Miss you Rome, thinking of you all the time. Blood oranges, maritime pines and pink light. Falling asleep in the warm dry sun, walking your ruins at midnight. We met before we met. I will be back.

Darondo recorded three singles and played four shows in the 70s, and then stopped and drove home in his Rolls Royce after he opened for James Brown. Later he traveled the world collecting interesting artifacts, became the king of SF bay area cable with three shows per day, and worked as a physical therapist coaxing patients to walk again.