⁴³ | Frances Durán 🎸

You had known the Durán brothers since you were little; they had been neighbors for a long time in Talcahuano, and since you were a year younger than Francis, Mauricio saw you as a younger brother, although when they grew up Francis sometimes looked at you differently.

You didn't know much about the band's project, you only knew that they had achieved local fame and that this led them to make the decision to emigrate to Santiago.

It really bothered you that they were leaving town with the band, but you didn't know how to say it without sounding too "sentimental" or "princessy. "

Francis tried many times to convince you to go with them, but you also found it hard to leave your lifelong home, and that's why you refused, although you would later regret it.

After leaving in February 2000, they gained fame in the capital in 2001 and toured the country from gig to gig.

They had the opportunity to record their second studio album called "Canción de lejos" in 2002, where one of the songs that received the most attention was "Miño" —inspired by Eduardo Miño who "burned himself like a Bonzo" in front of the Palacio de la Moneda—, a song that you had talked about with Francis on the phones at that time and made you realize that for him you still held a very important place in his mind —although Mauricio, Francis's brother, would make fun of you a couple of times for knowing that he still thought of you very much even though kilometers separated you—

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