Aristodemo Casciani died last year, leaving Barga a much poorer place for his passing but his spirit still lives on loud and proud in Barga Vecchia. Aristo was the rock on which Barga Vecchia depended upon and his bar was the unofficial cultural centre of Barga where even today it is still know as Aristo’s or Casciani’s.
He is gone but not forgotten.
This afternoon visitors to Barga were treated to an impromptu concert by the group, Emma e gli Aristodemo’s (named in his honour) who performed a brief run through some of their varied repertoire of Italian swing from the 30’s, 40’s and 50’s
Aristo has appeared many, many times on barganews — in fact he has his own category here on the site, his own comic strip DA ARISTO here and even a group playing Italian swing from the 30’s, 40’s and 50′s named in his honour — Emma e gli Aristodemo’s here
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