Fifteen Years: R.I.P Roberto Pistolesi
Posted: 24 May 2021, 02:36
Twenty-fourth May 2006...
It's fifteen years to the day since I got the news, directly from Vanni Lisanti, of the death of my friend Roberto Pistolesi. Roberto was being treated in a Pisa hospital and wasn't thought to be in any particular danger, but his condition worsened and he passed away. I managed to get down to Tuscany the next day, stayed overnight with Giuseppi Tonini and visited the chapel of rest that evening.
So much has been written and said about Roberto over the years. He has been fondly remembered by many people.
I'll always remember him as the best and most generous friend you could ever wish for.
Near here you see a photograph of Roberto with one of his own-build "Skycaster" guitars. He also made the more conventionally shaped "Spacecaster", the term he also used as his screen name in this community.
It's fifteen years to the day since I got the news, directly from Vanni Lisanti, of the death of my friend Roberto Pistolesi. Roberto was being treated in a Pisa hospital and wasn't thought to be in any particular danger, but his condition worsened and he passed away. I managed to get down to Tuscany the next day, stayed overnight with Giuseppi Tonini and visited the chapel of rest that evening.
So much has been written and said about Roberto over the years. He has been fondly remembered by many people.
I'll always remember him as the best and most generous friend you could ever wish for.
Near here you see a photograph of Roberto with one of his own-build "Skycaster" guitars. He also made the more conventionally shaped "Spacecaster", the term he also used as his screen name in this community.