Lucio Dalla. March 4th 1943 - March 1st 2012

Last month a most famous and talented singer, songwriter, musician and actor died. I had not heard of him before, but seen him occasionally in the street, as he lived near my old studio. The town of Bologna, infact the country of Italy went into mourning, it is something l found quite moving, possibly like Jim Stynes death. There was over 30,000 people at his funeral, and they had his casket just off the main piazza here over the weekend do people could pass by it, the line stretched for thousands, people going throughout the night, just to say goodbye. All the shop windows had photos or paintings of him in their windows, the words "ciao Lucio" were hanging from the piazza and other windows. there was a mountain of flowers and messages outside his apartment, every age seemed to be touched by him.

Ciao Lucio, Piazza Maggoire