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Hill, A Song By Pierre Bensusan

by Lynda Carson (newzland2 [at] gmail.com)
Hill, A Song By The Great Guitarist Pierre Bensusan, Sent To Me By Pierre Bensusan On December 3, 2025.
Hill, A Song By The Great Guitarist Pierre Bensusan, Sent To Me By Pierre Bensusan On December 3, 2025.
Pierre Bensusan

Hill, a cover song by Pierre Bensusan, sent to me on December 3, 2025 from Pierre Bensusan. (LC)

Click below for a September 20, 2025 release called Hill, by Pierre Bensusan…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-YjYRb_4F0


7,078 views Sep 20, 2025
It is my Chinese manager, Yoyo Chen, who introduced me to the work of Jonathan Lee, an artist immensely well-known and respected in China. A composer, author, guitarist, arranger, and band leader. He has collaborated with and written songs for dozens of other Chinese artists; additionally, he even founded his own acoustic guitar company.

Yoyo sent me links to several of his videos; the song “Hill” was among them and immediately captured my attention. A translation of the lyrics helped me connect with the poetry of its creator and how he expressed the concept of aging through words, images, feelings, and music.

In adapting and transforming this song into an instrumental guitar piece, the challenge was to preserve as much as possible of Mr. Lee's authentic phrasing, while conveying the emotion of the song instrumentally.

I'm unsure how well I succeeded, but I hope those who enjoy Jonathan Lee’s poetry will appreciate the way I let my guitar “speak” through it.

My thanks and gratitude to Jonathan Lee for allowing me to cover this masterpiece.
PB

Jonathan Lee...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Lee_(musician)

Jonathan Lee, Walden Guitars

https://waldenguitars.com/our-story/

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Pierre Bensusan - Press Release

Click below…

https://www.pierrebensusan.com/press-releases.asp?ID=130

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Pierre Bensusan

http://www.pierrebensusan.com/


Pierre

Pierre Bensusan 
Dadgad Team
linktree.com/pierrebensusan

Pierre Bensusan

"It's Like The Guitar Has Been Given Free Reign To Play Itself!"

https://linktr.ee/pierrebensusan

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Pierre Bensusan      Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 8:35 AM
To: "L. Carson"
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Hello Lynda,

This is very kind of you. Thank you very much for sharing and happy holidays :)

Pierre Bensusan
Dadgad Music

http://www.pierrebensusan.com
http://www.facebook.com/pierrebensusan
https://twitter.com/pbensusan
http://www.youtube.com/user/bensusanhq

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Pierre Bensusan at Freight and Salvage September 27, 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gmwc568eA5Q

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Pierre Bensusan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Bensusan

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