Interview mit Dion DiMucci: Der ewige Wanderer

Verdammter Blues - wen er einmal unter seinen Fittichen hält, den lässt er nicht mehr los. Dion DiMucci, geboren im Juli 1939 in der New Yorker Bronx, weiß, wovon an dieser Stelle die Rede ist.

von Michael Fuchs-Gamböck

Dion weiß, wie man singt und er weiß genau, wie man diese Blues-Songs richtig erschafft. Er hat ein paar Freunde zur Hand , die ihm helfen, einige echte Koryphäen. Aber am Ende ist es Dion allein und seine meisterhafte Stimme, die einen immer wieder zurückkehren lassen, um diese Blues-Songs mit ihm zu teilen.

Bild: David Godlis

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