He’s named Domingo Contreras and is currently the parish
priest of the municipality of Burgos, Spain along with several surrounding
towns. Domingo was cast along with several other musicians for the Betterville
Prison band. Domingo was actually a real harmonica player.
When they were shooting the film around Burgos it became
an event for all the townspeople. Posters were posted in all the shops in the area
looking for extras that might know how to play instruments. There appeared
Domingo Contreras. Today he is 71 years old and is the village priest. Back
then he was a twentysomething seminarian who played harmonica. "I showed
up to audition when they asked for musicians There were three people: Two fat
guys and myself, both of them played
better than me, but the casting director dismissed them quickly. The boys were
angry because they were very good musicians, but the director told them they
needed someone to participate in a scene from a prison camp, and that in those
places the people were not fat, but famished as I looked. So they hired me.
"
.
He shared filming experiences with one of the greatest of
the Spaghetti westerns, and along with other musicians played a melody that to
this day is still remembered by all who see the movie.
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