Apo vabereki vomukomana vakarambana, uye akaberekerwa mumhuri yemutungamiriri wefirimu uye violinist, mukomana akachengetedza hukama hwakanaka nababa vake namai vake.
Akadzidza zviri nyore, paaidzidza paYunivhesiti yeMichigan mheni chiedza, uye kuridza gitare kwaari kwaingova chido chekuita. Akaita mutambo zvakanaka kwazvo uye kupfuura nguva, akava nevatangi vekutanga pakati pevamwe shamwari.
Joe akatanga kuita usiku cabaret muDetroit. Pakutanga akanga asina nzira yake chaiyo mukuimba uye nenziyo dzake, akafarira nziyo dzevanhu veAmerica uye mifananidzo yeFrance naJoe akaedza kuyananisa nenzira imwe.
Mushure mokunge agamuchira diploma, Dassin akadzokera kuFrance, akabatwa mune mafirimu maviri asina kumuunza mukurumbira. Mushure mokunge, nyeredzi yeramangwana yenyanzvi yeFrance yakasarudza kuti ramangwana rake rakanga risati iri mumabhaisikopo, asi mumimhanzi. Ndinoda kuziva kuti Joe kwenguva yakareba haakwanisi kusarudza mutauro wei kuti amuimbire - muchiChirungu kana muchiFrench, asi kamwechete iyo nyaya yakashandura zvinhu zvose.
Pane imwe yemapato paakaimba nziyo dzeFrench chansonnier, Joe akazosangana nerudo rwake rwekutanga, uye gare gare mudzimai wake - Mariz. Ndiyo mukadzi uyu akanyora kuimba kwake paTape rekodha, ndokubva atora zvinyorwa kuvhidhiyo, asi sezvo Joe akanga achiita mimhanzi yeAmerica, haana kunyanya kufarirwa.
Dassin akatanga kuimba muFrench uye vateereri vake vakagamuchira rwiyo pamwe nevamwe. Muimbi wacho aidavira kuti nziyo dzinofanira kubatsira vanhu kukunda matambudziko avo, vanofanira kunge vane mutsa uye azere nerudo, nokuti nekubatsirwa nenziyo munhu anofanira kukanganwa pamusoro pezvose zvakaipa.
Pasina nguva akawana munyori uye munyori uyo aizotevedzera maonero ake, uye vakanyora mavanga okutanga kwaari. Maris, panguva yekuumbwa kwaJoe Dasen semuimbi, aigara aineye, akamubatsira muupenyu hwezuva nezuva, aive nemhosva yekunyorera. Mariz naJoe vakakurumidza kusarudza kusungira pfuma yavo (1966). Dassin aisada kuroora Mariz kwenguva yakareba, nokuti akayeuka kuti baba vake vakasiya sei mhuri yavo vachiri vaduku nokuda kweumwe mukadzi, asi vose vakaroora Mariz, sezvo vakamupa sarudzo. Akararama nemukadzi uyu kwemakore gumi anotevera. Nokufamba kwenguva, ukama hwevanhu vacho hwakaderera, uye pakupedzisira vakasarudza kuparadzana pashure pokunge Mariz aberekwa mwana akafira mushure mokuberekwa. Mariz aiziva zvakajeka kuti Joe aive nemadzimai kwenguva refu uye kuti hapana chaigona kuponesa ukama hwavo.
Joe anozivikanwa uye anozivikanwa, anozivikanwa mumigwagwa, ane zvose, asi hapana mufaro mukati mehupenyu hwake. Mudzimai wake wechipiri, Christine, akasangana pendiza. Musikana wacho akatsamwa nokuti akanga achangobva kuparadzana nemurume uye Joe akasarudza kumuvimbisa, asi iye akanyatsomuramba. Dassin, kuti aise zvinyoronyoro, akashamiswa, nokuti iye nyeredzi, uye musikana uyu akamuramba.
Gare gare vakasangana muhotera yehotera ndokutanga kutaura. Mushure memusangano wavo wokutanga mwedzi mishomanana yakapfuura, Joe haana kukanganwa Christine blonde uye akambosangana naye, akasarudza kuti aisazorega kuenda, uye ivo vaine rudo rukuru.
Kwemakore anoda kusvika mashanu, vakasangana zvakavanzika kubva kune shamwari dzose, madzimai munyika dzakasiyana-siyana, mahofisi akasiyana-siyana uye zvinhu zvose zvaizova zvakanaka, asi mamiriro emunhu akavanzika pakavanzika akazopedzisira asingatenderwi Christine. Joe haana kumuita iye chipo chikuru, asi akangotumira bhizinesi rebhizimisi rine zita rake uye zita rake rokupedzisira.
Muna 1978, Christine naJoe vakaroorana. Vakapedza mararamiro emhando yepamusoro uye munguva pfupi vakava Christine Dossen, uye mushure mekunge mwedzi mitanhatu yadarika kubva pakaberekwa mwanakomana waJonathan wokutanga, akakurumidza kubereka mwanakomana wake wechipiri, Julien. Mushure mokuberekwa kwemwana wokutanga, Dossen akataura pamhemberero yekuzvarwa kwake kwemazuva makumi mana kuti aizokurumidza kubva muchitambo, sezvo ane zvose zvaakarota pamusoro - mukurumbira, kubvuma, mari uye zvakakosha - mhuri.
Christine haakwanise kuenderera mberi nemurume wake pakurwendo, nokuti anomanikidzwa kutarisira mwana wake wekutanga, asi mwana wake haana kunyanya kufarira, sezvo ane godo nemurume wake. Kugadzirisa kusuruvara uye kuva negodo, anodzivisa kuratidzwa kune murume wake uye anodzoka. Chikadzi chechikadzi chinomutungamirira kune kuora mwoyo, uye anotanga kunwa, uye Kristin, nenzira imwe neimwe kubvisa marwadzo anotanga kupinda mumishonga inodhaka uye anosundira Dassin pamusoro pavo.
Nguva pfupi mushure mekuberekwa kwechipiri, Christine anosiya Joe, sezvaanobata uye kuita zvakawanda, pasina nguva yake (ivo vose vanonzwisisa kuti imba yavo yapera).
Pamberi pekushanda kukuru Christine anotora vana ndokuenda navo kuvabereki vavo muRuen, uye Dassin ane chirwere chemwoyo munguva iyi. Dassin haana kufa, akatsigira Kristen uye akakunda kuchengetwa kwenguva pfupi kwevana. Joe anokanganisa rwendo urwu uye anofamba nevana kuenda kuTahiti, uye zuva rinotevera, mushure mokunge asvika pachiwi, anofa-mwoyo wake wakakundikana (maitiro aDassin ainyanya kufanana nemamiriyoni, makonti ake akachengetwa, asi muna August 1980 akaurayiwa nehutano hwemwoyo zvinokonzerwa nokuora mwoyo uye kuora mwoyo pamusana pekuti mukadzi wake wechipiri akamusiya, achitora pamwe naye vanakomana vaviri vanozivikanwa).
Pari zvino, Joe Dassin, pamwe chete nemhanzi anonyanya kufanana eFrance, mumwe wevanyori vanozivikanwa zvikuru veFrance, avo vane nziyo dzinowanikwa munzvimbo dzakawanda dzeredhiyo dzenyika nguva nenguva. Vanakomana vake vaviri vakavawo vaimbi.