison himself has approved the video. The filmmaker is extremely proud that his work has now become part of the official collection of clips associated with Bernard Allison.
After spending so much time documenting Bernard Allison’s work through his documentary project, Tibo has found another way to express his admiration: not simply by recording the artist’s story, but by allowing one of his songs to inspire a new visual story of its own.
The video will receive its first broadcast on Thursday, 14 September 2023, at 7:00 p.m. French time, on the Ti and Bo YouTube channel.
For blues fans, the premiere offers a chance to discover a fresh visual interpretation of one of Bernard Allison’s songs, while also seeing how the music can inspire new creative voices far beyond the traditional boundaries of the blues world.
Congratulations to Tibo Degraeuwe on this exciting project — and good viewing to everyone!
Comments are closed