Farewell to Pepe Salvaderi, one of the founders of Dik Dik

Farewell to Erminio 'Pepe' Salvaderi, column of the historic Italian beat group, the Dik Dik.

    The last farewell from bandmates Lallo and Petruccio in a post on the official facebook page: "Hi Pepe, you went to play with the angels and you left us here to cry and remember you forever. Knowing your innate irony you will have done so without warning us so that we could play your songs, our songs even louder, so loud as to reach the sky and the sky will be with you to listen to

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We have not lost you and we will never lose you because you are and will always be within us and we promise you one thing, the last job, what you wanted so much will not be lost.

    Hello brother, friend, great musician, hello Pepe we will meet in all our dreams ".

    Salvaderi was in 1965 among the founders of the group, which was first called Dreamers, then changed his name to Squali and then, once the recording contract was signed with Dischi Ricordi (after an audition obtained thanks to a report by the then archbishop of Milan Giovanni Battista Montini, future Pope Paul VI), Dik Dik.

Versatile artist he played rhythm guitar, keyboard and was the secondary voice of the group famous for The Isle of Wight and Sognando California cover of the hit by Mamas & Papas.

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