Guitar, The Second Love of My Life
"As
a teen-ager in his native Macedonia, a part of what was then Yugoslavia,
Klimé Kovaceski dreamed
of becoming a rock star, studiously mastering the licks of guitar
idols Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton. When New Wave music became
popular in the late 1970s, he and his bandmates were huge fans
of Iggy Pop, the American avant-garde performer whose shirtless,
frenetic stage presence embodied a freedom absent from their communist
country."
"Indeed, to interview Kovaceski is to play audience to unabashed, gushing testimony to the American dream. Kovaceski’s eyes widen as he tells of getting to serve a meal to boyhood idol Iggy Pop, who has recently been spending time in Miami Beach. As a favor to Kovaceski, Pop even called one of Kovaceski’s old band members back in Macedonia one recent night from the restaurant. “It’s incredible, really,” Kovaceski says. “That I could come to this country in 1984 and now own a restaurant and have all these wonderful friends.”
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By John Finotti, Florida Trand
Click the links below to listen to a few tracks by Klime:
[ All sounds generated by electric MIDI guitar ]
(MP3 format)
