My Italian cover-band from the 1990s (from left), Shawn Amos, me, Charlie George, and John Krylow.

Charlie, John, and I went to high school together (Charlie and I go all the way back to Hebrew school). And Shawn and I met back in the 1990s when we appeared together in a Taco Bell commercial (for real).

We spent three summers in the early 1990s touring the sinistra Piave area artisanal beer festival and sagra circuit.

Our band is now called “The Americani” and we’ll be performing a set of americana covers on Friday and Saturday, April 5-6, at the Villa Marinelli in Cison di Valmarino (in Proseccoland).

The shows are free and the Prosecco and beer will be flowing. Show time is 10 p.m. both nights.