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Well, let's see if you will believe this story. I promise
you it is true.
The ex-knifegrinder who now plays accordian in the streets
is called Sergio.
Sergio travels all the time with his companion - a chicken
who has been living in a box for so long that s/he has lost most
of it's feathers and the ability to walk.
Sergio lives in his Ape. It is a highly
customised and personalised Ape. In the back on the Ape there
is all the equipment that Sergio used to used for knife grinding.
Segio lives and sleeps in his Ape. Sergio has been living in
his Ape for 11 years (anybody familiar with the weather up here
in the mountains during the winter knows what that must entail)
Sergio has just had an operation on his throat and no longer
has a voice. He uses a hand held device which vibrates against
his throat to help him to communicate. This makes him sound like
a robot (listen here)
Sergio now makes his living playing accordian in the streets.
Download the MP3 file and listen to his accordian
playing and you will become aware that technically he has a fairly
long road in front of him before it will be possible to actually
call him "an accordian player"
Sergio is one of those "free spirits" that lots
of writers, poets and songsters go on about but actually are
very far and few on the ground. |
download an MP3 file of the meeting between the two
here
