Singer Francesco Di Giacomo, voice of Banco del Muor Soccorso, has died

I posted something like this, among the first things that came to mind, but I would have liked to do better. I loved Di Giacomo; he lived in my area and we even chatted a couple of times. A bass player friend of mine, with whom I played hundreds of town square festivals as a boy, became his sound engineer for the Live in Japan project (which was "unplugged"); and the rehearsal room he shared with Vittorio Nocenzi was just a few hundred meters from our house.

He was a truly sweet, kind, and sincere person. He wasn't very talkative, unlike Vittorio Nocenzi who also loved to entertain himself after a concert by discussing things with his audience behind the stage; Francesco, on the other hand, would step aside, but only due to a sort of privacy/reserve of his own. Besides, he was a true poet. It was enough to propose something to him that, for him, had a poetic sense, and he would certainly agree regardless of any economic issues.

For me it was a disappointment, because I have always considered Banco the band from my neighborhood. In fact, once we even had the honor of being their "opening act," many years ago, during a series of festivals for the Roman Unità.

Perhaps I will take the trouble to illustrate the best works of Banco here, because they truly deserve to be known.

I am truly very sorry that he is gone.

I mean, please, look (and listen to) this...!!! This is something else entirely compared to Moby Dick...!

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What passion, what strength...., what honesty.

Mend than, looking back, we can find moments like this.

But today?

Thank you Croma. You make me start this beautiful sunny day well.

I am glad that at least here the passing of poor Di Giacomo has not gone unnoticed, I want to remember him like this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JCFpZ5yFto

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Unfortunately, I didn't know him.

I found information on Wikipedia.

http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Di_Giacomo