We piled into our van for the drive from Lugo to Modena. Our driver, Vittoria, also happens to be the drummer in a rock band called Massimo Volume which has been around for a number of years and is quite well known in Italy and has toured the states several times. In Modena, the Rileys…
Today we traveled about an hour to the little town of Lugo. Surrounded by farmland and vineyards, this peaceful little town is home of the Teatro Rossini, one of those perfect little opera houses you find sprinkled throughout Italy. I remember being enchanted by the first one I encountered in Perugia when I played there…
The previous night was a late one, so I figured Terry would want to sleep in a bit and get a late start rehearsing, and with such a late dinner I thought I’d just skip breakfast and sleep as well. So I headed over to the rehearsal studio around 11:00 to find Terry had been…
Breakfast as usual at 8. We all hoped Terry had finally gotten some sleep so it was very reassuring to see a big smile and a thumbs up when he came in. Off to our padded cell to rehearse and then lunch at another of Massimo’s favorite haunts, a wonderful little seafood restaurant. The menu…
Breakfast at 8 as yesterday but we came down to find Terry looking pretty grim. He hadn’t slept a wink and was weak and miserable. Unfortunately this has been a pattern with him in the last several years when traveling to Europe. The jetlag really affects him badly. When we were in France together in…
Sunday morning at 8:30, the director of the Angelica Festival, Massimo Simonini, met us at the hotel as we were finishing breakfast and took us to Real Sound rehearsal studios a few blocks away. Real Sound occupies a group of basement rooms, sound-proofed for rock bands. Our padded cell was equipped with a small PA…
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