”The Wall” is something I’d played on stage a few times and remains very close to my heart. The title and idea were Joe Grushecky’s, then the song appeared after Patti and I made a visit to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington. It was inspired by my memories of Walter Cichon. Walter was one of the great early Jersey Shore rockers, who along with his brother Ray (one of my early guitar mentors) led the ”Motifs”. The Motifs were a local rock band who were always a head above everybody else. Raw, sexy and rebellious, they were the heroes you aspired to be. But these were heroes you could touch, speak to, and go to with your musical inquiries. Cool, but always accessible, they were an inspiration to me, and many young working musicians in 1960′s central New Jersey. Though my character in “The Wall” is a Marine, Walter was actually in the Army, A Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Infantry.... (continua)

Andan todos hechos pelotas, la canción El adiós del soldado es cubana, nada de Lara que va!, mi abuelo conoció a la autora, el decía que la bella cubana a la que le hicieron la canción La Bella Lola era una talentosa mujer muy bohemia que escucho una historia y de ella hizo la canción del soldado, además aclaró que Vivac es una hoguera que se encendía para preparar alimentos o café en los campamentos de los soldados, no era un campamento en si.
Majus Estopelli
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Roger Estopelli

Per comprendere l'operato di Oberdan, che era irredentista come la maggioranza della popolazione di Trieste dell'epoca, non si può dimenticare ciò che stava facendo l'impero asburgiche alle terre italiane sottomesse al suo dominio straniero ed assolutistico, con le sue famose (o famigerate)
misure di germanizzazione e slavizzazione.

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