Santa Cruz: The Great Morgani

The Great Morgani - Accordionist

Santa Cruz -2006

I've been performing on the street for about...this is my tenth year. I didn't start covered up. I mean, actually I looked very—excuse the word—normal. And then I turned into this man. This is actually pretty normal compared to some of my normal stuff. So I decided jeez, I wonder if I can play with gloves. So I tried something with gloves and sure I can play and then I covered the accordian. So I can play with gloves over material over keys.

The only piece of skin showing was my face so I started covering my face.So the last five years I've been covered most of the time so people don't know how old I am. I had a little kid come up to me and say, "Are you man or a lady" I said, "I'm an Alien."

So, this is what I do. I'm the great Morgani. Having a lot of fun. In ten years of street performing, I have 40 accordions, 110 costumes and a repertoire of 1400 songs. The madness continues. I'm having fun. Making kids smile, I haven't made any cry this year.