Senor Handsome

The Senor left this mortal coil a mere 7 weeks after recording the [debut] album, leaving his spirit forever with the Gentlemen as their phantom sixth. From THE HISTORY OF MIKELANGELO AND THE BLACK SEA GENTLEMEN: ... they could not possibly do without the services of his [The Great Muldavio's] old friend Senor ‘Handsome’, a renowned performer of the Polish music hall, currently appearing at the Royal Theatre in Romania. The three [Mikelngelo, The Baron and The Great Muldavio] made a fruitless journey to Bucharest where Senor Handsome turned down their offer to join the band. ‘They love me here. I have just finished a record breaking season of my one man musical “The Universe Weeps For Me”, why should I leave?’ he was reported to say. The next day the disappointed trio boarded a train to Istanbul. They shared a carriage with a richly dressed woman in a large hat who remained aloof until the train line reached the shores of the Black Sea, where she became suddenly animated and entreated them to play her a song. As the Gentlemen began their song, the woman produced a violin and played along in a style strange and captivating. She then began to sing in a baritone voice and, taking off her hat, was revealed to be none other than Senor Handsome! ‘Things suddenly became uncomfortable for me in Romania’ was all that he would say. 'I will join your band and we shall become Mikelangelo and the Black Sea Gentlemen.’