From teen band to band of soldiers, Charleroi native reflects on career
Gus Pagonis grew up in Charleroi three-quarters of a century ago, amid smokestacks and among countless Mon Valley kids who likewise were uncertain of their lifetime trajectories. 鈥淚 was in a rock 鈥檔 roll band in the Valley when I was younger,鈥� Pagonis recounted. 鈥淚 think I was 15 or ...