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alone.

I enjoyed the tour with the Sordello's

mostly because my trombone had always made me

feel free, and also because of Rambone. Myself

and Rambone did in fact became quite friendly

and we even decided that just me and him would

stay in Italy, Rome for a while, playing in a club

where he knew the owner, one Fabrice. It was our

last stop for the Sordello's (the band) and the rest

of the bandmates went home. The time spent

touring was really my education; I learnt about

people, I learnt about myself and I learnt about

life. I did think about Claire from time to time;

taking on a firm dislike of course for KFC

Chicken, but otherwise I tried to move on and I

somewhat did.

I would sometimes talk to Rambone about

this eternal quest, in a sense, and he would say

such things as: "I am agnostic when it comes to

happiness. It's like Kafka's 'The Castle'," he said,

"You should read that too." A very cultured

person Rambone, at the time, half the things he

said were a blur.

I soon met a guy named Rafaele Xavi in

Rome maybe two weeks after me and Rambone

both moved into this flat rented by this bohemian

Artistan guy (Rumi), that would just let us all

sleep there as he didn’t care whom he lived with.

It was crowded with lots of Artists and so it was

not really ideal in my eyes, but somewhere

nonetheless. Though, myself and Rafaele Xavi

had met at this small Bar called Mexico City in a

corner off of a place called Via Della Pace, that

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