Farewell Dante

“He could make music on anything,” said his brother, Damien. “He played music because he loved it. He didn’t think about making money or becoming famous.”

by R. Teichmann

contributed by the author

A few years ago my brother (a music teacher) asked me if I knew what a hang was. I didn’t and he showed me a You Tube Video of a bearded young man playing magical music on an UFO shaped instrument called hang. His name was Dante Bucci. I did never meet him but I liked his music and the instrument he plkayed so well. He died on the 17th as result from complications after a fall. His music will remain with us and so will the memories of a great musician and human being.

This is what others have to say about him and his music:

“He could make music on anything,” said his brother, Damien. “He played music because he loved it. He didn’t think about making money or becoming famous.”

“He was very quiet and sweet,” said Conroy, who as a yoga therapist taught Dante for a time. “He was a little shy. He was very generous; he never wanted to take money for playing.”

Singer-songwriter Mutlu Onaral, who regularly collaborated with Dante, is quoted in an article by John Vetesse in the Key, an online music publication, as saying Dante “was a master of unique and unusual instruments.” “He could take anything, mess around with it, and in a half hour make it groove and sound good.” As for the hang: “He took it to an incredible level. What he could do with it!”

Julia Delaney – Irish Reel with Fiddle, Dulcimer, Didgeridoo, Whistle, & Hang Drum

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