On tour for five years with his son Arthur, Maxime Le Forestier also knows how to rest when necessary. For this, he found his haven of peace many years ago. Nestled in a tiny village in Loir-et-Cher, this area remains a well-kept secret.
At 76, Maxime Le Forestier has been on tour for almost five years with his younger son, Arthur, also a musician. But when he needs calm, the singer puts his suitcases in his cocoon: an old mill located in Périgny, a very small village in Loir-et-Cher.
Maxime Le Forestier exiled far from cities: where did he settle down?
It was in 1978 that Maxime Le Forestier and his wife, a certain Fabienne, bought this mill transformed into a bourgeois house in the middle of the 19th century. Together, they have carried out major work there and have been there for happy days, far from the tumult of the capital. The largest city in the area is Vendôme, and it is not accessible for a few thirty minutes by car. Moreover, to believe the only taxi driver of the village, who confided in PurepeopleMaxime Le Forestier lives in “A very isolated place, without neighbor around”.
A total change of scenery for the artist who was born in Paris and grew up in Neuilly-sur-Seine. And who fell on this place by chance. “I had just bought Faris, my first horse. I had put him in board with friends in Senlis (Oise), where I was going to go up every day when I was not on tour. Then these friends have Taken up in the Pyrenees and I had to look for another house for my horse.he had explained to our colleagues Paris Match in 2013.
Maxime Le Forestier: This house where he makes his honey … and his songs!
Nestled between a meadow and a river, the house of Maxime Le Forestier also houses several hives. The one to whom we owe the legendary title San Francisco Even produces its own honey! “They give me between 60 and 80 pots per year of delicious honey of which I am very proud!”had entrusted the principal concerned to Paris Match.
A place that is a real source of inspiration for the septuagenarian. “Since 1978, all my songs have been there”had he revealed to journalists the same year. And to the one who has more than fifty years of career in the counter to conclude: “Tranquility, concentration, loneliness, I think it’s a place made for writing”.
