The history 2

This was my best period as a player. We improved our skills, we had top brand instuments and the group went over member's moods: me, my brother and Mauro were very close in music and in life. But what gave us fuel was the musical production of those years. We'll have to wait two centuries to get such music again. <those years are the foundations of these and next ones….They gave birth to experimentations such as King Crimson, Genesis, Yes, Nucleus, Atomic Rooster, ELP, Vanilla fudge and many many others.

The hard technically of Deep Purple, the ideas of Led, the creativity of Uriah Heep….Better to stop here, there are better books on this subjet. The Rock Mother bore everyday and we stood there, like whores waiting for clients, ready to take the more we could. People was hungry of music, one night in Foggia, we had to do three encores….!! We were a good band, but not the original ! During a "broke period", the "Piccadilly" engaged us a night band (they used to call like that bands playing music that made couples "meet"). We let them believe we were (we needed money). On stage, couples were young and excited, waiting for lentos…But we extinguished their youth flames with three tunes: Speed King, Gipsy, Look at yourself…..!! Moments of terror for the club's owner….Moments of unconsciousness for us…Moments of bewilderment for the audience: it was a vision or they had been wrong till that day. Asfter three minutes silence, the guys chose the scond option….An ovation that signed us there for two months, We were a Rock Band!!!

But time goes on and after the departure of Mauro, my brother went away for the army, I started my job and the instruments were sold. An era was over, our youth was over, dreams and illusions were over…We took EL CHE off the wall….We were going back home….After years of fight, we had to think about the future, a unknown word for me, we used to live day by day…..The only future I used to know was my dreams….Woodstock would hace becomen just a happening, Kennedy was just a President and Martin L. King just a nigger!

I just kept one thing with me: the brand those days left over me and people like me. It's ineffaceable, we will take it forever: it may seem sad, but it makes you feel good inside!

I've been deep into the middle-class for six long years. I just listened to music and never didn't even think of playing, but every player has got a bothersome Angel: when it seems you're an addict to music no more, here he goes tripping you up. It was 1978 and I was asked to play just for one night 'cause the bass player wasn't there. I agreed and played there for more than two years. We played Blues, the very black one, the Delta, with great players that would have becomen the Blue Stuff (a neapolitan famous band). We were a good band, but uou have to feel music inside and play it with your heart (this one's guys who think they can play just because they've studied a bit). Everyone can study, everyone can play an instrument, but it's what you have inside that makes you an artist. If you're empty you're just someone who studies music! That's why I left the guys, with a very good souvenir.

I stopped playing for two years, but the Angel showed up again…!!!

To be continued…………….