Italian musicians perform in fishing boats to beat coronavirus blues


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  • Monday, 22 Jun 2020

Blues musicians perform on small fishing boats on Lake Trasimeno to ensure social distancing during a concert that would usually be on a stage on land, after Italy eased more of its coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions, in Lake Trasimeno, Italy, June 21, 2020. Picture taken June 21, 2020. REUTERS TV via REUTERS

CASTIGLIONE DEL LAGO, Italy (Reuters) - Blues musicians in this lakeside town have come up with a novel way to please music lovers despite coronavirus restrictions - playing from borrowed fishing boats to people on shore.

They loaded their guitars, harmonicas, microphones and battery-powered amplifiers onto four small boats with outboard motors, stopping here and there along the shoreline of the largest lake in central Italy to belt out a tune or two.

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